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    MOTD mention after applause tribute to Island footballer

    Middlesbrough football fans have paid tribute to an Island footballer by breaking into a round of applause during a match on Saturday. 

    Supporters led the tribute to Louis Thornton in the 26th minute of the match at The Riverside during a clash with Tottenham.
     
    The act of remembrance was featured during the coverage of the game on BBC's Match of the Day
     
     
    Thornton - who was the first team captain of Manx club Corinthians AFC - was found dead in a hotel room in Liverpool on September 17th; it's understood his death is not being treated as suspicious. 
     
    Corinthians also paid tribute to him this weekend at their pitch at Ballafletcher. 
     

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