On This Day – 22nd April

A hat-trick from Dutch striker Robin van Persie confirmed Manchester United’s 20th league title on this day in 2013.The league title was the thirteenth in 20 years under Sir Alex Ferguson and the 38th trophy won during the Scot’s 27 years at the club. Van Persie’s hat-trick was completed in just over half an hour […]

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Football’s Greatest Hat-Tricks No.12

The North London Derby takes place in an hour’s time, so I thought that it was appropriate to include a hat-trick from a previous match between Arsenal and Tottenham for this week’s Greatest Hat-Trick. On 23rd December, Arsenal travelled down the Seven Sisters Road to face arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. A victory […]

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On This Day – 10th March

On this day back in 2007, 19-year-old Lionel Messi scored the first career hat-trick of his career.The diminutive Argentine couldn’t have picked a bigger setting, with his treble coming in the famous El Classico derby between his Barcelona side and their rivals Real Madrid. Both sides shared six goals in a thrilling encounter. Messi’s first […]

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Football’s Greatest Hat-Tricks No.11

Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu scored a fantastic hat-trick away to Chelsea on 23rd October 1999 There had been a torrential downpour on the day of the game and had left many areas of the pitch completely saturated. Puddles had even formed in small patches of the pitch, making it difficult for the ball to be […]

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Football’s Greatest Hat-Tricks No.10

Middlesbrough pulled off a shock transfer over the summer of 1996, signing Fabrizio Ravanelli from Juventus for a club-record £7 million. The signing turned a few heads as the Italian had won the Champions League the previous season. He had scored the first goal of the Final, which Juventus had won on penalties against a […]

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Football’s Greatest Hat-Tricks No.8

This week’s ‘Greatest Hat-Trick’ comes from a Second Division match on 24th February 2004 between Bournemouth and Wrexham.It seems like a strange fixture to pick a hat-trick from, but all will come clear in a moment! Bournemouth were 3-0 up against their Welsh opponents when striker James Hayter came off the bench to replace Steve […]

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Football’s Greatest Hat-Tricks No.7

Arsenal manager opened his chequebook in September 1991 and signed Crystal Palace striker Ian Wright for a then-club record £2.5 million.Wright was told by Graham to expect a long wait on the substitutes bench as the club already had a few striking options in Kevin Campbell, Paul Merson and Alan Smith, winner of the golden […]

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Football’s Greatest Hat-Tricks No.6

This week’s ‘Greatest Hat-Trick’ comes from Matt Le Tissier for Southampton at home to Norwich on 27th February 1990. LeTissier was best known for his great skill and the wonderful goals that he scored for Southampton over the course of his career. The South Coast side was the only club that he ever played for, […]

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On This Day – 10th November

It took an England player 31 years to score the first hat-trick at Wembley Stadium, with that particular honour going to Chelsea’s Roy Bentley. It was on this day back in 1954 scored his treble in a British Home Championship game against Wales. It was to be quite a season for the Chelsea captain as […]

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