10-year-old Poppy Atkinson was killed when she was struck by a car during a training session at Kendal Rugby Club in Cumbria.

Clubs from Leeds to London, Bolton to Brighton, will hold a minute’s silence in her memory before matches this weekend

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The tribute was started by Team Grassroots, a football organisation in South Shields, and has quickly spread nationwide.

Dozens of teams and county football associations have pledged to take part.

Football clubs taking part include:

Rothwell Juniors in Rothwell, Leeds

William Howard School in Brampton

Polesworth Swifts FC in Tamworth, Staffordshire

Milton Keynes City FC in Milton Keynes

Whitfield Juniors Football Club in Dover

Braunton FC in Braunton, Devon

Holytown Colts in Holytown, Motherwell, Scotland

Huddersfield JFL in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Fleetwood Gym FC in Fleetwood, Lancashire

AFC Bolton in Bolton, Greater Manchester

Ullswater United in Cumbria

Ware Youth FC in Hertfordshire

Norristhorpe Juniors FC in Huddersfield

Kippax Athletic in West Yorkshire

Lindley Moor FC in Huddersfield

Warrington Town JFC in Warrington, Cheshire

Cleethorpes Town JFC in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire

Notts Girls and Ladies Football League in Nottinghamshire

Liversedge C in West Yorkshire

Harpenden Colts in Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Darlington Mowden Park in Darlington, County Durham

YEL East Midlands

Steyning Town Community FC in West Sussex

Blackburn United CSC in Blackburn, Lancashire

Aylesbury Vale Dynamos in Buckinghamshire

Flitch United FC in Dunmow, Essex

Chessington & Hook United FC in Chessington, Kingston upon Thames

Stevenage FC Women in Hertfordshire

Lostock Hall JFC in Preston, Lancashire

Poppy’s family say she dreamed of being a professional footballer.

Stars from the England Lionesses, including Barrow’s Georgia Stanway, have shared their condolences.

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Manchester United, the club for which Poppy wanted to play, has also paid tribute to the young football fan.

Police have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, but he has since been released as investigations continue.

An eight-year-old girl was also injured in the incident but is expected to recover.