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I wouldn't be surprised is England lost their test match this afternoon to Australia on a hat trick. Our brave English boys seem capable of doing anything unusual to lose this game and Ashes. The hat-trick may be related to the "collection" made after a bowler took three wickets. In football, the hat trick may be considered to be three goals by an individual player during the game; or 3 consecutive goals is an even greater achievement; the best hat trick is a left foot, right foot and header (maybe off the chest, collar bone etc so long as VAR doesn't come into use.

Gareth Bale scored a hat trick (3 goals) in a Europa League game  in October 2014 when Spurs beat Greek's Asteras Tripolis 5-1. He then went in goal after Lloris was injured and fluffed a shot to let the Greeks in for their goal!

Southport's Billy Holms got married in the morning on 30th October 1954. He then scored a hat trick for Southport FC in an afternoon 4-1 defeat of Carlisle in Division 3 North. He was scoring all day.

On February 11th 1922 at Bury FC, Bill Poyntz became the first Leeds United player to be sent off in a League match. The following week he was married on the Monday morning, scored a hat trick in the afternoon in a 3-0 defeat of Leicester City in the Second Division, completing an eventful few days.

In November 1946 Liverpool's Jack Balmer, below,  scored three hat tricks in the First Division on three consecutive Saturdays. On the 9th: 3 v Portsmouth at Anfield; 16th 4 v Derby at home; 23rd  3 v Arsenal at Anfield.


The quickest Football League hat trick was scored by Bournemouth's youngster, James Hayter started the game as a sub. On Tuesday 24th February 2004 in a 6-0 defeat of Wrexham in Division 2 at Dean Court, he was brought on and scored in the final 6 minutes. He bagged 3 goals in just over 2 minutes. His parents and brother left the game early to catch a ferry back to their home on the Isle of Wight,  before he came on and missed it.