A hat-trick in the 8 – 1 rout of Switzerland in June 1963 took Charlton's England goal tally to 30, equalling the record jointly held by Tom Finney and Nat Lofthouse and Charlton's 31st goal against Wales in October the same year gave him the record alone.

The 1966 World Cup was hosted in England and Alf Ramsey guided England to victory with a 4 – 2 win against West Germany after extra time in the final, during which Geoff Hurst famously scored a hat-trick.

On 16 April 1963, an astonishing game at Filbert Street against Manchester United, which saw both Ken Keyworth and Denis Law score a hat-trick each, ended in a 4 – 3 victory for Leicester, which meant Leicester sat top of the First Division and 11 days later Banks put in one of the performances of his career to keep out Liverpool as Leicester beat them 1 – 0 in the FA Cup semi-final despite being completely outplayed all game.

Hurst remains the most recent British-based player to notch a double hat-trick in a top-flight league match: he achieved this remarkable feat in a First Division match against Sunderland at Upton Park on 19 October 1968, which saw the Hammers defeat the Wearsiders 8-0.

He scored the second quickest hat-trick ever at a FIFA World Cup tournament against Poland — in doing so, he became only the second English player to score a hat-trick at a FIFA World Cup.

An accomplished career saw him making 55 further appearances ( the last 22 as captain ) for the national side, with perhaps his best game being 1958 at Wembley Stadium when he scored a hat-trick against the Soviet Union in a 5-0 win.

Newton Heath's first league match at Bank Street was played against Burnley on 1 September 1893, when 10, 000 people saw Alf Farman score a hat-trick, Newton Heath's only goals in a 3 – 2 win.

Bergkamp was the competition's joint top goalscorer with eight goals and scored a hat-trick against Rapid Bucureşti in the first round.

Walter debuted with the German national team in 1940 under Sepp Herberger, and scored a hat-trick against Romania.

He scored a hat-trick, helping the team to a 4 – 2 victory against Arsenal, thus becoming the youngest player – at 17 years, 240 days – to score a hat-trick in the top division, breaking Jimmy Greaves ' 30 year – old record.

He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, scoring a hat-trick against South Korea in Spain's second game ( 3 – 1 ), and also a penalty against Belgium in the nation's final group game.

A draw at home to Cardiff at the end of January would see Saints ' home form start to turn around while they continued to take points on the road, with welcomed draws against promotion pushing Birmingham and West Ham, a 3 – 0 win, and Lambert's third hat-trick of the campaign at Watford, and an emphatic 3 – 2 victory at The New Den, where Saints had trailed 2 – 1 to Millwall until 2 Lambert penalties in the last 5 minutes saw Lambert secure his fourth hat-trick and another key 3 points for what seemed like Southampton's inevitable promotion, as they were 2 points clear at the top of the table and 5 points clear of the 3rd spot.

His 5 for 39 in the 1979 Cricket World Cup final against England remains the best ever performance by a bowler in a final ; it included a spell of 5 wickets for 4 runs, and he was on a hat-trick twice.

In one of his first games in the top flight, against Queen's Park Rangers at Loftus Road on 22 September 1984, Waddle scored a first half hat-trick for Newcastle, who had a 4-0 lead at half time.

The tournament's top scorer was Paolo Rossi of Italy with six goals, including a hat-trick in a second group game against Brazil and one in the final.

This included a best of 6-25 against Bangladesh, where Vaas also took a hat-trick with the first three deliveries of the Bangladesh innings.

He scored 28 goals combined from 2000 – 02 ( including a hat-trick against Hamburger SV on 24 November 2001 ), while also adding five in 15 UEFA Champions League appearances in 2001 – 02, as Bayer finished second to Real Madrid ( he scored one apiece in both legs of the semifinal clash against Manchester United ); the club also finished second in the league during this timeframe.

This included a hat-trick against King Country / Counties on 19 August.

He scored a hat-trick against FA Youth Cup holders Manchester United in the quarter-finals, scoring the winner in extra time.

Owen subsequently scored another hat-trick in a 4 – 2 win in the first leg in the semi against Crystal Palace.

A few months later, 11 May 1930, he scored a hat-trick in a 5 – 0 game as Italy beat the Hungary of Larcos, Hirzer and Pál Titkos for the first time ever while playing in Budapest.

In his first appearance for the Springboks against Italy, he scored a hat-trick.

Bwalya was a member of the national squad that participated at the 1988 Olympic Games, making his mark with a most famous hat-trick in a 4-0 victory against Italy.

Charlton played 14 times for United in that first season, scoring twice on his debut and managing a total of 12 goals in all competitions, and including a hat-trick in a 5 – 1 away win over Charlton Athletic in the February.

A large crowd of over 10, 000 fans welcome the Australian team on completing the first World Cup Hat-trick # Cricket | hat-trick – Martin Place, Sydney.

Early in the season away to Leicester City at Filbert Street on 23 August 1997, Bergkamp scored his first hat-trick for the club.

He passed the 100-goal milestone for Blackburn in all competitions on 23 September 1995, scoring a hat-trick in their 5 – 1 home win over Coventry City in the Premier League.

Perhaps his best performance of the season came on 2 February 1997 when Newcastle went into the final 15 minutes of the game 3 – 1 down at home to Leicester City in the league, only for Shearer to win them the game 4 – 3 by scoring a late hat-trick.

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The star of this team was Pichichi, a prolific goalscorer who scored the very first goal in the San Mamés stadium, on 21 August 1913 and a hat-trick in the 1915 final.

Owen scored his first hat-trick for Newcastle in the 4 – 2 away win over West Ham on 17 December.

Owen's seemingly slim chances of earning a place in Fabio Capello's England squad for the 2010 World Cup Finals in 2010 received a boost when on 8 December 2009, Owen scored his first hat-trick for Manchester United in a 3 – 1 away win against Wolfsburg in the Champions League, his first hat-trick since 2005.

Although born in Jamaica, Blissett was capped 14 times by the England national football team, scoring a hat-trick on his debut.

He scored a hat-trick on his full international debut – a 9 – 0 win over Luxembourg, in doing so becoming the first black player ever to score a hat-trick for England.

In the first round Celtic were paired with Lithuanian side Suduva with Larsson scoring a hat-trick in the 8 – 1 first leg victory as they progressed 10 – 1 on aggregate after adding a 2 – 0 away win.

He scored on his debut against Leicester City in a League Cup tie, and then scored a hat-trick on his League debut against Southampton.

Despite his age, he continued to score regularly ( being the second highest Premier League scorer in 1996 – 97 with 23 goals ), and on 13 September 1997 he broke Cliff Bastin's Arsenal goalscoring record with a hat-trick against Bolton Wanderers ( a record since surpassed by Thierry Henry in October 2005 ).

In 1959 he scored a hat-trick as England demolished the US 8 – 1 ; and his second England hat-trick came in 1961 in an 8 – 0 thrashing of Mexico.

Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst MBE ( born 8 December 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire ) is a retired England footballer best remembered for making his mark in history as the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final.

He did take part in a fourth round League Cup hammering of Stoke City, scoring a hat-trick in an 8 – 0 victory, which was second only to the clubs biggest ever win in 1986-a 10 – 0 defeat of Fulham.

His best analysis of the season was 8 – 53 against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge when he captured his first hat-trick by making the ball swing with devastating effect, Yorkshire winning by 9 wickets.

The following season, he set a record of five world ranking titles in one season and recorded a hat-trick of Masters, beating Mike Hallett 9 – 8 after coming back from 7 – 0 and 8 – 2 behind in the final.

His final match of the calendar year saw him score a hat-trick in a 8 – 0 trashing of Levante in the Copa del Rey.

Souness's growing influence was demonstrated in a hat-trick in the season's final fixture, an 8 – 0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday.

On 8 March 2009, Inzaghi scored his first hat-trick of the season for Milan against Atalanta, allowing the team to win 3 – 0 at the San Siro.

On 8 January 2011, Kamara netted a hat-trick and played the full 90 minutes in the third round of the FA Cup against Peterborough United in a 6-2 victory at Craven Cottage.

On 9 May, Drogba inspired Chelsea to win the Premier League by scoring a hat-trick in an 8 – 0 win over Wigan Athletic.

Establishing himself in the side over the next few years, scoring his first hat-trick in January 1968 in an 8 – 0 win over Ebbw Vale in the Welsh Cup, he went on to form one of the most lethal strike partnerships in the club's history alongside Brian Clark.

He scored his first hat-trick in the FA Cup, in an 8 – 2 demolition of non-league Alfreton on 13 December.

On 8 December 2004, Tuncay became only the second person to ever score a Champions League hat-trick against Manchester United, and the first Turkish person to score a hattrick in the Champions League.

Since 2007, Rolfe has been one of the Fire's top league scorers, scoring 8 goals in the 2007 season and a career high 9 goals in the 2008 season, including a hat-trick and man of the match performance versus the New York Red Bulls

Martin also achieved the rare feat of scoring a hat-trick against three different Newcastle United goalkeepers — Martin Thomas, who was then injured, and outfield players Chris Hedworth and Peter Beardsley — in a Football League First Division match in April 1986 which the Hammers won 8 – 1.

In June 2009, De Wolfe won his first World Series of Poker bracelet, winning the $ 5, 000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or Better tournament for $ 246, 616 and in doing so became only the second person ( after Gavin Griffin ) to complete the hat-trick of WSOP, EPT and WPT titles.