Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick
Football-mad brothers killed in a car crash have been buried in a double Manchester United coffin.
The funeral of Ben Peak, eight, and his brother Arron, 10, was a sea of red as mourners paid tribute to their love for the team.
Their mother Amanda Peak wore a red shirt and her wheelchair-bound husband, Phil, who was seriously injured in the crash, wore a football shirt. He also wore a neck brace.
The boys' double red and white coffin, with their names and the name of their favourite team on the side, was taken to Our Lady of St Lourdes church in Partington, Manchester, in a white horse-drawn carriage.
It was carried into the church by pallbearers wearing red football shirts, with the boys' names and ages on the back.
Ben and Arron died after a collision on the M6 near Keele services in Staffordshire.
Plymouth Argyle footballer Luke McCormick has been released on bail after he was arrested and charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and driving with excess alcohol.
More than 200 mourners packed into the church and stood outside to hear Reverend Malcolm Lorimer, a Methodist minister, say the boys would continue to be special after their deaths.
The boys were in a Toyota Previa people carrier with their father and three friends, on their way to watch a motorsport event at Silverstone.
Their 37-year-old father, who was at the wheel of the Toyota, was left seriously injured in the crash, which took place at around 5.45am on June 7. He suffered a suspected broken neck and back in the crash.
Amanda Peak sobbed into a handkerchief as she followed her sons' coffin out of the church, clutching the hand of her husband.
Mr Lorimer said: 'It's good to see so many people in red today, it's a real celebration because of the boys' love for Manchester United.
'They will continue to be special, they will continue to be remembered and also, as well, they will continue to be talked about and loved, and that's one of the positive things we can do in this community to help Amanda and Phil.'
He told the congregation: 'This community can help in this tragedy. Road accidents are something we sadly seem to accept too easily.
'Quite naturally, with this particular tragedy, people are angry. Why did it happen? Could it have been avoided? A family day out that all of us take, a family day out to Silverstone.'
He added: 'If that anger at this tragedy is focused that it stops any one of us getting into a car, or stopping someone else getting in a car; if it prevents another tragedy, then something may have come from today.'
The family received a personal letter of condolence from club manager Sir Alex Ferguson, Mr Lorimer said.
Phil Bennett, the family's neighbour who was in their car at the time of the accident, received applause for his tearful tribute to the boys.
He said: 'From the moment we met, you became a big part of our lives, as much a part of our lives as our own kids.'
Mr Bennett recalled Ben's 'big eyes and shy smile' and Arron's footballing skills. He said: 'The future we had imagined with Amanda and Phil and Arron and Ben is going to be so much different now, but it can still happen because we know the boys will be with us and part of our hearts.'
The boys' grandfather, Nigel Fitzhugh, paid tribute to two 'special boys'. He said: 'They might have only lived for 10 and eight years but oh, what a time we've had.'
Their head teacher, Shirley Styles, from Forest Gate Community Primary School, read out a poem and the school choir sang You Raise Me Up.
Mr Lorimer, speaking outside the church, said: 'Obviously the family are devastated but I think they've probably taken a lot of comfort from the community's strength.
'They were very special boys. All children are special, but these two seemed to captivate all the good things in life.'
R.I.P
