FA amends match programme to pay tribute to victims of violent attacks
In advance of Tuesday's friendly between England and France at Wembley Stadium, the English FA has added an insert to the match programme to pay respect to the victims of Friday's string of horrific attacks in Paris and Saint Denis.
With the matchday programme having gone to press a day prior to the incidents in Paris, the FA has added an extra page to detail the plans to tribute the fallen before the match kicks off:
FA statement inserted into tonight's programme asking fans to join in singing La Marseillaise pic.twitter.com/NpqL7lNiRk
— Mike Collett Reuters (@footballmc) November 17, 2015
In addition to a planned singing of the French national anthem, "La Marseillaise," after the English anthem is sung, captains Wayne Rooney and Hugo Lloris will lay wreaths in memory of the victims and both sides will wear black armbands during the match.
There will also be a minute's silence prior to kickoff with fans in attendance given a mosaic of cards to hold up, displaying the French tricoleur to pay tribute to the 129 people who died Friday.