Ian bags a hat-trick in opening four minutes

Cheminant's quick-fire treble propelled the Falcons into a commanding lead against Designate in the second round of the Sussex County Challenge Trophy.

Falcons went on to win the match 5-3 after the shell-shocked home team were unable to retrieve the deficit.

He said: "It was amazing. I couldn't forget a game like that. I scored three goals straight from the kick-off.

"All the goals were similar, they came from long balls over the top for me to run on to.

"Designate didn't know what was going on. After the second goal I heard their centre back say: 'now we know what to do'. But I went down their end and scored again straight away."

Cheminant is in a hot vein of scoring form this season and his name regularly adorns the pages of our round-ups.

The striker, who plays for Falcons in Sussex Sunday Division Two, was decent enough to pass on a few tips.

He said: "I always try to shoot on target.

"I shoot on sight and hit the ball as hard as I can. I like one-on-ones though, and in those cases I place the ball."

The 31-year-old's feat is just outside the record set by the Japanese international Masashi Nakayama who scored a hat-trick in three minutes and 15 seconds against Brunei during an Asian Cup qualifing match played on Febuary 16 last year.

Nakayama bettered the 62-year-old record set by England and Tottenham player George Hall who scored three in three minutes 30 seconds against Ireland.

The prolific striker also plays for Saturday side Brighton Electricity in Division Two of the Brighton League and he recently went past the 50-goal mark for them with a hat-trick to take this season's tally to 17.

We gave the striker a case of London Pride to share with the rest of his team-mates.

The Falcons' ace might be celebrating at the end of the season too.

Hot-shot Cheminant's striking prowess is sure to make him a favourite for our top scorer accolade at Park Life's inaugural awards ceremony.