WATCH: Six-goal Pat Hoban ends 20-year Irish League wait in Glentoran seventh heaven – ‘I could have probably had one or two more’

The highly-regarded Hoban had two goals to his name by the time Carrick lost Reece Glendinning on 28 minutes to a red card on a special Saturday afternoon for the Glens striker.

Liam Burt closed off the visitors’ scoring at Taylors Avenue, with Ryan Cooney claiming no fewer than six assists in the rout.

But it was Hoban who proved the main talking point as he became the first Irish League player to net six since Hamilton’s achievement during October 2004 at Shamrock Park in a 9-0 win for Portadown.

Respected Irish League statistician Marshall Gillespie posted over social media how the record for individual goals by one player stands at 11 for Belfast Celtic’s Peter O’Connor during a North Regional League victory by 13-0 against Glenavon in January 1941.

Here’s the verdict of Hoban following his special display:

“I think I would've been 16 for Mervue United when I've done something like that.

"Obviously it's great to get on the scoresheet and score a couple of goals from play...I haven't done that in a while.

"I'm delighted for the boys as well...we played some good stuff today.

“The surface was difficult out there...it was icy in patches and stuff but our focus was obviously to get on second balls and then find that pass after and I thought we did that really well.

"I thought the quality of the service into the box was brilliant today and without that service I don't score goals.

"And that's credit to the boys, so just delighted.

"The service was unbelievable, that's what I've always fed off my whole career...movement going into the right areas.

"You know, other days the ball doesn't go there so just thankful today.

"I was a wee bit worried with the fourth one if it was going to be mine or not...I saw it go behind the line, I was just seeing did the linesman see it go behind the line!

"Then MJ (Michael-John Kamson Kamara) said it was behind the line.

"You take every goal as it comes.

"We moved it side to side really well, we got lads into certain pockets who moved it along too really quickly.

"But it's early delivery as well...early delivery is the best delivery, early balls.

"I could have probably had one or two more, to be honest.

"We won the game...at the end of the day, it only counts for three points - but we'll take it and move on.

"The first one...the pitch is really hard and icy and I took the momentum back in the way to reverse it.

"Then obviously the second header from the corner (5-0) was good.

"I just keep trying to do what I normally do, going to the same areas, keep doing the same movements.

"Coming down here, it is a tough place to come...we dealt with that really, really well.

"You can see that probably from the first five, 10 minutes, we really did deal with that and I thought we played good stuff."