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==Association Football (Soccer)==

In [[football (soccer)|association football]], '''a hat-trick is when a player scores three goals in a single game.'''

Possibly the most famous football hat-trick of all time was by [[Geoff Hurst]] when he scored 3 times for [[England]] in the 4-2 defeat of [[West Germany]] in the [[Football World Cup]] Final of [[1966]]. The [[BBC]] [[commentator]] on this match, [[Kenneth Wolstenholme]] spoke one of the most famous phrases in [[television]] [[history]] in the dying seconds of the match: ''"Some people are on the pitch! They think it's all over..."'' (Geoff Hurst scores his third goal) ''"...it is now."''

In most [[professional]] games, the scorer of the hat-trick is allowed to return home with the match ball as a souvenir.

Scoring two goals in the same match is also commonly known as a '''brace'''.

==Other usage==