Motherwell romped to a memorable 8-1 Europa League triumph over Flamurtari in the second qualifying round on Thursday night.

Teenager Jamie Murphy netted an 18-minute hat-trick and Ross Forbes, Shaun Hutchinson, Paul Slane and Robert McHugh all grabbed their first career goals as Well emphatically banished memories of their 1-0 defeat in Albania.

Jim Gannon's side scored their seventh goal in the space of 34 minutes early in the second half before completing their goal spree in the 72nd minute to secure an 8-2 aggregate triumph and book a third qualifying round clash with Steaua Bucharest.

But fellow SPL side Falkirk fell at the first European hurdle after an extra-time 2-0 defeat to FC Vaduz in Liechtenstein.

Eddie May's tenure had begun on a bright note as his youthful side celebrated their first-ever game in Europe with a 1-0 win last Thursday.

But there was to be no such joy in the shadow of the Alps as they disappointingly exited the inaugural Europa League.

Franz Burgmeier struck the 105th-minute winner to secure a deserved victory for the hosts after Emil Noll's goal levelled the aggregate score in the first half.

Elsewhere Macedonian side Rabotnicki ended Crusaders' European campaign with a comfortable win in the second leg of their Europa League second qualifying round tie.

The Northern Irish side headed to eastern Europe with the tie poised at 1-1, but conceded twice in the first half to leave themselves with an uphill task.

Bobi Bozinovski, who scored in the first leg, opened the scoring after 20 minutes before Ze Carlos scored the first of his double 10 minutes before half-time.

Crusaders substitute Jordan Owens gave the visitors hope when he netted after 69 minutes, but Ze Carlos got his second 10 minutes later to recover his side's two-goal cushion.

Rabotnicki substitute Felip Petkovski then made the tie safe for the Macedonians after 84 minutes to render Martin Donnelly's injury time goal no more than consolation.

St Patrick's Athletic reached the third qualifying round of the Europa League with a 1-0 win away to Valletta.

The victory in Malta came courtesy of a goal 10 minutes from time scored by Declan O'Brien.

That goal sealed a 2-1 aggregate win for St Patrick's who now meet Russian side Krylia Sovetov in the third qualifying round.

Meanwhile, a 57th-minute goal from Kevin Deery gave Derry a 1-0 win on the night at Brandywell against Latvian side Skonto Riga and a 2-1 aggregate victory.

The Candystripes progress to a two-legged tie against Bulgaria's CSKA Sofia.

Welsh side Bangor City were knocked out when a single goal from Jami Puustinen gave FC Honka a 1-0 win at the Racecourse Ground to complete a 3-0 aggregate triumph.

Trailing 2-0 from the first leg in Finland, Bangor had it all to do and were were frustrated in their efforts to grab an early goal.

Puustinen's 39th-minute strike clearly took the wind out of them as the second half limped to a predictable conclusion.