Game #2156 | League game #1989
Season game #11 | Division One game #9
Highfield Road game # | Joe Mercer game #
Coventry City 17th | Newcastle United 11th (22)

Newcastle’s £180,000 striker scores the first league hat-trick by a visiting player since John Galley in 1964. The first is a right-footer off the underside of the bar. The second is a blockbuster from an acute angle. The third is a header, after his own shot hit the post. A poor City display.