Horses draped in Everton flags lead procession as club legend Coleman pays his respects to popular fan who died working on new stadium
Everton club captain Seamus Coleman was one of hundreds of mourners who came out to pay respects at the funeral of lifelong Blues fan Michael Jones.
Today, horses draped in Everton flags pulled a grand white cart bearing Michael's coffin towards his funeral at St Joseph and St Laurence church in Kirkby this afternoon. Michael's family travelled in front in a blue hearse with images of Goodison Park on the side along with pictures of club greats Howard Kendall, Alan Ball and Colin Harvey.
Club captain Coleman led an Everton delegation at the funeral that also included club chief executive Colin Chong, Blues ambassadors Graham Stuart and Ian Snodin and club chaplain Henry Corbett. Ahead of the funeral, the firm constructing the club's new stadium, Laing O'Rourke, closed the Bramley-Moore Dock site as a mark of respect to Michael and to allow many of his friends and colleagues from the stadium construction team to attend the funeral.
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