Andrew Tod's hat-trick for Dunfermline against Arbroath on 13 September has sparked curiosity about other father-son duos achieving the same feat for the same club. His father, Andy Tod, scored a hat-trick for Dunfermline against Dundee on 1 January 2005, making them a rare pair.
Further examples include Gary Murray and his son Simon Murray, both of whom scored hat-tricks for Hibernian. Gary's came against Clydebank in 1981, while Simon's was against Arbroath in 2017. In Portugal, José Águas netted 16 hat-tricks for Benfica between 1950 and 1962, and his son Rui Águas added three more between 1986 and 1993.
In Ireland, Jimmy O'Connor scored the fastest hat-trick in a top-flight domestic league for Shelbourne against Bohemians in 1967, taking just two minutes and 13 seconds. His son Barry O'Connor later scored a hat-trick for the same club against Galway in 1994, albeit a more leisurely 20-minute effort.
The Allen family also feature: Les Allen scored five goals for Tottenham against Crewe in the FA Cup in 1960, while his son Clive Allen scored several hat-tricks for Spurs, starting with one against Aston Villa in 1986.
Meanwhile, Manchester City's 32.8% possession against Arsenal on Sunday was the lowest for a Pep Guardiola team in his 601 league games, beating the previous record of 36.5% set at the same venue in February 2023. Even in heavy defeats, Guardiola's sides typically dominate possession, such as Bayern Munich's 64% in a 4-0 loss to Real Madrid in 2014.
Finally, last week's Knowledge feature on players with initials XG or GA missed Xavier Gravelaine, a French journeyman who scored 141 goals for various clubs. Graham Alexander and Graham Arnold were also notable omissions, with Arnold's 181+ goals putting him close to the leader, Bulgarian striker Georgi Asparuhov, who scored at least 206 goals before his death at age 28.
