A minute of clapping to be held at every NI match in memory of IFA referee Richard Scott

Mr Scott, whose funeral takes place on Sunday, was working at a NIE substation in Portadown when the accident happened.

The 33-year-old NIE Networks employee came from Castledawson and he will be buried at Polepatrick Cemetery in Magherafelt.

Neil McNickle, national secretary of the Northern Ireland Referee Association, said: "We are intending to remember our colleague Richard Scott at every game across Northern Ireland this Saturday.

"We are asking all who are attending or participating in matches this Saturday to observe 1 minute of clapping in memory of Richard.

"We feel that Richard would have found that much more acceptable, and in line with his larger than life character, than 1 minute of silence."

Mr Scott is survived by parents June and Harold, siblings Cherith and Jordan, and his wider family circle.

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