Don't see a thread on this guy. Scored twice for Swindon away to Stoke tonight. First for the club since joining in the summer.
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Don't see a thread on this guy. Scored twice for Swindon away to Stoke tonight. First for the club since joining in the summer.
hatrick for Collins to put Swindon 4-3 up!
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Unbelievable! Swindon have snatched it right at the death! James Collins slides in the Robins' fourth goal and his third of the night. The away fans are going absolutely mad, and they've every right to go mad, because they are on the verge of claiming a famous scalp.
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Paolo Di Canio is punching the air
Hat trick hero in the last minute and they've won the game!
Scored against Arsenal last year in one of the cups as well. Was banging them in for Shrewsbury last year in League Two, hopefully he can have a good season in League One...not a bad guy to learn from as his manager either.
Seems like a very interesting prospect, one to follow, 3 goals against a Premierships side is not bad going hence I have
to ask the question who was the last Irish player before James to put past a premiership side?
I'd be surprised if the answer was not Robbie Keane, I think he must have scored a hat-trick against someone and I can't
think of any other candidate beyond that, certainly not without going back some time.
So.... anyone care to list any Irish v Premiership hat-trick scorers?
I am thinking Robbie may have scored one at Spurs? Or did he get one at Liverpool?
My memory is like our European Championship's defence :D
It woudl make a good 'Pointless' if you have seen the TV Program.
Robbie got four against Burnley a couple of years back. I think he scored a couple of others in his first spell there.
edit: turns out he got three in the Premier, all for Spurs. Leon Best is the only other Irish player to manage the same feat, vs West Ham a couple of seasons ago.
Would never have got Leon Best, given he scored that in Jan 2011 that must have been the
last one before James's
Are they the only two? Seems they are.
Surely there were some in the old top flight Division One?
Can't find an info on that though.
Old what Division?
Football was invented in 1992!
Nicked from the Swindon site
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A powerful forward, Collins signed for Swindon on a two-year deal after rejecting the offer of a new contract from former club Shrewsbury Town.
Coventry-born Collins started his youth career at Aston Villa where he made his way up through the Villa youth ranks. In October 2009 the forward was loaned to Darlington on a three-month deal, making his professional debut in a 3-0 loss at the hands of Barnet. He went on to make seven appearances for the Quakers scoring twice before returning to Villa.
Despite a trial with Scottish club Aberdeen prior to the 2010/11 season Collins remained an Aston Villa player. Following Martin O’Neill’s departure to Sunderland, caretaker manager Kevin McDonald included the striker in his 20-man squad that travelled to Rapid Vienna in the UEFA Europa League.
A second loan spell away from Villa Park later that season saw Collins join Burton Albion on an emergency loan in October 2010. The striker made an emphatic start to his spell at The Pirelli Stadium notching two goals in his first three games, scoring a further two goals in a total of 10 appearances during his stay. With first team opportunities limited at Villa, he signed a permanent 18-month contract with Shrewsbury in January 2011, finishing the 2010/11 season with an impressive eight goals from 23 appearances.
Last season Collins fired 17 goals in a total of 47 appearances helping Shrewsbury to promotion to League 2, finishing second behind champions Swindon.
Collins has also represented Ireland at U21 level, scoring a quick-fire hat-trick against Liechtenstein in a 4-1 win in October 2011.
Dixie Dean scored an incredible 37 hat-tricks in his career. Most football commentators are of the opinion that this record is unlikely to be beaten (they're sticking their necks out there!!), along with his record haul of 60 goals in a season (1927-28).
Niall Quinn got one against Crystal Palace on April 1st, 1991.
This was discussed at the time of Best's hat trick as well
http://foot.ie/threads/83189-Leon-Best/page13
I'm not holding out an immense amount of hope. I remember Adam Rooney scoring a hat-trick for Stoke on the last day of the season in (I think) 2007. Where is he now?
Of course, I could just be in a pessimistic mood because Stoke have just been beaten 4-3 by League 2 opposition. Grr!
Why did he leave Villa???
He was either released....doesnt bode well given their lack of strikers
Or
Didnt feel he'd get in..... doesnt bode well given their lack of strikers
not ruling him out but wouldn't hold my breath on this one
**just saw his wiki picture....comical
Goals here. Great footage of Di Canio giving him a literal kick up the arse at half time.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xt4klh_stoke-city-3-4-swindon-town_sport
I don't think that was at half-time! Looked more like just after his second goal. Is di Canio trying the Brian Clough school of management?
Collins came off the bench this afternoon in the 60th minute. 13 minutes later, he'd banged in a hat trick, scoring on 61, 66 and 73 minutes!
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And another on 83 minutes to finish with four goals in less than thirty minutes!
Brilliant ! This lad could be in the Championship next season, still only 22 as well I think. Fair play to him after having to drop to League Two without Villa ever really giving him an outing.
David Connolly scored 4 goals in a game a couple of times. I think once for Wolves and once for Wimbledon.
Fair play young James
Notched again yesterday in his sides 4-0 win, up to ten for the season, maybe with half an eye on being leading scorer too with McGoldrick gone to Ipswich.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20863566
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/...ne/top-scorers
The first Irish player to score 10 league goals this season.
Well, since we last talked about Collins, he continued to score regularly at League Two level. Now at Luton, he got promoted with them last season and has continued scoring at League One level as Luton have climbed to second - grabbed a hat-trick today to bring his tally to 14 for the season, which is five more than Ronan Curtis at table-toppers Pompey - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46847461
https://www.the42.ie/james-collins-l...07235-Dec2018/
Interview with him published by the 42 over Christmas.
Curtis has been playing on the left and has 8 assists also.
Collins continues his good form with a brace against promotion rivals Portsmouth, his fifteenth and sixteenth of the season, making it 5 in 3 games: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46707218
...and two more for Collins today, bringing him to eighteen for the season and seven in his last four games. I know it's "only" League One (and Eoin Doyle and Paddy Madden are the obvious retorts) but still... eighteen goals at the start of February... that's impressive. He's always had a fair eye for goal at League Two level and League One, to an extent, but he appears to have found an extra gear this season: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47011141
Nineteenth of the season for Collins and Luton are well-placed for promotion: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47098949
Fourth clean sheet in five games for James Shea in goal also. Worth keeping an eye on both ends of their team.
Seems his recent goal scoring exploits haven't gone unnoticed as Robbie Keane watched him play in his last game: https://www.the42.ie/james-collins-l...88368-Feb2019/ - at 6'2" would give us an extra bit of height up front but it is difficult to compare his record this season with, say, David McGoldrick's. That said, it's unclear if Callum Robinson will be back in time and Obafemi has only played a handful of games so far, so... maybe
Comparable / competing with Aiden O'Brien maybe. One at the wrong end of the Championship, not always in his team, the other flying in the division below, his club top, his clubs main guy, and a bit taller into the bargain. Thing is Dave Mooney tore the a*se out of L1 out of the blue like this, shortly before vanishing without a trace not so long ago.
Madden fell out with the manager and was sold before he could really get a chance at Championship level.
He's been a regular scorer in league one whenever he's played there
Good information on a player (Collins) whom people will be keeping an eye on in the coming months.
I don't like all this talk about "height" and "taller." I am still holding out hope that Ireland will move away from that style of football, and in short order.
Give me a smaller striker who can hold up the ball and has an eye for goal (like Sergio Aguero) instead of a "taller" one.