A message for Willie Irvine
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A message for Willie Irvine
Willie - you were the greatest goalscorer I've ever seen play for Burnley by a country mile but I have to inform you that you are no longer the last player to score a top flight hat trick away from home.
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Re: A message for Willie Irvine
He'd be delighted for Chris
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I'm sure the commentator mentioned that it was the first, first half hat trick away from home this century in the top division. Michael Owen was the last to do it in a 4-1 away win at Newcastle in August 1998.
That's over 8,000 matches!
Well done Chris Wood.
That's over 8,000 matches!
Well done Chris Wood.
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Yes, and only the third in PL history I think he said. Hopefully Tony will reflect that in the match report because it exemplifies his wonderful performance today.
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Chris Wood in excellent company with a former player of the calibre of Willie Irvine, the best goalscorer I have ever seen playing for us.
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I know Willie well and I know he’ll be thrilled to bits.
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Willie Irvine is a hell of a name to be compared with, but for his consistency at this level Wood deserves to be mentioned alongside the great Willie Irvine.
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Super for Wood i must say
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Willie Irvine got a first half hattrick in the 4-3 away F A Cup defeat at Spurs in 1965-66.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAKnoarYh20
I was there! Unfortunately Alan Gilzean also got a hattrick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAKnoarYh20
I was there! Unfortunately Alan Gilzean also got a hattrick.
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Just a few weeks after the one at FulhamHipper wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 3:05 pmWillie Irvine got a first half hattrick in the 4-3 away F A Cup defeat at Spurs in 1965-66.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAKnoarYh20
I was there! Unfortunately Alan Gilzean also got a hattrick.
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Chris and Willie will be proud to share the honor. Two great strikers
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Willie said that he was proud to have been the last one to do it prior to this weekend.
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I was there too in what was my first ever game watching BurnleyHipper wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 3:05 pmWillie Irvine got a first half hattrick in the 4-3 away F A Cup defeat at Spurs in 1965-66.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAKnoarYh20
I was there! Unfortunately Alan Gilzean also got a hattrick.
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Was that ESL Tottenham?
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I was there for that as well. We were two up in about ten minutes. Probably the best match I've ever seen.Hipper wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 3:05 pmWillie Irvine got a first half hattrick in the 4-3 away F A Cup defeat at Spurs in 1965-66.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAKnoarYh20
I was there! Unfortunately Alan Gilzean also got a hattrick.
There were three hat tricks in London that day, as Geoff Hurst got one for West Ham as well.
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I wasn't there for the last top flight away pen at Fulham but I was at Spurs, my first ever visit to White Hart Lane, for the cup tie a month later. I went on a joint special train with the Blackburn fans going to West Ham.
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Don't wish to be pedantic but Willie's hat-trick in the FA Cup was scored at both ends. Two in the first half and one in the second half.Hipper wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 3:05 pmWillie Irvine got a first half hattrick in the 4-3 away F A Cup defeat at Spurs in 1965-66.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAKnoarYh20
I was there! Unfortunately Alan Gilzean also got a hattrick.
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Christ how times have changed. You can't even make your own way to BollEwood under your own steam nowadays, never mind travel on the same train.ClaretTony wrote: ↑Tue Apr 27, 2021 10:51 amI wasn't there for the last top flight away pen at Fulham but I was at Spurs, my first ever visit to White Hart Lane, for the cup tie a month later. I went on a joint special train with the Blackburn fans going to West Ham.
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We had one half of the train and they had the other half but you could walk through.Herts Clarets wrote: ↑Tue Apr 27, 2021 11:16 amChrist how times have changed. You can't even make your own way to BollEwood under your own steam nowadays, never mind travel on the same train.
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Not even allowed in the same postcode nowadays....ClaretTony wrote: ↑Tue Apr 27, 2021 1:15 pmWe had one half of the train and they had the other half but you could walk through.
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Coaches from Rawtenstall for those two fixtures were shared by both sets of fans, leaving Rawtenstall at 5am.
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I was at school in Blackburn (St. Mary’s College), in the late 50’s, early 60’s and although there was friendly rivalry between the fans it was not the intense hatred of later years. We even had the Rovers come and play a match when we had the opening of our floodlights. Thus Silkyskills had a pleasant joint journey to London on shared coaches.
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We lost, of course,4-3 but Blackburn got a 3-3 draw and a replay. Don't know who won the replay. Journey down was infinitely better than the return.
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Blackburn must have won the replay, they got to the quarter finals that year.Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:45 pmWe lost, of course,4-3 but Blackburn got a 3-3 draw and a replay. Don't know who won the replay. Journey down was infinitely better than the return.