The club have now extended a deadline for Newcastle United fans leaving tributes to Kevin Keegan at St James’ Park.
Supporters had spontaneously started to leave tributes to the United legend when news of his passing was made public on Monday 20 July.
Emotional scenes as since then, more and more Newcastle United fans have added to the Kevin Keegan tributes at St James’ Park.
On Friday (24 July), the club had given guidance to fans on when the tributes would be removed.
An official release stating: Club staff will begin carefully gathering floral tributes and items left in Kevin’s memory from Tuesday 28th July, enabling people to visit and leave items until late on Monday.’
That deadline though has been extended, an extension for fans to be able to view the incredible display of tributes as well as leave their own.
The club stating: ‘An incredible weekend of fans from across the country visiting St. James’ Park in memory of Kevin Keegan. We’ll begin to carefully gather floral tributes from outside the stadium tomorrow [Tuesday] afternoon. As fans continue to visit and pay their respects, we’ll now collect other tributes and items from Wednesday.’
Last Friday, the Newcastle United official statement had also detailed: ‘Flowers will be processed in a respectful and environmentally responsible way, including being recycled into high quality soil conditioner that will be used on the club’s Academy pitches. We know many of you have also left shirts and scarves among the tributes. We’re working with our Fan Advisory Board on potential options, and we’ll share more on this in due course.’
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Newcastle United adding: ‘Finally, we’d kindly ask supporters not to leave alcohol among the tributes to help keep the site safe for everyone. The book of condolence will remain open for supporters at the club’s Box Office, which is open 8am – 8pm. Thank you, as ever, for the love you’ve shown Kevin and his family this week.’
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If you haven’t gone along yet to St James’ Park, I would strongly recommend you do so. I went last (Monday) night and it was incredibly moving. The sheer volume of tributes that have been left by fans and the spectacle of it as a whole, then reading the individual messages from so many people.