In Derry City’s 5-0 win over Abersytwyth in 2014, Rory Patterson became the first player from a League of Ireland club to score 3 goals in a European game.

Here’s the full list of players who have scored twice in a single European game while playing with a LOI club; (updated 8 July 2015)

You can see that Patterson is the 3rd player to notch at least twice with Derry. Both previous occasions happened in Derry’s 5-1 win away to Gretna in 2006.

3 players have scored twice, eh, twice; Billy Dixon (Drumcondra/Shamrock Rovers), Eugene Davis (Athlone Town) and Jason Byrne (Shelbourne).

Patterson’s 4 goals over the 2 legs mean there are only 4 players ahead of him in the all time scorers list for LOI players in Europe.