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Lawrence Shankland scored his 3rd hat-trick for Utd yesterday afternoon.
But this one was a wee bit more rare in that it was a 'perfect hat-trick'. For those unfamiliar with the phrase it means your goals have been scored by your head, right foot and left foot.
I can think of at least 3 other Utd players who have also accomplished this feat in tangerine. But i won't say.
How many others can you guys name, other than Shankland and the 3 (probably easy) one's that spring to my mind?
Nae cheating.
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Billy Dodds, Jon Daly and maybe Pettigrew?
Or maybe Johnny Russell.
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Shedtastic wrote:
Billy Dodds, Jon Daly and maybe Pettigrew?
Or maybe Johnny Russell.
Well, that was quick (particulary at this hour).
Billy Dodds v St.Johnstone away on his full debut (I was there).
Jon Daly v Falkirk away (wasn't there, but watched it on live telly).
Johnny Russell v Killie away. The last hat-trick a Utd player had notched away from Tannadice full-stop, until yesterday. Again I was lucky enough to be there, Johnny gave the ultimate Centre Forward's performance that day imo.
Not sure on Willie P as he was just a wee bit before my time watching DUFC.
But i'm sure others on here can confirm or deny and chip in with one or two others.
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Jim McIntyre might have done this against Kilmarnock at Tannadice around 2004. First goal was a header and 3rd was left footed into top corner, can't remember the second one
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Tek wrote:
Lawrence Shankland scored his 3rd hat-trick for Utd yesterday afternoon.
But this one was a wee bit more rare in that it was a 'perfect hat-trick'. For those unfamiliar with the phrase it means your goals have been scored by your head, right foot and left foot.
I can think of at least 3 other Utd players who have also accomplished this feat in tangerine. But i won't say.
How many others can you guys name, other than Shankland and the 3 (probably easy) one's that spring to my mind?
Nae cheating.
Also he's scored a hat trick of headers in the same season, surely unique in Scotland at least?
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I reckon he will bag at least two more hat tricks this season too
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Kevin Gallacher scored a header, left and right foot, at Hamilton over thirty years ago.
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PatReilly wrote:
Kevin Gallacher scored a header, left and right foot, at Hamilton over thirty years ago.
Christ so he did.
I should have remembered that. My old man took me to that game.
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bowers wrote:
What is the most hat tricks a player has scored for us in a season?
Had to go back some time, and will be happy if anyone can put me right on this, Peter McKay got four hat tricks for two seasons in a row, 1948-49, and 1949-50.
On another track, that wasn't Lawrence Shankland's first 'perfect hat trick' of his career, as he got two last season.
One was in the LC v Stenhousemuir, the other was in the game against.................
...... wait for it...................
..............us! He also got a penalty goal in that match to finish with four goals.
EDIT: looked further back, Arthur Milne got SIX hat tricks in season 1935-36.
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