Irish Scorers weekend of 25th April 2015

25 April 2015 Sky Bet League 1 Rochdale 2-3 Milton Keynes Dons Samir Carruthers(16) Sky Bet League 2 Hartlepool United 2-1 Exeter City Graham Cummins(17) Southend United 1-0 Luton Town Michael Timlin(81) Scottish Premiership St Mirren 4-1 Kilmarnock Kieran Sadlier(33) Scottish League One Stenhousemuir 2-2 Brechin City Andy Jackson(12) Sky Bet Championship Cardiff City 3-2 Blackpool Joe Mason(19) Eoin Doyle(31, penalty) Eoin Doyle(76, penalty) Ipswich Town 2-1 Nottingham Forest Daryl Murphy(22) Millwall 3-3 Derby County Jeff Hendrick(85) Reading 0-2 Brentford Alan Judge(7)

27 April 2015 Barclays Premier League Everton 3-0 Manchester United James McCarthy(5)

Irish Scorers weekend of 18 April 2015

19 April 2015 Sky Bet Championship Brentford 2-2 Bolton Wanderers Jonathan Douglas(42) Sky Bet League 1 Sheffield United 1-1 Bradford City Billy Clarke(83) Swindon Town 0-1 Yeovil Town James Berrett(58) Sky Bet League 2 Accrington Stanley 2-2 Stevenage Sean Maguire(15) Sean Maguire(40) Carlisle United 2-0 Plymouth Argyle Gary Dicker(29) Exeter City 0-1 Southend United Michael Timlin(90) Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 1-0 Dundee United Adam Rooney(39) Scottish League One Brechin City 3-0 Dunfermline Athletic Andy Jackson(64)

Irish Scorers weekend of 11th April 2015

11 April 2015 Sky Bet Championship Birmingham City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Robert Kiernan(25) Nottingham Forest 0-1 Huddersfield Town Sean Scannell(43) Sky Bet League 2 Cambridge United 2-2 Accrington Stanley Seamus Conneely(90) Morecambe 3-1 Portsmouth Padraig Amond(90) Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Mansfield Town Anthony O'Connor(2) Carl McHugh(63) Shrewsbury Town 4-0 Exeter City James Collins(62) Southend United 1-0 Tranmere Rovers Barry Corr(38) Sky Bet League 1 Barnsley 1-1 Chesterfield Jay O'Shea(26) Scunthorpe United 2-1 Crawley Town Paddy Madden(62) Scottish League One Brechin City 2-1 Stirling Albion Andy Jackson(12) Andy Jackson(90)

13 April 2015 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 1-2 Aberdeen Adam Rooney(40)

Irish Scorers weekend of 29th March 2015

29 March 2015 Sky Bet League 1 Bradford City 2-0 Oldham Athletic Billy Clarke(71) Billy Clarke(90) Leyton Orient 3-1 Port Vale David Mooney(55, penalty) Notts County 2-2 Scunthorpe United Niall Canavan(86) Sky Bet League 2 Oxford United 2-1 Carlisle United Paul Corry(9) Patrick Hoban(38) Scottish League One Ayr United 2-2 Brechin City Andy Jackson(36)

Irish Scorers weekend of 28th February 2015

28 February 2015 Sky Bet Championship Blackpool 1-3 Wigan Athletic James McClean(79) Sky Bet League 1 Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Colchester United Enda Stevens(39) Sky Bet League 2 Southend United 2-0 Carlisle United Michael Timlin(50) Barry Corr(72) Scottish League One Brechin City 2-1 Stenhousemuir Andy Jackson(18)

On Hat Tricks

Former U21 striker Andy Jackson notched his second career hat trick in the Scottish Cup for Brechin City on Tuesday, 9th December, scoring three goals in a 4-2 win over Annan Athletic. This came more than three years after his last treble, in an 8-0 win for Morton away to Stranraer, in which the Scottish-born striker finished with four goals to his name.

What was notable about the more recent hat trick was the speed at which he managed the feat, finding the back of the net in the 4th, 11th and 27th minutes, taking 23 minutes in total to complete the task.

We've examined the record books here at Irish Abroad to see where this ranks in the history of Irish strikers' hat tricks.

Jackson's fellow former U21 striker Billy Mehmet holds the current record for the fastest hat trick, scoring three in 11 minutes for St Mirren in a bizarre 6-3 win for the Buddies against East Stirlingshire in August 2009. With the Paisley side leading 3-0, their opponents scored three times to level the scores, before Mehmet struck twice more before substitute Stephen O'Donnell also found the net to leave the final score 6-3, and the Irishman scoring more than half the goals!

James Collins and Anthony Stokes have both scored trebles in only 12 minutes, for Swindon Town and Falkirk respectively, while Collins also has the record of the longest time taken to complete his hat trick, needing 92 minutes to finish his three goals for Swindon in a 4-3 extra time win for the Robins against Stoke City in August 2012.

Stokes has the most hat tricks since we started compiling information on Irish players, the Celtic striker has collected no less than seven match balls in his career to date, including consecutive hat tricks for Falkirk in the Scottish Premier League.

So far, Adam Rooney is the only player to score a hat trick in European competition, scoring three away to Daugava Rīga in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League in July this year.

Only four midfielders have scored hat tricks while the site has been active, with a treble apiece for Liam Lawrence(Stoke City), Aiden McGeady(Celtic), Wes Hoolahan(Norwich City) and Jimmy Ryan(Accrington Stanley).

Irish Scorers weekend of 13th December 2014

14 December 2014 Sky Bet Championship Bournemouth 5-3 Cardiff City Harry Arter(43) Brentford 3-1 Blackburn Rovers Jonathan Douglas(16) Watford 2-1 Wigan Athletic Chris McCann(45) Sky Bet League 1 Chesterfield 0-1 Bradford City Billy Clarke(57) Sky Bet League 2 Morecambe 3-0 Luton Town Padraig Amond(81) Portsmouth 2-3 Accrington Stanley John O'Sullivan(15) Scottish Premiership Dundee United 0-2 Aberdeen Adam Rooney(19) Adam Rooney(33) Scottish League One Morton 2-2 Brechin City Andy Jackson(9)

14 December 2014 Scottish Premiership Celtic 4-1 St Mirren Anthony Stokes(67)

Irish Scorers week of 9th December 2014

09 December 2014 Johnstone's Paint Trophy Tranmere Rovers 2-2 Walsall Anthony Forde(63) Scottish Cup Brechin City 4-2 Annan Athletic Andy Jackson(4) Andy Jackson(11) Andy Jackson(27) UEFA Youth League Liverpool3-0Basel Daniel Cleary(90)

10 December 2014 Johnstone's Paint Trophy Bristol City 2-0 Coventry City Derrick Williams(30) UEFA Youth League Roma0-4Manchester City Jack Byrne(76)

Irish Scorers weekend of 14th November 2014

14 November 2014 Sky Bet League 1 Barnsley 3-2 Colchester United Conor Hourihane(55, penalty)	15 November 2014 Sky Bet League 1 Preston North End 1-2 Bradford City Mark Yeates(86) Sky Bet League 2 Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Mansfield Town James Collins(75) Scottish League One Brechin City 3-3 Forfar Athletic Andy Jackson(20)
16 November 2014 Sky Bet League 2 Newport County AFC 2-2 Exeter City Graham Cummins(40)