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Everton and Ipswich fans pay tribute to Noah Woods as fundraiser hits £100k

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Reynolds, J. (2026, September 19). Everton and Ipswich fans pay tribute to Noah Woods as fundraiser hits £100k. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/everton-noah-ipswich-suffolk-police-premier-league-b1297622.html

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Members of the public joined a search for Noah Woods, a three-year-old boy from Brantham who went missing and was later found in Decoy Pond by Met Police divers. A JustGiving page set up to support his family had raised over £100,000 from more than 6,000 donations as of Saturday evening. Both Everton and Ipswich fans paid tribute to Noah during a match at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, with supporters pausing for a moment of silence three minutes into the game.

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On Tuesday afternoon, a three-year-old boy named Noah Woods went missing in Brantham, Suffolk, after becoming separated from a relative at a playground. Noah, who is partially deaf and non-verbal, was last seen wearing a Bluey t-shirt, shorts, and white trainers. Over 1,300 volunteers joined the search efforts coordinated from Brantham Leisure Centre and the village hall, while emergency services including HM Coastguard helicopters were deployed to assist.

Despite extensive searches involving door-to-door inquiries and checks in outbuildings by local residents, Noah was not found. On Wednesday afternoon, a body believed to be Noah was recovered from Decoy Pond near the playground. Superintendent Tom Pearse stated that the death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious, pending further investigation.

Floral tributes were left at the playground where Noah last played, and locals expressed their devastation over the outcome of the search efforts.

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Around 1,300 members of the public joined a search to find Noah, who police said was non-verbal, partially deaf and had been undergoing an assessment for autism. asserted

police → join → autism

Met Police divers recovered his body from a lake, known locally as Decoy Pond, on Wednesday afternoon and Suffolk Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious. asserted

death → recover → afternoon

A JustGiving page set up by Good Dads Club, a community of fathers based in Colchester, Essex, had received more than £100,000 in donations from a total of more than 6,000 supporters by Saturday evening. asserted

page → set → evening

On Saturday, a photo of Noah was shown on the big screen ahead of the game at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool. asserted

photo → show → Stadium

And three minutes into the game, both sets of supporters stood to applaud in memory of Noah, Everton said in a post on X. Town defender Leif Davis donated £2,000 to the fundraising appeal set up to support Noah’s family and captain Dara O’Shea and goalkeeper Christian Walton were among the club delegation who laid flowers at the playground where he went missing. On Thursday, Noah’s father Rhys Woods paid tribute to his son in a message shared on a community Facebook group. asserted

father → stand → group

He wrote: “There are no words to describe the pain of this loss, we are all absolutely heartbroken, Noah was the sweetest and most innocent little boy, with nothing but love to give, and we are going to miss him so very much.” asserted

we → write → him

Suffolk Police said on Thursday that the body of the child recovered by police divers had been formally identified as Noah Woods, aged three and from Brantham, subject to confirmation at formal inquest proceedings. asserted

body → say → proceedings

The force said that his death was not being treated as suspicious but that police still have a number of inquiries to complete before submitting a file for the coroner. asserted

police → say → coroner

Everton and Ipswich fans pay tribute to Noah Woods as fundraiser hits £100k

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