Lincoln City Hat Tricks Of The 21st Century

Liam Hearn v Macclesfield 18/08/2015

Credit Graham Burrell

No penalties here for one of the most natural finishers I’ve ever seen in a Lincoln shirt. Bold prediction – if Hearn and Rhead had stayed fit and played 40 games each that season, we’d have been promoted a year earlier than we were.

This game was crazy – 2-0 down after six minutes, we led 3-2 after 26. Rhead bagged another on 49, and Hearn completed his hat trick on 73.

Matt Rhead v Whitehawk 08/11/2015

Credit Graham Burrell

Ah, Matt Rhead, the only player on this list to hit three and still not win the game. One was a penalty, but this game was kind of a low for the Imps. We were surely favourites and a place in the second round waited for us.

We’d even beaten Tranmere in qualifying, and yet somehow, despite the big man’s triple, we still got beat 5-3.