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.

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.

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 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.

His hat-trick against Italy on 8 September 2007, at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, brought him level with the record of Christian Cullen, the All Blacks ' previous leading try scorer and then his try in the 15th minute against Scotland on 23 September gave him the record.

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.

After winning the First Test by an innings after being controversially sent in by Hutton, Australia lost its way and England took a hat-trick of victories to win the series 3 – 1.

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.

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.

His Golden Boot-winning performance at the finals led to much anticipation of success at the Camp Nou, and he did not disappoint, scoring 21 goals in 41 games during his first season, including a hat-trick in a 3 – 2 win over arch rivals Real Madrid.

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.

The match is remembered for England's only World Cup trophy, Geoff Hurst's hat-trick – the only one ever scored in a World Cup Final-and the controversial third goal awarded to England by referee Gottfried Dienst and linesman Tofik Bakhramov.

* October 24 – Dixie Dean scores a hat-trick for Tranmere Rovers to become the youngest ever player to score three goals for The Superwhites.

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 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.

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.

Their season ended with a 4 – 1 home win over Hartlepool United, in which Steve Bull scored his first Wolves hat-trick, and they finished fourth – one place short of automatic promotion, which placed in them in the promotion / relegation playoffs.

The club claimed the trophy for the fourth time, by beating Sheffield Wednesday a hefty 6 – 1 — with left forward William Townley scoring three goals and becoming the first player to achieve a hat-trick in the F. A.

In October 2001, he scored his first league hat-trick for three years, helping Liverpool beat Leicester City 4 – 1, but was dropped for the following league match.

In the following match, Fowler's hat-trick gave the Glory a 3 – 1 victory against Melbourne Victory at the Dairy Famers Stadium in Townsville.

Van Nistelrooy scored a hat-trick in his second league match against Levante and, on 12 November 2006, he scored all four of Real Madrid's goals in a 4 – 1 victory over Osasuna.

On 15 August 2010, Van Nistelrooy scored his only competitive hat-trick with Hamburg, in a 5 – 1 win over Torgelower SV Greif during round 1 of the 68th season of the DFB-Pokal.

In the run up to the 1998 World Cup, Le Tissier scored a hat-trick in a 4 – 1 victory for England B against Russia B, at Loftus Road ; despite this, he was controversially overlooked by manager Glenn Hoddle for the final squad, a decision that the player himself cited as a hiatus in his career after which his form never fully recovered.

After Rangers went 1 – 0 down in the early stages Gascoigne went on to score a hat-trick despite, in his own words, being tired and running on pure adrenaline.