Yawn.[Not dead]
Yawn.
It’s not important, it’s damn right pathetic.It is important. I hate thread titles of just names, as I always think the worst.
My first thought here was, "not John, please not John"
It’s not important, it’s damn right pathetic.
The only forum I go on that people think they need to write “not dead” after a name.
****ing grow up.
Proper footballer, not a nancy boy like so many are today,can't imagine him down the nail bar somehow.
One of my Wolves all time hero's hence my username I remember well that hat-trick at Port Vale..I wonder how many defenders have scored Three goals in a game
Wonder how he'd get on against Jack?Proper footballer, not a nancy boy like so many are today,can't imagine him down the nail bar somehow.
Apparently he said something along the lines of ‘You take penalties like a girl’ I remember one of the players saying it in an article.Loved him trolling Chris Waddle in the penalty shoot out v Wednesday.
Exchanged words as he made his way back to the centre circle and Waddle was on his way to missing another spot kick.
Wonder what he said?
Haha I’m not angry, I just think it’s ridiculous.Just wondering, are the other forums you visit about anger management techniques?
I wonder how many defenders have scored Three goals in a game
Another class player we had that was struck down by constant injuries. We really were the unluckiest club in the league back then with quality players getting bad injuries. Geoff Thomas, Steve Froggatt, Chris Marsden, George Ndah... the list went on
Wonder how he'd get on against Jack?
Open play pal, one was a penalty.Which defenders have scored hat-tricks from open play? | The Knowledge
“How many defenders have scored a hat-trick from open play?” asks Jack Tanner.
Not that many, is the short answer, if our pretty extensive search is anything to go by, Jack. There are few defenders who have achieved the feat with the aid of a penalty, Denis Irwin, Fernando Hierro and – bizarrely – Gary Gillespie among them. And then we move on to examples of defenders who achieved the feat from open play but not while playing in a defensive position. For some reason we can’t fathom, Steve Staunton, a left-back for most of his career, leapt off the bench to score a second-half hat-trick for Liverpool at Wigan in the League Cup in October 1989, but he replaced Ian Rush in a forward position. No defender has scored a hat-trick in the Premier League, though Steve Watson, converted from a full-back into an attacking midfielder by David Moyes at Everton, did the trick in a 4-0 win over Leeds in 2003 so is about as close as it gets (Irwin’s Manchester United hat-trick came in Europe).
But if we want a perfect example to answer the question, how about goal-plundering centre-back Aden Flint, who scored three goals from open play for Bristol City in an extraordinary 8-2 walloping of beach-bound Walsall on 3 May 2015, as City celebrated winning League One in style. Flint’s goals consisted of a volley, an insouciant back-heel/rabona finish (obviously) and a close-range tap-in. “I said to the strikers at the end of the game that they should be ashamed of themselves when someone like Aden has gone out there and scored three,” cackled manager Steve Cotterill. Flint scored 15 in total for the season. No wonder Middlesbrough forked out £7m for him.
Former central defender and current conservative politician Alpay Özalan scored three goals from open play for Turkey during 2002 World Cup qualifiers against Macedonia,” writes Önder Susam. “The then-Aston Villa player scored two headers and poked one into the empty net, which was from an offside position. Those were his only goals for Turkey in any official game. I wish he was remembered for this rather than his antics against Portugal in Euro 2000 or his shambolic defending against Switzerland in a 2006 World Cup play-off.
Oh, and Stan van den Buijs scored a hat-trick for Anderlecht in January 1995. The trouble is, he was playing for Germinal Ekeren, the poor chap.
However, Bernd Jatzwauk has unearthed a four-goal gem from the Bundesliga. Bernard Dietz scored four goals as a defender for MSV Duisburg against Bayern Munich on 5 November 1977. They came in the 20th, 49th, 75th and 78th minutes in the 6-3 win. He went on to become the most prolific goalscoring defender in the history of the Bundesliga with 77 goals. None appear to have been penalties or free-kicks."
Obviously their 'extensive search' failed to include John de Wolf's effort!
Didn't it always. I remember watching running battles down the main street through the centre from the relative safety of the kebab shop on a couple of occasions.I was there, kicked off in Burslem if I recall too
Open play pal, one was a penalty.
Bang, have that!!!Oh yeah. And what a penalty it was too!!
One of my Wolves all time hero's hence my username I remember well that hat-trick at Port Vale..
I remember looking up the last Wolves centre half /defender to get 3 goals was around 1910 or 1920's I think?
It’s not important, it’s damn right pathetic.
The only forum I go on that people think they need to write “not dead” after a name.
****ing grow up.
Ian Harte scored a hat trick of free kicks didn't he?Which defenders have scored hat-tricks from open play? | The Knowledge
“How many defenders have scored a hat-trick from open play?” asks Jack Tanner.
Not that many, is the short answer, if our pretty extensive search is anything to go by, Jack. There are few defenders who have achieved the feat with the aid of a penalty, Denis Irwin, Fernando Hierro and – bizarrely – Gary Gillespie among them. And then we move on to examples of defenders who achieved the feat from open play but not while playing in a defensive position. For some reason we can’t fathom, Steve Staunton, a left-back for most of his career, leapt off the bench to score a second-half hat-trick for Liverpool at Wigan in the League Cup in October 1989, but he replaced Ian Rush in a forward position. No defender has scored a hat-trick in the Premier League, though Steve Watson, converted from a full-back into an attacking midfielder by David Moyes at Everton, did the trick in a 4-0 win over Leeds in 2003 so is about as close as it gets (Irwin’s Manchester United hat-trick came in Europe).
But if we want a perfect example to answer the question, how about goal-plundering centre-back Aden Flint, who scored three goals from open play for Bristol City in an extraordinary 8-2 walloping of beach-bound Walsall on 3 May 2015, as City celebrated winning League One in style. Flint’s goals consisted of a volley, an insouciant back-heel/rabona finish (obviously) and a close-range tap-in. “I said to the strikers at the end of the game that they should be ashamed of themselves when someone like Aden has gone out there and scored three,” cackled manager Steve Cotterill. Flint scored 15 in total for the season. No wonder Middlesbrough forked out £7m for him.
Former central defender and current conservative politician Alpay Özalan scored three goals from open play for Turkey during 2002 World Cup qualifiers against Macedonia,” writes Önder Susam. “The then-Aston Villa player scored two headers and poked one into the empty net, which was from an offside position. Those were his only goals for Turkey in any official game. I wish he was remembered for this rather than his antics against Portugal in Euro 2000 or his shambolic defending against Switzerland in a 2006 World Cup play-off.
Oh, and Stan van den Buijs scored a hat-trick for Anderlecht in January 1995. The trouble is, he was playing for Germinal Ekeren, the poor chap.
However, Bernd Jatzwauk has unearthed a four-goal gem from the Bundesliga. Bernard Dietz scored four goals as a defender for MSV Duisburg against Bayern Munich on 5 November 1977. They came in the 20th, 49th, 75th and 78th minutes in the 6-3 win. He went on to become the most prolific goalscoring defender in the history of the Bundesliga with 77 goals. None appear to have been penalties or free-kicks."
Obviously their 'extensive search' failed to include John de Wolf's effort!