THERE will be a full programme of English football on Saturday - despite criticism from Kevin Keegan that it is too soon to play after Tuesday's terrorist attacks in America.

Nearly all sporting events in Britain will be affected this weekend, with many governing bodies cancelling fixtures as a mark of respect.

However, all Premiership and Nationwide League games will go ahead, even though it is believed that up to 500 Britons could have died in Tuesday's attacks.

There will be a minute's silence at all matches, while the players will wear black armbands and all flags at the grounds will be at half-mast.

There has been criticism about the decision to go ahead with the weekend's scheduled soccer fixtures - with Manchester City boss Kevin Keegan among those feeling it is too soon to play.

The Blues boss said: ''I said after the Worthington Cup game on Tuesday that we should not have played that night.

''It would have been fine with me had there been a decision to call off this weekend's matches.''

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