HAT-TRICKS
In the 140 years following Sam Widdowson's four goals against Sheffield Heeley on December 2nd 1882, a total of 89 players have scored 142 competitive hat-tricks.Both Wally Ardron and Tom Peacock scored hat-tricks on 6 different occasions and three players have scored five.
The three hat-tricks that Alex Higgins scored all came in the FA Cup, and all within a month. He scored 5 goals against Clapton in the first round of the FA Cup on January 17 1891 and then hat-tricks in both of the second round replays against Sunderland on February 7th and 11th.
Both of Nigel Clough's hat-tricks were in under 10 minutes. His first, against QPR in December 1987 was in just 4 minutes and was the record at the time for a hat-trick in the top flight. His second, against Coventry in the League Cup was in just 8 minutes before half-time, when we were already losing 4-0.
Nigel Clough was on the losing side in that game, which is the fifth (and most recent) time that happened.
Summary
This is the summary of game results when we scored a hat-trick
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 136 | 127 | 4 | 5 |
These are all the players who have scored more than one hat-trick: