Premiership hat-tricks by midfielders [Archive]

Barny79

01-02-2006, 13:27

There are 14 midfield players who have scored a hat-trick in the premiership
can u guess them all?

Andrei Kanchelskis (Man Utd v Man City Nov 1994)
Paul Scholes Man Utd v West Ham Apr 2000
Paul Scholes Man Utd v Newcastle Apr 2003
Jermaine Pennant Arsenal v Southampton May 2003
Robert Pires Arsenal v Southampton May 2003

welshmatt

01-02-2006, 13:30

Pires (Arse v Southampton)
Pennant (same game!!)
Scholes (v Newcastle away - not sure about this one)

Deron

01-02-2006, 13:31

Scholes, Giggs, Lampard...

off the top of my mind...

Cantona must have done it too...

Barny79

01-02-2006, 13:33

Pires (Arse v Southampton)
Pennant (same game!!)
Scholes (v Newcastle away - not sure about this one)
Paul Scholes Man Utd v West Ham Apr 2000
Paul Scholes Man Utd v Newcastle Apr 2003
Jermaine Pennant Arsenal v Southampton May 2003
Robert Pires Arsenal v Southampton May 2003

welshmatt

01-02-2006, 13:34

Kanchelskis (Utd v City)

Barny79

01-02-2006, 13:36

Scholes, Giggs, Lampard...

off the top of my mind...
Giggs and Lampard haven't

Barny79

01-02-2006, 13:37

Scholes, Giggs, Lampard...

off the top of my mind...

Cantona must have done it too...
Cantona didn't, he did in the Charity Shield

Barny79

01-02-2006, 13:38

Kanchelskis (Utd v City)
Yup! :thumbs:

welshmatt

01-02-2006, 13:39

I wouldnt class Eric as a midfielder tbh

DarthPearce

01-02-2006, 14:00

Matt LeTissier v Forest (they still lost the game 4-3!!)

richdmx

01-02-2006, 14:01

Ray Parlour vs Newcastle

DarthPearce

01-02-2006, 14:02

I wouldnt class Eric as a midfielder tbh

If he is classed as a midfielder (which I think many did) then he did score a hat trick in the premiership for Leeds against Spurs.

Barny79

01-02-2006, 14:04

Ray Parlour vs Newcastle
Yep Ray Parlour Arsenal v Newcastle Dec 2000

Barny79

01-02-2006, 14:05

Matt LeTissier v Forest (they still lost the game 4-3!!)
Nope not on the list, sure it was in the Premiership?

DarthPearce

01-02-2006, 14:06

Liverpool midfield hat tricks in the premiership;

Mark Walters v Cov
Patrick Berger v Chelsea

DarthPearce

01-02-2006, 14:09

Nope not on the list, sure it was in the Premiership?

Yep - opening season of the Premiership, he also scored one against us (Liverpool) in the Premiership at the Dell in '94. Perhaps he's considered a striker?

Barny79

01-02-2006, 14:09

Liverpool midfield hat tricks in the premiership;

Mark Walters v Cov
Patrick Berger v Chelsea
Yep

Mark Walters Liverpool v Coventry Apr 1993
Patrik Berger Liverpool v Chelsea Oct 1998

Pisces Iscariot

01-02-2006, 14:10

Barmby (v West Ham 2000)
Ljungberg (Sunderlnd 2003)

Barny79

01-02-2006, 14:17

Barmby (v West Ham 2000)
Ljungberg (Sunderlnd 2003)
Nope to Barmby

Fredrik Ljungberg Arsenal v Sunderland May 2003

DarthPearce

01-02-2006, 14:20

Yep

Mark Walters Liverpool v Coventry Apr 1993
Patrik Berger Liverpool v Chelsea Oct 1998

Berger's was in '97 IIRC.

Was the Cantona one not in the list either then?

Pisces Iscariot

01-02-2006, 14:21

If he is classed as a midfielder (which I think many did)
There's no way Cantona was a midfielder and if people are to class him as one then they'd have to do the same with all support/second strikers inlduing Bergkamp and Rooney. :shrug:

I'd also say Le Tiss was considered a striker as it's where he played most of his career though he has played as a winger.

Pisces Iscariot

01-02-2006, 14:23

Nope to Barmby
Really? :?:

http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/99-00/reports/west-ham_a.htm

Barny79

01-02-2006, 14:28

Berger's was in '97 IIRC.

Was the Cantona one not in the list either then?
Nope :shrug:

DarthPearce

01-02-2006, 14:43

There's no way Cantona was a midfielder and if people are to class him as one then they'd have to do the same with all support/second strikers inlduing Bergkamp and Rooney. :shrug:

I'd also say Le Tiss was considered a striker as it's where he played most of his career though he has played as a winger.

I always considered Cantona as an attacking midfielder, playing just behind a lone striker or two forwards but who also went out wide on occasions (very similar to Rooney in some respects.) I always thought Leeds signed him as a midfielder....

richdmx

01-02-2006, 14:56

Cantona was a striker, simple as.

Art Vanderlay

01-02-2006, 15:05

Nope to Barmby

Barmby did start life as a striker, which would explain the omission.

Though you would have thought that would exclude Scholes too if that was the case

The 3 little pigs

01-02-2006, 15:33

Long shot: Kare Ingebrigtsen, Man City v some team I can remember.....

Tob

01-02-2006, 15:44

What about Steve Watson for Everton recently (in the last couple o seasons), or was he classed as a defender?

Barny79

01-02-2006, 15:48

What about Steve Watson for Everton recently (in the last couple o seasons), or was he classed as a defender?
Yup Steve Watson Everton v Leeds Sep 2003

Barny79

01-02-2006, 15:50

Long shot: Kare Ingebrigtsen, Man City v some team I can remember.....
Wasn't that one of the women out of ABBA?

welshmatt

01-02-2006, 16:44

I was going to say Steve Watson, but always thought he was a defender who sometimes played up front (not a midfielder).

john316

01-02-2006, 16:48

Andy Sinton QPR v Everton Dec 1992
Gordon Strachan Leeds v Blackburn Apr 1993
Chris Bart-Williams Sheff Wed v Southampton Apr 1993
Mark Walters Liverpool v Coventry Apr 1993
Gary McAllister Leeds v Coventry Oct 1995
Gary Speed Everton v Southampton Nov 1996
Patrik Berger Liverpool v Chelsea Oct 1998
Paul Scholes Man Utd v West Ham Apr 2000
Ray Parlour Arsenal v Newcastle Dec 2000
Paul Scholes Man Utd v Newcastle Apr 2003
Jermaine Pennant Arsenal v Southampton May 2003
Robert Pires Arsenal v Southampton May 2003
Fredrik Ljungberg Arsenal v Sunderland May 2003
Steve Watson Everton v Leeds Sep 2003

:dork:

Whiting

01-02-2006, 18:09

I was going to say Steve Watson, but always thought he was a defender who sometimes played up front (not a midfielder).

He played right /midfield for quite a while for Everton...it was when Walter Smith was 'experimenting' with a formation consisting of only defenders. He also played upfront for about 6 games :nuts:

unrealnils

01-02-2006, 18:36

Overmars?

Whiting

01-02-2006, 20:25

David Bentley Blackburn v Man Utd Jan 2006 ;) ;) ;)

welshmatt

01-02-2006, 20:34

David Bentley Blackburn v Man Utd Jan 2006 ;) ;) ;)

Isnt he a striker and its February.

TigaSefi

01-02-2006, 20:37

David Bentley always seems to be play on the wing midfield.

Whiting

01-02-2006, 20:39

Isnt he a striker and its February.

He's a winger but playing upfront tonight...happy to concede that point aswell as the month one :nuts:

Barny79

02-02-2006, 08:11

J M

05-02-2006, 00:06

How many of those midfielders might have been playing out of their usual position as a striker when they scored the hat-trick though? Should that still count as a hat-trick by a midfielder?

Chris Bart Williams was certainly playing as an emergency striker for Wednesday when he scored his - I was there!