Liverpool manager to write to family of schoolboy

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is to write to the family of a young Cork fan of the club who died after a kickabout with his friends.

Graham O’Connell, 14, died from a suspected heart attack after a game of football with friends in Mayfield, on the northside of Cork City, on Monday.

His friends mounted a Twitter campaign urging the club to honour his memory by displaying his name on the scoreboard during the club’s Europa League qualifier against Hearts tonight.