FAMILY, friends and hundreds of well-wishers from around the world paid tribute to footballer Jordan Sinnott today at his funeral at Bradford City's Valley Parade stadium.

And they were met with a display of 840 football shirts from clubs across the UK, Europe and beyond from people who responded to an appeal to honour the 25-year-old Bradford-born footballer's memory.

Hanging up in the McCall Suite at Valley Parade was an England shirt signed by manager Gareth Southgate, others from the Home Nations, the likes of Liverpool and Premier League clubs each with the wording 'Sinnott 25' on the back.

And there were also 10 shirts from the teams Jordan had played for from Shipley and Guiseley AFC Juniors through Huddersfield and Halifax to Alfreton and Matlock.

In all, it took the family and friends two days to put them all up, hanging from the ceiling and decorating the walls in all their technicolour glory.

Paying tribute to Jordan before the event, his brother Tom said he had been bowled over by the response of the football family around the world.

He said: "It's an unbelievable tribute.

"It took me back just actually seeing them all.

"Everyone said he hadn't had a bad bone in his body. Even as brothers, we never fought and never argued."

He said the family originally had the idea of getting shirts from just the clubs Jordan had played for.

"But it just snowballed. We've heard from professional teams and amateur teams and kids' teams with lovely messages.

"It brings it home to you."

A majority of the donated jerseys are football ones but six other sports, including cricket, American football and basketball, are also represented in the collection.

Some were sent from far-flung locations such as Bahrain, Qatar, Thailand, the Philippines and even the Chagos Archipelago, a string of islands in the Indian Ocean.

Jordan, a former Huddersfield Town and Chesterfield midfielder, died on January 25, following an alleged assault in Retford, Nottinghamshire.

Jordan, whose father Lee starred for Bradford City and Huddersfield Town, was playing on loan for non-league Matlock Town before his death.

The funeral service, to which his family and friends were invited, was held from 1pm.

His family will then attend the cremation, before returning back to the club to celebrate his life alongside friends.

Nearly 1,000 people from all over the UK and the world - including Australia and the US - are expected to attend the event.

There will also be a book of condolence for everyone to sign.

After the funeral the Sinnott family, including dad Lee who made 173 appearances for Bradford, will donate the shirts to Sport Relief with some of those which have been signed to be auctioned at a date to be set.

HGV driver Tom said: "We want Jord's memory to live on and see this is a brilliant way of doing it.

"To have people around the world with the Sinnott name on their back would make our whole family very proud."