After false reports that he had signed for FC Metalist Kharkiv, Thornton signed for Aberystwyth Town on a short term contract on 13 September 2011, in a move that was described by the club as'arguably the biggest signing in Welsh Premier League history'.
After false reports that he had signed for FC Metalist Kharkiv, Thornton hit a low patch and returned to his hometown Drogheda in March 2011. In September 2011 he signed for Aberystwyth Town on a short term contract, in a move that was described by the club as'arguably the biggest signing in Welsh Premier League history'.