{"id":103122,"date":"2023-09-26T11:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T11:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/26\/player-death-not-suspicious\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T11:24:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T11:24:41","slug":"player-death-not-suspicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/26\/player-death-not-suspicious\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Player Death Not Suspicious\u2019 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The late Maddy Cusack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The death of Sheffield United player Maddy Cusack is not being treated as suspicious, police have said.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielder Cusack \u2013 the first player to reach 100 appearances for the club\u2019s women\u2019s team last season \u2013 died last week aged 27.<\/p>\n<p>Derbyshire Police said they were called to an address in Horsley just after 18:35 BST on Wednesday, where Cusack was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>They added a file will now be prepared for the coroner.<\/p>\n<p>Players and fans paid tribute to Cusack \u2013 who had been at the club since 2019 and also worked in the club\u2019s marketing department \u2013 before the Blades\u2019 8-0 Premier League defeat by Newcastle on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Members of her family joined United\u2019s women\u2019s captain Sophie Barker and former player Tony Currie to lay a wreath in the centre circle.<\/p>\n<p>A minute\u2019s silence was held before kick-off, with fans applauding in the eighth minute of the match to represent Cusack\u2019s squad number.<\/p>\n<p>Fans held up signs and flags with Cusack\u2019s name on and the club flag at Bramall Lane flew at half-mast throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Tributes were also paid before England played Scotland at Sunderland\u2019s Stadium of Light on Friday, with players from both sides wearing black armbands and a period of silence held before kick-off in her memory.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement announcing her death on Thursday, the Blades said they were \u201cdevastated\u201d while on Friday, men\u2019s manager Paul Heckingbottom said Cusack was a \u201cbig part of everything\u201d at the club.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Maddy Cusack \u00a0 The death of Sheffield United player Maddy Cusack is not being treated as suspicious, police have said. 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