The service contained several nods to Sheffield United Football Club – “the great love of Harvey’s life” – including a coffin with a Bramall Lane design and mourners leaving the church to famous chant The Greasy Chip Butty Song.
Sharing memories from Harvey’s family, Revd Thompson said he loved fishing with his granddad, was “never far from a scrape” and his mother Caroline recalled that as a little boy his catchphrase was: “Isn’t it a lovely day?”.
Revd Thompson read a tribute from Harvey’s best friend Jake, which said: “It breaks my heart that he was taken from us far too soon in a way that never should have happened.
After their son’s death, Harvey’s parents Caroline and Mark Willgoose released a statement which said: “We are utterly heartbroken at the loss of our beautiful boy, ‘Harvey Goose’.
Hundreds of mourners attended Sheffield Cathedral on Friday for the funeral of Harvey Willgoose, who died after he was stabbed at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield on February 3.
