I just saw this on the Sky Sports site and thought I'd bring it to your attention -
QUADRUPLE OF TREBLES
Martin, Fernando Torres scored a Premier League hat-trick on Saturday against Middlesbrough. It is Liverpool's fourth hat-trick of the season with Torres scoring a League Cup hat-trick against Reading and Yossi Benayoun scoring a Champions League hat-trick against Besiktas and an FA Cup hat-trick against Havant. Steven Gerrard also scored an FA Cup hat-trick against Luton. Has any club ever scored hat-tricks in all four competitions in a season before? Andrew Barton
MARTIN SAYS: What a good shout Andrew! My trusty helpers at skysports.com have been busy scouring the record books and we think you are right - Liverpool are the first side to score hat-tricks in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League in the same season. Even on all their European escapades since the Premier League began, Manchester United haven't managed it, and neither have Arsenal or Chelsea. In fact the closest we have found is the Tottenham Hotspur side of 1994-95 who netted hat-tricks in all three domestic competitions. Teddy Sheringham scored a hat-trick against Newcastle in the Premier League, Jurgen Klinsmann did it against Watford in the League Cup and Ronnie Rosenthal did it against Southampton in the FA Cup. But Spurs of course, were not in the Champions League - so Liverpool, thanks to Fernando Torres and Yossi Benayoun at least, are unique in that respect.
Martin, Fernando Torres scored a Premier League hat-trick on Saturday against Middlesbrough. It is Liverpool's fourth hat-trick of the season with Torres scoring a League Cup hat-trick against Reading and Yossi Benayoun scoring a Champions League hat-trick against Besiktas and an FA Cup hat-trick against Havant. Steven Gerrard also scored an FA Cup hat-trick against Luton. Has any club ever scored hat-tricks in all four competitions in a season before? Andrew Barton
MARTIN SAYS: What a good shout Andrew! My trusty helpers at skysports.com have been busy scouring the record books and we think you are right - Liverpool are the first side to score hat-tricks in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League in the same season. Even on all their European escapades since the Premier League began, Manchester United haven't managed it, and neither have Arsenal or Chelsea. In fact the closest we have found is the Tottenham Hotspur side of 1994-95 who netted hat-tricks in all three domestic competitions. Teddy Sheringham scored a hat-trick against Newcastle in the Premier League, Jurgen Klinsmann did it against Watford in the League Cup and Ronnie Rosenthal did it against Southampton in the FA Cup. But Spurs of course, were not in the Champions League - so Liverpool, thanks to Fernando Torres and Yossi Benayoun at least, are unique in that respect.
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