The 75-year-old died in July after a battle with cancer

Tributes to Doncaster football legend Kevin Keegan will take place this weekend when two of his former clubs meet in the Premier League.

The Armthorpe born icon died in July at the age of 75 after a battle with cancer and on Sunday, Newcastle United will take on Liverpool in the Premier League at St James’ Park.

Both clubs played a huge part of the former England captain and manager’s career and supporters will come together to celebrate his remarkable playing and managerial career.

The teams will warm up in special shirts and wear black armbands during the match.

Among several other tributes, a minute's applause will take place before kick-off and a display by Wor Flags will include both home and away supporters. There will also be a video tribute.

Fans have been asked to arrive early for the 4.30pm kick-off.

A private funeral service for family and friends only took place on August 10 at an undisclosed location.

Earlier this month, a family statement said: “Following the devastating news of Kevin's passing, we would like to thank the vast number of people who have expressed condolences and shared their memories of Kevin in recent days.

“As a family we have been truly overwhelmed by the volume of tributes and are grateful for them all.

“Details of a memorial service hosted by Newcastle United that will take place at a later date will be communicated in due course."

Born on Valentine’s Day 1951 at 32 Elm Place, Armthorpe to English parents of part Irish ancestry, he attended his local school, St. Peter’s High School in nearby Cantley.

At the age of 16, Keegan was spotted playing at amateur level for Pegler, his employer at the time, and signed by fourth division Scunthorpe United – one of just two professional sides in the division.

He became a first team regular and scored 18 goals in 124 games, attracting the attention of the Merseyside giants Liverpool with legendary boss Bill Shankly snapping him up for £35,000 in 1971.

The move proved to be the beginning of the soccer star’s rise to fame - and becoming a global icon of the game.

During a glittering spell with the Reds, he won three First Division titles, the UEFA Cup twice, the FA Cup and the European Cup and also became an England regular, making his debut in 1972, becoming captain in 1976 and scoring 21 goals for his country in 63 games - although his World Cup career was limited to just 26 minutes at the 1982 finals in Spain.

Further successful spells followed at Hamburg, Southampton and Newcastle before he made the step into management with Newcastle, Manchester City and England.