BERBA MAKES HISTOR-THREE

Hi, Martin I love your column. My question is how many players have scored a hat trick in the Manchester United vs. Liverpool fixture? Ryan (Manchester United fan)

MARTIN SAYS: According to the Liverweb website, Dimitar Berbatov's treble was the 11th in the history of Manchester United v Liverpool clashes and was the fifth by a United player. He was also the first to score three for Manchester United against Liverpool since Stan Pearson did so in 1946 and became only the third man to score a hat-trick in this fixture since the Second World War (the other being Liverpool's Louis Bimpson in 1953). Interestingly, the first ever hat-trick Liverpool ever conceded was scored by a Manchester United player - James Peters in November 1895 and only one player has scored a hat-trick on an away ground in the fixture, that being Liverpool's Fred Howe in 1936.

Manchester United hat-tricks against Liverpool:






Date Player Competition Result
19/09/2010 Dimitar Berbatov Premier League MU 3-2 Liv
11/09/1946 Stan Pearson Division 1 MU 5-0 Liv
05/05/1928 Joe Spence Division 1 MU 6-1 Liv
07/09/1907 Sandy Turnbull Division 1 MU 4-0 Liv
02/11/1895 James Peters Division 2 MU 5-2 Liv


Liverpool hat-tricks against Man Utd:





22/08/1953 Louis Bimpson Division 1 Liv 4-4 MU
21/11/1936 Fred Howe Division 1 MU 2-5 Liv
28/08/1926 Dick Forshaw Division 1 Liv 4-2 MU
19/09/1925 Dick Forshaw Division 1 Liv 5-0 MU
25/03/1908 Bill McPherson Division 1 Liv 7-4 MU
22/04/1905 Sam Raybould Division 2 Liv 4-0 MU