POYNTZ, PALACE AND JIM

February 20th 1922 Bill Poyntz of Leeds United got married in the morning and then scored a hat trick at Elland Road in a Second Division match against Leicester City in a 3-0 win. He was the fourth Leeds' player to achieve the hat trick in history.
Nine days earlier Bill became the first Leeds player to be sent off in a League fixture at Gigg Lane, Bury on 11th February 1922.
He had signed from the Welsh non-league in 1921, having been born in Tylerstown.in 1894.

On the same day, 4 years later (1926) Crystal Palace had a lively Saturday afternoon, scoring 4 goals in a 5th Rd FA Cup tie v Manchester City at Maine Road. Unfortunately City scored 11.
This was only their second FA Cup meeting, the first also a First Round on 8/1/21; Palace winning 2-0
Other cup ties include: a 3rd Round tie on 3/1/1981 City won 4-0
and a 4th Round tie on 28/1/2017 City won 3-0

Today is Jimmy Greaves' birthday (born 1940); this is an appreciation of Jimmy from a previous blog.
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2018/02/happy-birthday-jim.html
He scored a 100 league goals by 20 years and 290 days-the youngest to reach that milestone.
132 goals in 169 apps for Chelsea
Scored in his 5 debuts-Chelsea, Spurs, England, West Ham, AC Milan.
6 hat tricks for England including two "fours".
44 goals in 57 games for England.
2 FA Cup wins and scored twice in 5-1 victory over European Cup Winners Cup Final v Athletico Madrid. He scored- the first British club to win a European competition.
Retired at 31.