Rest in peace Rhys

Everton Football Club paid tribute to Rhys Jones today as they visited the scene of the 11-year-old's murder. The squad, led by their captain, Phil Neville, stood with their heads bowed and in silence at the makeshift shrine outside the Fir Tree pub in Croxteth, Liverpool.

England striker Andy Johnson, along with international stars James McFadden, Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta, laid a signed number 8 shirt and a pair of boots. A wreath in the shape of a blue and white football bore the message: "With deepest sympathy to the family of Rhys from all at Everton Football Club."

This follows Everton's Premier League match against Blackburn, on Saturday, when they paid tribute to murdered 11-year-old Rhys Jones with a standing ovation, while players wore black armbands as a mark of respect.

Everton management had anticipated a minute of silence to commemorate Rhys, who was shot dead near the Merseyside club's Goodison Park ground, but the Jones family instead requested a minute of applause.

Rhys's parents, Melanie and Stephen, and his brother, Owen, stood with Everton manager David Moyes as cheers erupted from the nearly 40,000-strong crowd.