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Season Ticket Holder PC Keith Palmer Remembered In Touching Tribute At Charlton

Season Ticket Holder PC Keith Palmer Remembered In Touching Tribute At Charlton

Football remembers it's hero of the London terror attacks...

Michael Minay

Michael Minay

Tonight, The Valley will hold its own memorial to PC Keith Palmer, who died during the London terror attacks on March 22.

The policeman heroically stopped terrorist Khalid Masood entering the Palace of Westminster during the London terror attacks.

He was a husband, father, friend, and season ticket holder at Charlton Athletic.

The club had, previously before match night, draped a scarf over his seat.

Credit: Twitter / PA

On any other day Charlton vs MK Dons would be a mediocre contest between two mid-table League One sides. However, this evening, it is the first home match for the Addicks since the incident.

Prior to the gates opening to fans, the club changed the colour of his seat to white, and wrote his police identity number, P204752, on it too as a tribute.

That same number will also be prevalent on the players' shirts and each member of both sides will wear black arm bands in respect.

Credit: Charlton Athletic / Twitter

Credit: Charlton Athletic / Twitter

22 Policemen and women will pay tribute to their former colleague before the referee's whistle.

Palmer's brother will lead the teams out at The Valley, as the colleagues of the heroic policeman remain on the pitch during the period of silence.

Representatives from Charlton, MK Dons and the police are to lay wreaths dedicated to PC Palmer.

Palmer, forever remembered as the man who sadly lost his life for the good of his country, was already a hero prior to the event.

10 years ago, he'd saved the life of a colleague who was involved a car crash.

Known only as Nina from Orpington, she told the radio station LBC that he'd helped in her own hour of need.

"I owe him everything," she said. "He cared about what he was doing, his job. He didn't just do his job to go and get paid."

The act that was designed to rip London apart, failed and united Britain even further.

Doctors and nurses ran from the local hospital to help those injured on Westminster Bridge.

NHS staff at St Thomas' Hospital were only thinking of others, and not the danger they were potentially entering, when they charged onto the scene to try and help the injured.

Meanwhile, days after the attack, Muslim women stood, hand-in-hand, on Westminster Bridge to show solidarity and condemn the horrific attacks that took place.

Credit: PA

And now, the football world unites once again - as it has previously done with many grounds paying respects over the weekend following the attack.

Charlton will be donating 50 percent of all ticket sales to Keith's family, while the players will also be giving the entirety of their match appearance fees.

The club are continuing to work on a gravestone that will be placed alongside existing memorials behind the Sam Bartram statue - their longest serving player.

Perhaps in Keith's greatest act, it is only fitting that he is remembered next to their greatest serving player.

Featured Image Credit: Twitter / PA

Topics: Football, Charlton Athletic, League One