When Gunnedah FC striker Rob Pryor does hang up the boots he will carry a unique achievement into retirement with him.
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Playing for Gunnedah United back in 2014, Pryor scored a hat-trick for both reserve grade and first grade on the same day.
These days cutting a familiar figure up front for Gunnedah FC, the 25-year old first started kicking around a soccer ball when he was five and has played pretty well ever since.
He did do a bit of little athletics growing up, reaching a state level for javelin, and has played a bit of tennis, but soccer has always been his main sport.
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"I just like playing - always have," he said.
He started playing in the senior ranks when he was in his late teens, and suited up for United from 2012 to 2015. When they merged with Gunnedah and District Junior Soccer to form FC, he donned the yellow becoming a prolific goalscorer for them.
In 2018 he was the competition's second highest goalscorer. Last season he went one better, finishing on top with 19 goals for the year.
Living on the family farm at Tambar Springs, for the first few years Pryor would regularly make the 140km round trip commute to get into training. That become harder as other commitments such as work started to require more of his time.
He has his own fencing business. He also has 250 acres of his own and leases a bit of country off his father.
It keeps him pretty busy, particularly at the moment.
"We (fencing business) had two days left in February and in the space of a few weeks we got booked up until September," he said.
On Saturday Pryor was one of four goalscorers for FC as they beat Quirindi 5-2 for their second win of the season.
A header from about two metres out, it was his first goal for the season and probably shouldn't have been his only. He should have had about four, but his finishing was by his own appraisal "pretty rubbish".
Generally he has judged his form this season as "pretty ordinary" compared to the last few years. In saying that, the first few games he was pretty much a lone ranger up front with FC employing a more defensive formation.
In recent games they have reverted to two "out and out" wingers, which has meant he has had a bit more support.
After a tough start drawing the the two competition powerhouses in Oxley Vale Attunga and Tamworth FC, and North Companions first-up, Pryor said it feels like they are starting to build a bit of momentum.
"We're getting better but we've still got room to improve," he said.