The fans applaud as Everton's anthem Z-Cars is played on a violin. There's a hush around Goodison Park when the players make their way onto the pitch. You can feel the emotion around the place.

Everton midfielder Gareth Barry becomes only the second player to make 550 Premier League starts, while youngster Brendan Galloway plays just his 10th top flight game at left-back. Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku starts up front.  

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Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal shuffles his team after defeat against Arsenal last time out.

Daley Blind, Michael Carrick, Memphis Depay and Ashley Young all miss out, while Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo, Morgan Schneiderlin and Ander Herrera come in.

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Everton manager Roberto Martinez: “You can imagine Howard Kendall’s passing is a real shock. Straight way, when you have two seconds to reflect, it is a really sad moment, but it is a day to celebrate and to look on back on an inspirational figure.

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"The relationship with the crowd and the high standard he set. He brought belief that anything could be achieved. He put Everton on the highest step in European football in the 80s. For anyone who is representing Everton today, we have to be up at that level. It needs to be a special occasion for Howard.

“This is a fitting occasion for us to play Manchester United as we played them when Sir Phillip Carter passed away in April and the two had an iconic partnership.”

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Former Everton captain Kevin Ratcliffe

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"As a manager Howard was so forward-thinking in his day. What he achieved typified what he was about. He was at Everton to win things and he did it. 

"His training methods were absolutely fantastic, and pre-season meant we never got injuries in training. 

"He made it a joy to attend training every day - you loved going in.

"If Howard had stayed at Everton then I think the club would have dominated in the 1980 and 90s."

Ian Brown
BBC football commentator at Goodison Park

"A sombre mood here at Goodison Park..."

Richard McIlwain: Terrible news about Howard Kendall - privileged to have watched his Everton side of the 80s. Thanks for the memories.

Stephen Jenkins: RIP Howard Kendall. Manager of the best team never to win The European Cup.

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The Everton flag at Goodison Park is flying at half mast this afternoon.

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Everton fans have also been paying their own tributes to former boss Howard Kendall.

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There is a Premier League fixture to be played, with Everton looking to make it a fourth consecutive victory over Manchester United at Goodison Park.

Louis van Gaal's men suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat against Arsenal in their last game, so will want to bounce back with a positive result.

Can Wayne Rooney find his form? Will Ross Barkley continue his brilliant start to the season?

Flowers and messages of tribute are already building up outside Goodison Park

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

"Howard Kendall presided over a remarkable transformation in Everton's fortunes, taking a club on its knees at the end of 1983 to the finest in Europe only 18 months later after winning the FA Cup in 1984 and the title and European Cup Winners' Cup in 1985.

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"He was admired by both Everton and Liverpool fans alike as a man who lived life to the full and the emotions on show at Goodison Park on Saturday will be testimony to his stature."  

Rob Drake: I was 13 when I went by train to my first ever Everton game on my own at Derby. Howard scored from 20 yards. Part of a wonderful midfield and team, then a great manager. And finally confident enough to go to Spain to manage. What a sad day.

Steve B, Liverpool fan: If my memory serves me right Everton would have more than likely gone on to more European Cup glory if it wasn't for the ban on English clubs in Europe. Great manager, great team. Very sad day. RIP Howard Kendall.

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Former Everton striker Graeme Sharp

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"It was enjoyable to come into training every single day. The first day of pre-season, he'd get players on side. He was a players' manager, realising you have to be a team both on and off the field. We always mixed socially. 

"He always told us to attack and the Gwladys Street End would suck the ball into the goal for us. And it did."

Glyn, Woolton: Absolutely devastated to hear sad news of Howard's passing. Not only our greatest ever manager but a great player who could tackle, pass, score great goals and inspire those around him. Met him a few times in recent years and he was a true gent as well as being a true blue. God bless.

Spud: Howard Kendall is in every good memory I have as an Everton fan as player, manager and bloke. Captain 1970, manager 1985, and watching companion 1995. He will be missed by every football person in the UK.  

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An impressive CV..

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If you are a youngster like me who grew up watching football in the 90s, you'll remember Howard Kendall as someone who managed a struggling Everton side and kept them in the Premier League by the skin of their teeth.

Delve deeper into history and you'll find that this man is actually one of the greats of the English game.

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Mark Lawrenson
Former Liverpool defender on Football Focus

"If you ask Evertonians from the the 1960s they will tell you Howard Kendall was part of the best Everton midfield of all time, with Alan Ball and Colin Harvey.

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"He used to play for Preston too, and he was my idol growing up, but that Everton team of the mid 1980s - his team - were outstanding. If English clubs hadn't been banned from playing in Europe because of the Heysel disaster, they could have won the European Cup. 

"He was a good man, a social man, a real football man. And he will be very sorely missed. It's come as a real shock."

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Born in County Durham, Howard Kendall played over 100 times for his first club Preston North End, becoming the youngest player to play in a Wembley FA Cup final aged 17 years and 345 days in 1964.

He joined Everton in 1967, losing another FA Cup final in 1968, before the Toffees won the First Division title two seasons later.

He made more than 200 appearances for the club, who described him as "one of the greatest players to pull on the Everton jersey". He also played for Birmingham, Stoke and Blackburn.

Read the full obituary on Howard Kendall here