The League of Ireland's best European nights relived

Sligo Rovers and St Patrick's Athletic had nights to remember as they both secured their place into the third qualifying round for the UEFA Conference League.

The Bit O'Red stunned Scottish side Motherwell at the Showgrounds while St Pats progressed against Mura of Slovenia thanks to Joe Anang's penalty shoot-out heroics.

It turned out to be a historic night for Irish football, so we looked back at some of the other great achievements by Irish clubs in Europe.

October 1975 - European Cup Winners' Cup qualifier - Athlone Town 0-0 AC Milan (0-3 on aggregate)

Nearly fifty years ago, Athlone Town drew with one of the most iconic clubs in world football at St Mel's Park.

It was an AC Milan team that featured a host of Italian internationals at the time in front of a packed house of 10,000 in St Mel's.

The night could have been so much more for the Town had John Minnock's penalty not been saved by Enrico Albertosi, a man who played over 30 times for Italy.

Athlone travelled to the San Siro for the second-leg with the tie firmly in the balance but the seven-time European Cup winners scored three late goals to break the hearts of Athlone.

As nearly half a century has passed, the legend of that Athlone team remains rooted in Irish football history.

September 1984 - European Cup Winners' Cup - UCD 0-0 Everton (0-1 on aggregate)

Alan O'Neill in the UCD goal produced the game of his life to keep a clean sheet against Howard Kendall's side.

It remains one of the finest Everton teams of all-time and over the two legs they could only manage just one goal against a stubborn UCD defence.

UCD frustrated Everton so much at Goodison Park that the home side was booed off the pitch.

The Toffees later went on that season to win the First Division title and