DID YOU KNOW THE ONLY PLAYER TO EVER SCORE AN HAT-TRICK IN AN ENGLISH FA CUP FINAL AT WEMBLEY STADIUM?

Stan Mortensen diving to head the ball at Wembley

Stan Mortensen joined Blackpool in 1941 but had to wait until 1946 to make his debut, after the outbreak of World War II had brought a temporary halt to competitive football. He helped Blackpool to three English FA Cup finals, finishing on the losing side in 1948 and again in 1951, before finally tasting a thrilling 4-3 victory for the Seasiders on May 16, 1953 against Bolton Wanderers - when he became the first and only player to score a hat-trick in an English FA Cup final played at the Wembley Stadium.


He scored 197 league goals in 317 games during his time at Bloomfield Road before going on to enjoy brief spells at Hull City, Southport and Bath. He retired from the game in May 1959, but was persuaded to make a comeback for Lancaster City in November 1960. He finally hung up his boots for good in March 1962.

DO YOU KNOW THE ONLY BOLTON WANDERERS PLAYER TO SCORE AN HAT-TRICK IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE?

Fredi Bobic of Bolton

The only Bolton Wanderers player to score a hat-trick in the English Premier League is German striker Fredi Bobic. His first half hat-trick on April 6 2002 in the 4–1 win against Ipswich Town at the Reebok Stadium ensured Sam Allardyce's Bolton Wanderers stayed up, while effectively sending Ipswich Town down in the 2001/2002 season.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY JAPANESE PLAYERS THAT HAVE GRACED THE EPL AFTER SHINJI KAGAWA RECENTLY SIGNED FOR MANCHESTER UNITED?

Shinji Kagawa

Shinji Kagawa will be the 5th Japanese player in the English Premier League (EPL) history after Manchester United have agreed deal with Borussia Dortmund.

The other Japanese to have played in the EPL are Junichi Inamoto for Fulham FC and West Brom from 2002–2006, Ryo Miyaichi for Bolton Wanderers in 2012 on loan from Arsenal, Hidetoshi Nakata for  Bolton Wanderers from 2005–2006 and Kazuyuki Toda for Tottenham Hotspur from 2002–2003 which makes it 5 in total.

 

DID YOU KNOW THE CLUB THAT TRANSFERED BREDE HANGELAND TO FULHAM?

Brede Hangeland

Roy Hodgson was responsible for signing Brede Hangeland for Fulham FC from FC Copenhagen on January 18, 2008. On January 29, 2008 he made his Fulham debut when they played Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium where he was voted Man of the Match by Sky Sports after the game. He is currently the captain of the Norwegian National football Team.

DO YOU KNOW THE GOALKEEPER THAT SAVED RUUD VAN NISTELROOY'S FIRST PENALTY KICK MISS IN THE EPL?

Finland and Bolton Wanderers shot stopper Jussi Jääskeläinen, was the goalkeeper to save the first penalty off Ruud van Nistelrooy's boots in open play during the opening English Premier League (EPL) match of the 2003/2004 season between Manchester United and his club on August 16, 2003.

DO YOU KNOW THAT WAYNE ROONEY HAS SCORED TWO HAT-TRICKS IN TWO SUCCESSIVE EPL MATCHES?

Wayne Rooney of Manchester United Football Club follows Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright and Didier Drogba in becoming only the fourth player in the English Premier League (EPL) history to achieve a second hat-trick in successive EPL matches after his treble against Arsenal FC on Sunday 28th August 2011 and Bolton Wanderers on Saturday 10th September, 2011 at the Reebok Stadium.