Gerard Deulofeu’s hat-trick away at Cardiff City last month helped Watford secure a romping 5-1 victory over Neil Warnock’s side in Wales and in turn, also secured the club’s first ever Premier League hat-trick.
In nearly six full seasons playing in England’s top-flight, Deulofeu made the Hornets the 40th club in the Premier League era to have a player reach three or more goals in a match.
But do you know who registered your club’s first ever Premier League treble?
The list of scorers who’ve taken home the matchball during the Premier League is bound to jog your memory, with a number of long-forgotten names in English top-flight history etching their names in their respective club’s history books.
Some are legends, some not so much, and you’ll be surprised with a few of them.
Watford aside, 39 other clubs have a Premier League hat-trick to their name, and here are the men who got them off the mark…
Leeds United: Eric Cantona, 25 August 1992
The four-time league champion achieved the Premier League’s first hat-trick just weeks into its inaugural season during a 5-0 smashing of Spurs at Elland Road.
Cantona finished his career with 70 league goals between Leeds and Manchester United, but his treble in August 1992 would serve as his lone Premier League hat-trick.
Nine Premier League hat-tricks followed Cantona’s at Leeds with the last coming from Mark Viduka in 2003.
Newcastle United: Peter Beardsley, 30 October 1993
The England-international brought Newcastle their first Premier League hat-trick during his second stint with the club, starting things off against Wimbledon with a penalty kick before following with a pair of second half goals in a 4-0 win at St. James’ Park.
Beardsley finished his career five years later in 1998 with 147 career goals for club and country.
A flurry of hat-tricks soon followed from the likes of Andrew Cole and Les Ferdinand all the way through to Andy Carroll and Leon Best in the early 2010s for the Magpies, but a no Newcastle player has picked up a treble in the Premier League since Georginio Wijnaldum in 2015.
Charlton Athletic: Clive Mendonca, 22 August 1998
Mendonca’s second half hat-trick helped drive Charlton past Southampton to their first during their debut campaign in the top-division in 1998.
The Englishman would only score five more leave goals the rest of the season, but his early season treble solidified his place in Charlton’s history books.
Kevin Lisbie’s hat-trick five years later in 2003 remains the only other Premier League hat-trick in Charlton’s Premier League history.
Arsenal: Kevin Campbell, 11 September 1993
The English striker scored a natural hat-trick to glide Arsenal past Ipswich Town and bring the Gunners their first Premier League hat-trick early in the 1993 campaign.
The trio of goals that day at Arsenal Stadium was the first of four Premier League hat-tricks Campbell would score over his career.
Arsenal now stand as the all-time leaders in Premier League hat-trick history with 39.
Wolverhampton Wanderers: Diogo Jota, 19 January 2019
Just over a month before Deulofeu scored his for Watford, Jota delivered Wolves their first-ever hat-trick with a treble that included a 90th-minute winner to sink Leicester City 4-3.
The 22-year old winger has impressed in his debut season in the top-flight, racking up six goals and three assists in 24 league appearances so far.
Bolton Wanderers: Fredi Bobic, 6 April 2002
On-loan from Borussia Dortmund, the German-international delivered Bolton their first-ever hat-trick with a first-treble against Ipswich in the spring of 2002.
Bobic would score only one other goal for Wanderers in his half-season spent with the club.
Bobic’s treble remains Bolton’s only Premier League hat-trick.
Sheffield Wednesday: Chris Bart-Williams, 12 April 1993
Bart-Williams and his treble was the difference in the Owls’ 5-2 over Southampton during the tail end of the Premier League’s inaugural season.
The winger, born in Sierra Leone, only scored three other goals in 33 appearances that year.
Sheffield Wednesday’s only other Premier League hat-trick came five years later in 1997, courtesy of Andy Booth.
Portsmouth: Teddy Sheringham, 26 August 2003
The Premier League journeyman got Portsmouth on the board with a flawless hat-trick in a 4-0 win over Bolton in the early stages of the 2003/04 campaign.
Sheringham scored nine goals in 32 appearances during that season at Fratton Park.
Portsmouth stand now with five Premier League hat-tricks to their name, with Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Benjani Mwaruwari each owning a pair for the club.
Crystal Palace: Yannick Bolasie, 11 April 2015
The French winger delivered Palace their first Premier League hat-trick during the second season of the club’s return to the top-flight.
Tied 1-1 at half-time with Sunderland, Bolasie’s second-half treble vaulted the Eagles to a 4-1 victory during a late season meeting at the Stadium of Light.
Crystal Palace have yet to have another hat-trick scorer in the Premier League.
Ipswich Town: Marcus Stewart, 2 April 2001
Stewart’s 71st minute penalty in a 3-0 defeat of Southampton gave Ipswich Town their only ever Premier League hat-trick.
He finished his career in 2011 with 26 career Premier League goals before stints coaching with Exeter and Bristol.