Premier League teams are auctioning off special football tops for the Poppy Appeal.

All 20 clubs wore shirts emblazoned with a poppy for Remembrance Weekend as a mark of respect and the money raised from the auctions will go to the Royal British Legion.

It is the second consecutive year the football clubs have decided to do their bit to collect cash for the good cause and at the moment, the highest bid on Wayne Rooney's signed poppy shirt is for over £1,000.

As well as this, a number of teams, including Everton and Sunderland, invited a representative from each of the Armed Forces to lay a poppy wreath on the centre circle before kick-off.

Tottenham Hotspur, who are based in north London, had members of the 2nd and 4th Battalions of the Rifles regiment form a guard of honour to welcome the team on to the pitch, while a minute's applause also took place.

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