Liverpool have donated a shirt signed by the first-team squad to Prescot Cables Reserves in honour of teenage footballer Jack Riding.

The 18-year-old died in hospital on Wednesday after falling ill during a game of five-a-side on Monday.

Jack, from Crosby, was a talented player who joined Everton's Pre-Academy as a schoolboy, and had most recently appeared for Prescot Cables Reserves.

Everton supporters gave a round of applause in the third minute of their home game against Southampton on Saturday in memory of their player, who wore the number three shirt for Prescot Cables Reserves.

And Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson organised a Reds home shirt to be signed by his team-mates before it was donated to Jack's club.

Prescot Cables Reserves tweeted a picture of the shirt placed alongside Jack's first-team jersey.

In a statement earlier in the week, his club said: "Jack was a member of the Reserve Team squad and had also represented South Liverpool, a promising footballer who was being tipped to move into the first team.

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"He was taken ill whilst playing 5-a-side football on Monday evening.

"He was a very popular young man who had a bright future ahead of him. Jack’s loss will be keenly felt by his teammates, the club as a whole and by the wider football community."