Thursday 8 February 2018 14:24, UK
Blackpool fans, staff and former players have paid their respects to club legend Jimmy Armfield, as his funeral service was held on Thursday.
Former England captain Armfield, who made 627 appearances during his career as a one-club man with Blackpool, passed away on January 22 at the age of 82 following a long battle with cancer.
Fans of the League One club turned out to honour Armfield, who won 43 caps for England and was part of the victorious squad that won the 1966 World Cup.
Supporters watched from the stands as the funeral cortege was driven through Bloomfield Road and past the South Stand which is named after Armfield - the club's record appearance maker.
Blackpool manager Gary Bowyer, PFA chairman Gordon Taylor, former England international Mike Summerbee and former Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale were among those to attend the funeral service later on Thursday.
Norman Hunter, who was also part of England's 1966 World Cup squad, also paid his respects to Armfield ahead of the funeral.
"He was a football man, he loved his football. He stayed at one place which in itself is a remarkable achievement," said Hunter.
"He was a very intelligent man, fairly quiet in some ways but he was well liked among the squad."
