Over 200 gamers have scored a Premier League hat-trick, however 5 have nonetheless ended up on the dropping crew. And one unlucky star has performed so twice…
Think about the fume within the dressing room post-game, scoring thrice and having to look your vertically-challenged defenders within the eye? All that goal-scoring prowess for nothing.
We’ve dusted off the archive and investigated these 5 unlucky souls.
Matt Le Tissier (Southampton v Oldham, 1993)
Oldham v Southampton in Could 1993 was a type of uncommon matches the place everyone finally ends up pleased. Besides Le Tiss.
Oldham’s 4-3 win stored them up and relegated Crystal Palace as a substitute, whereas the Saints have been already secure and performed as if already within the departure lounge.
After the stress of holding Southampton afloat, Le Tissier lower unfastened at Boundary Park. His three objectives included a volley, a superb free-kick and a well-taken header.
Matt Le Tissier (Southampton v Nottm Forest, 1995)
Quick ahead to August 1995 and this was the exact second Le Tissier began questioning all of it.
A summer time’s day at The Dell, with the concerns of one other relegation battle nonetheless distant, noticed the Saints ship 4 to Nottingham Forest.
Le Tissier scored two penalties and one other free-kick, however couldn’t stop defeat. As he glanced upwards, a airplane streaked throughout the August sky. The seed had been planted.
Dion Dublin (Coventry v Sheff Weds, 1995)
Coventry and Sheffield Wednesday have been two early Premier League stalwarts and loved a ding-dong encounter at Hillsborough in December 1995.
The Sky Blues had received simply as soon as all season, so you’ll be able to guess why Dublin’s treble wasn’t the slam dunk it ought to’ve been.
The longer term Houses Underneath The Hammer presenter netted three correct centre-forward objectives; two headers, one glancing and one thumping, and a tap-in.
However Wednesday stole the day with a Mark Vivid winner. He’d later be part of Dublin on the BBC, however sadly caught to the sports activities division.
Dwight Yorke (Aston Villa v Newcastle, 1996)
Yorke’s exploits at St James’ Park in 1996 have been broadcast dwell on Monday Evening Soccer, cementing his standing as a family identify.
Newcastle had simply completed second, enjoying wildly attacking soccer; they’d sufficient firepower to see off Yorke and Villa, however these defensive frailties have been nonetheless obvious on this September match.
He was solely denied a fourth – and a late equaliser – by the linesman’s flag.
Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn v Wigan, 2007)
Santa Cruz stays a staple of the Planet Soccer nostalgia division, popping up every time we verify who’s nonetheless enjoying from the 2006 World Cup and whatnot.
Regardless of a number of years at Bayern Munich, his cult standing in England was cemented by one prolific yr for Mark Hughes’ Blackburn in 2007-08.
The Paraguayan scored 23 instances that yr, 19 of them within the Premier League, together with this doomed hat-trick at Wigan in December.
Rovers misplaced 5-3 and Santa Cruz was outshone by Wigan’s Marcus Bent, who additionally scored a hat-trick.
But point out Bent’s identify on the pub and no one will get dewy-eyed. So who’s the actual winner?
Brian Brobbey (Sunderland v Man Metropolis, 2026)
Brobbey has quick turn out to be one among our favorite Premier League footballers, a hustle and bustle exterior masking a extra nuanced striker beneath.
Scoring seven instances as newly-promoted Sunderland certified for Europe in 2026 was one factor.
Netting a hat-trick towards Manchester Metropolis on the Etihad, even when the Black Cats leaked 5 on the different finish, justified all these summer time switch hyperlinks to larger golf equipment elsewhere.
It was additionally the primary time since Jermain Defoe in 2016 {that a} Sunderland participant has netted three objectives in a Premier League recreation.
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