Keith Dixon recalls the hat-trick exploits of a Birmingham City legend...

NINETY-NINE years ago, on November 29, 1924, Birmingham City centre-forward Joe Bradford scored a hat-trick in a 5-2 Division One win against Liverpool at St Andrew’s.
It was the first of his recording-breaking 13 hat-tricks up until February 1931.
His second was scored against Tottenham Hotspur in a 3-1 win for the Blues on December 25, 1925. Yes, that’s right - in those days Christmas Day was match day! (The return fixture was on the Boxing Day and the Blues lost 2-1 with Bradford scoring in front of over 44,000 spe...