A Hattrick Past Three Goalkeepers

OTD E0172 — 21 Apr 1986: West Ham beat Newcastle 8-1 at Upton Park, and Alvin Martin did something football still cannot quite believe. He scored a hat trick past three different goalkeepers in the same match. This episode goes from Law 3 and the old substitution rules to Newcastle’s injury chaos, West Ham’s title-chasing spring of 1986, the full anatomy of the match, and why Alvin Martin’s treble remains one of English football’s strangest records.Ideas: [email protected]