Gary Ablett laid to rest

John Barnes, Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalglish and Mark Lawrenson leave Liverpool Cathedral after Gary Ablett's funeral. Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA

Former team-mates and current professionals were among the mourners who attended the funeral of Gary Ablett on Tuesday.The 46-year-old – the only player to win the FA Cup with both Liverpooland Everton – died on New Year's Day after a 16-month battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.The current Liverpool and Everton managers, Kenny Dalglish and David Moyes, were present at the city's Anglican Cathedral along with many of Ablett's team-mates – including John Barnes, Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson, Duncan Ferguson, Matt Jackson and David Unsworth – and other contemporaries from the 1980s and early 1990s.The likes of Everton players Phil Neville and Tim Cahill were joined by the club's former managers Joe Royle and Howard Kendall and also the former Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez.Roy Keane, who briefly worked alongside Ablett at Ipswich Town just before his illness was diagnosed, was also present along with the England Under-21 manager, Stuart Pearce.The coffin of Ablett was carried into church to You'll Never Walk Alone and left to Everton's anthem Z-Cars.He leaves behind a wife, Jacqueline, and five children.

from The Guardian