Manchester United honoured their late supporter Mani of The Stone Roses ahead of their match against Arsenal today January 25.

The Manchester born musician died in November aged 63 after suffering respiratory complications. He was laid to rest the following month at a funeral held at Manchester Cathedral, which drew a huge turnout from friends and figures across music, including Liam Gallagher, Paul Weller and Ian Brown.

Also in attendance were Manchester United icons David Beckham and Gary Neville, reflecting how widely known it was that Mani was a passionate and lifelong supporter of the club.

On Sunday afternoon, United made the trip to the Emirates Stadium for their Premier League clash with Arsenal, and used the occasion to honour Mani by emerging from the tunnel wearing special jackets. The garments featured the words “Mani 1962 2025” beneath the club badge, alongside artwork inspired by The Stone Roses’ debut album.

Following his passing, the club shared a tribute that read: “A lifelong Red and friend of the club Mani’s music continues to be played at every Old Trafford matchday and most notably when ‘This is the One’ signals the teams walking out of the tunnel. It continued to make him proud when attending fixtures with his family. The club was part of his DNA and he was proud to be Red.”

They went on to say: “A part of Manchester’s history, Mani will be sadly missed by everybody who knew and loved him. The club’s thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.”

Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown also delivered words at the funeral service. “Mani was like a brother to me, a musical comrade,” he said. “Beautiful soul and spirit. Mani was able to laugh his way through any darkness. He was the life and soul of any room he was in.”

Mani also spent time playing with Primal Scream between 1996 and 2011, and frontman Bobby Gillespie spoke during the ceremony as well. “Mani’s warm and welcoming manner, treating me like an equal, made me feel like a million dollars, and I’ll never forget that. No one was too important to escape his laser eye ability to cut the pretentious and self important down to size, myself included.”

“His gift for finding humour in any situation was invaluable wherever we were in the world,” Gillespie continued. Drawing a comparison with Manchester United great Eric Cantona, he added: “Mani’s not dead, he’s just gone. He will always live forever in my soul and mind.”

In a tribute following his death, NME wrote that the late bassist “held a rare place in the world of bass heroes” and “shaped a scene with some of the most infectious and hypnotic basslines ever recorded.”

“Both heavy and melodic, Mani’s spellbinding bass work became the foundation and often the engine of The Roses’ breakthrough songs ‘Elephant Stone’, ‘Made Of Stone’ and ‘She Bangs The Drums’, while also anchoring the band’s laid back funk evolution on ‘Fools Gold’, arguably a four minute snapshot of the entire late 80s dance rock era,” the tribute said.

After the news of Mani’s passing broke, tributes flooded in from across the music world. My Bloody Valentine dedicated their first tour in seven years to him, Oasis honoured him by playing ‘Live Forever’, and Richard Ashcroft performed a cover of ‘She Bangs The Drums’ in tribute.