There’s one participant who has not discovered hat-tricks onerous to come back by at Liverpool lately, however even he has but to topple a document that has been in place for 38 years.
The Reds haven’t been in need of gamers able to hitting the scoreboard three or extra instances in a single recreation lately, with Mohamed Salah (4), Roberto Firmino (two) and Diogo Jota (one) being the latest.
But, none have replicated the feat achieved by John Wark in 1984/85.
In a span of simply over 4 months within the 1984/85 season, Wark turned the primary Purple to attain a hat-trick in three completely different competitions in the identical season.
The Scot’s first got here in opposition to Lech Poznan within the European Cup and was adopted by York Metropolis within the FA Cup, earlier than West Brom had been handed the identical therapy within the league.
These hat-tricks all transpired within the house of simply 171 days.
Extremely, Wark didn’t notch one other hat trick past the three that set the document in his remaining three seasons at Anfield.
The one gamers who’ve come near matching the feat are Ian Rush, Michael Owen and Yossi Benayoun – scoring two hat-tricks in two completely different competitions in the identical marketing campaign.
It begs the query of if it will probably ever be topped, however for now, the accolade is just for Wark.
The previous midfielder joined the membership in 1984 from Ipswich, signing for a payment of £475,000 earlier than occurring to make 108 appearances below Joe Fagan and Sir Kenny Dalglish.
Roy Evans as soon as described Wark as “a kind of guys who simply beloved enjoying soccer. He may play on the again however was extra well-known for coming from midfield. May rating objectives from deep and was a terrific all-round participant.”
Wark would return to Ipswich in 1988, a call he conceded was “onerous” however was “the suitable factor to do,” and so it proved as he would solely retire in 1997 on the age of 40.
His legacy at Liverpool lives on, however is it solely a matter of time earlier than somebody replicates or surpasses his feat?
