Rory Patterson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rory Patterson | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Coleraine FC | ||
Rory Patterson (born 16 July 1984 in Strabane, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish footballer. He plays as a forward for Coleraine, having previously played professionally for Rochdale and semi-professionally for FC United of Manchester and Bradford Park Avenue. Rory will be able to sign for any other club on a pre-contract agreement from 1 January 2010. Rory is well known for unproffesionalism.
Career
F.C. United
Rory Patterson signed for F.C. United of Manchester in 2005, and made 126 appearances and scoring 107 goals for the club in all competitions.
Bradford Park Avenue
After much transfer speculation, Patterson signed for Bradford Park Avenue in July 2008 along with his ex-FC United strike partner, Stuart Rudd. Patterson was credited with a hat-trick during a pre-season tour game in Spain, but this later turned out to be a "wind-up" by club chairman Bob Blackburn. Patterson was on a family holiday in Majorca at the time of his game.[1]
Droylsden
In 2009, Rory signed for Droylsden after a season plagued by injury, though he still managed to get into double figures for Bradford PA.
Coleraine
On 29 June 2009, Rory Patterson signed for IFA Premiership side Coleraine from Droylsden.
On his debut for Coleraine in a friendly against Garvagh, he scored a first half hat-trick. He scored ten goals in eight pre-season friendlies for the Bannsiders before marking his competitive debut with a goal in the 2-2 draw with Linfield on 8 August 2009. He then went on to record a hat-trick in the 3-2 derby win over Ballymena United on 18 August.
As the season progressed, a small minority of Coleraine fans began to turn their head on Rory due to his obvious personality leading to reported fallouts behind the scenes. This was not to be the case, and the vast majority of fans kept their faith in him as he was still producing the goods on the pitch.
On 7 November 2009 Rory scored 4 as Coleraine beat the defending champions Glentoran 6-0 at The Oval.
Since then, Rory has won back the hearts of every fan at Coleraine and has also earned himself joint top goalscorer in the Irish Premier League with 15 goals in 19 games. On 4 December 2009, Rory was awarded with the Football Writers Player of the Month for November. On top of this, he also picked up Goal Of The Month for his first of four goals against Glentoran. Rory scored his first Irish Cup goal for Coleraine FC against IFA Championship 2 side Dundela FC.
Rory has since signed a pre contract agreement for Glentoran, He has signed a 3 year deal beginning 2010/11 season
References
- ^ Kilner, Will (28 July 2008). "Avenue 'hat-trick hero' didn't even play". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/8476578.stm
External links
- Rory Patterson Bio at FCUM Official Site
- Rory Patterson at Soccerbase