Footballers and fans mourn Noah Woods

Premier League players wear black armbands and supporters applaud as tributes pour in for a three-year-old who went missing in Suffolk.

Sep 19, 2026

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Footballers and fans mourn Noah Woods

Premier League players wear black armbands and supporters applaud as tributes pour in for a three-year-old who went missing in Suffolk.

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Premier League players wear black armbands and supporters applaud as tributes pour in for a three-year-old who went missing in Suffolk. Noah Woods, a three-year-old from Suffolk, died after going missing from a playground. Footballers and fans paid tribute during an Everton versus Ipswich Town match on Saturday…

Three-year-old goes missing in Suffolk

Noah Woods, non-verbal and partially deaf, became separated from a relative at a Brantham playground on Tuesday afternoon.

Search ends with body recovered

About one thousand three hundred members of the public joined the search. Police divers found a body in a nearby lake on Wednesday.

Father's heartbreak shared online

Father's heartbreak shared online

Rhys Woods wrote: "There are no words to describe the pain of this loss. Noah was the sweetest and most innocent little boy."

“There are no words to describe the pain of this loss. Noah was the sweetest and most innocent little boy.”

Premier League tribute at Goodison Park

Premier League tribute at Goodison Park

Everton and Ipswich Town players wore black armbands on Saturday. Both sets of supporters stood for a three-minute applause in Noah's memory.

Ipswich players lay flowers and donate

Ipswich captain Dara O'Shea and goalkeeper Christian Walton laid flowers at the playground. Defender Leif Davis donated two thousand pounds to a fundraising appeal.

Fundraiser reaches one hundred thousand pounds

Good Dads Club set up an appeal to support Noah's family. By Saturday evening it had received more than one hundred thousand pounds from over six thousand supporters.

The essence

Noah Woods, a three-year-old from Suffolk, died after going missing from a playground. Footballers and fans paid tribute during an Everton versus Ipswich Town match on Saturday.

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