Football fans pay 'lovely' tribute to 15-year-old fan who died after stabbing
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In the 15th minute of the match against Coventry at the Oakwell Stadium all the home supporters stood up and did a round of applause for the youngster, who tragically died in the early hours of August 8.
Loui was a big Barnsley fan, and his old football coach has said football was a ‘massive part of his life’.
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Hide AdPolice were called at around 2pm on Sunday (8 August) following reports that a teenage boy had been stabbed on Fish Dam Lane.
On arrival officers found Loui with a stab wound to his chest. He was taken to hospital, where he remained in a critical condition for several days. He sadly died on Thursday morning.
Loui’s family confirmed that the boy who had been stabbed was their son.
A post mortem examination concluded that he died as a result of a stab wound to the chest.