FC United has applied for international clearance to re-sign the club’s record goalscorer Rory Patterson, seven years on since he left the Reds.
Patterson, 31, is well known to many FC United supporters as he signed for the club in our formation year in 2005. The Northern Irish international, who earned the nickname Mr Mystery after making his debut without a shirt number, made 129 appearances and scored a record 99 goals for the club in all competitions.
Patterson was promoted in all of his three seasons with FC United and twice finished as the division’s top-scorer. He has most recently been plying his trade for Cockburn City SC in the Western Australia National Premier League.
Our application for international clearance has been lodged with the FA and we now await the necessary approvals to sign Patterson.
A further update will be issued on this story in due course.