When Patson Daka scored four goals for Leicester City against Spartak Moscow last week, it produced a surprising statistic.

The Zambian's feat in the Europa League match in Russia was the first time it had been achieved since 1958.

Not even Jamie Vardy, Gary Lineker, Alan Smith or Frank Worthington could do it.

The player who last did it was striker Derek Hines - and he had a long association with the Ashby area.

He was born in Woodville and, when he retired from the game, ran a village shop and post office in Blackfordby - as well as becoming a scout for Leicester.

Shortly after Daka's exploits, the Opta Joe Twitter account posted: Patson Daka is the first Leicester player to score four goals in a single match in any competition since Derek Hines against Aston Villa in November 1958."

It was a game that Leicester won 6-3.

Sadly, Derek passed away 20 years ago at the age of 70.

But his son, Steve, and granddaughter, Donna, still live in Moira and are proud of what Derek achieved during his time with the Foxes.

He is fifth in list of all-time Leicester goalscorers with 117 goals - behind Vardy who had 154 at the time of writing. He also played for England at youth level.

But during a 13-year career at Filbert Street, which saw him make almost 300 appearances, stayed close to the Blackfordby area.

At first, his family were not aware of Daka's goals and that Derek's name would be featured in the media once more as a result.

Steve said: "I didn't see the game the other night when Daka scored, but I never gave it a second thought when I heard the result.

"It came out of the blue.

"I knew dad had scored a few in that Villa game, I actually thought it was more than four.

"It's a surprise that nobody had done it since, especially with the likes of Jamie Vardy around."

Donna added: "I found about that my grandad's record had been equalled when I was tagged into a Facebook post by a relative.

"And she said: 'I think this might be of interest'.

"It was about Daka scoring the four goals and then my granddad's name was in all of the newspapers.

"We spoke to a relative afterwards and one of his niece's husband actually remembers going to the match.

"He said that 'Uncle Derek' had helped him become a scout for a number of clubs.

"But my grandma was apparently banned from Leicester matches as they always used to lose when she was there - she never bothered with it much after that."

Steve's wife Lyn said: "He was only young and travelled down from Burton Albion where he'd been playing. His knees were caked in mud. He remembers Leicester being 3-1 down and Derek scoring the last four."

Donna said that memories of Derek are still strong within the family.

She added: "It was really nice to see my grandad's name again, because we're extremely proud of him."

Derek was well known in Blackfordby as he, with his wife Jean, now 93, ran the post office in Main Street.

He started playing at Moira United before joining Leicester.

Steve added: "I was six when he was at his peak with Leicester, but then he moved to Shrewsbury Town when I was 11, we used to go to those games.

"He finished at Leicester because of his knees, then he had two or three years at Shrewsbury before getting involved with the shop at Blackfordby.

"Back then, you had to have another career when you left football.

"But the shop that he ran is now a house, just like the other shop in Blackfordby.

"Dad's shop was just past the Butt Lane turning."

Donna added: "Mum's family owned one shop, and dad's family owned the other one.

"Granddad used to get ribbed by people in the shop, usually by Derby County fans."

Steve said: "When dad was at Leicester, Arthur Rowley was there too.

"And he used to moan about doing Arthur's donkey work.

"He got more praise than my dad and scored more goals, but he made the goals for him."

But when Leicester opened their new stadium - formerly known as the Walkers Stadium - they invited the family along as they named one of the snack bar area of the ground after Derek.

It was called Hines Bar and made sure the name lives on at the club.

Steve added: "When he was running the shop, he was still in touch with Leicester.

"He was coaching the A team, but then the manager Matt Gilles got the sack and I think my dad paid the price for that."