Event Brief
Football fans observe silence for officers killed on A66
By The BriefBrief · Sources (2)
Filed: Aug 29, 2026 at 9:06 AM ET
Summary: Football fans and players paid tribute to Cleveland Police officers PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough before a Championship match at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium. A minute’s silence was held with images of the officers displayed, after the pair died in a head-on collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough on 22 August; Hartlepool United also held a two-minute silence before its home game.
WHO: Football fans, players, and Middlesbrough and West Bromwich Albion teams; Hartlepool United
WHAT: A minute’s (and two-minute) silence was observed and officers’ images were displayed to mark the deaths of two Cleveland Police officers.
WHEN: Aug 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
WHERE: Middlesbrough, England
WHY: The tribute was held in memory of PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough, who died in a crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough.
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