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Shelbourne FC - Champions 2003, 2004 |
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as taken from The Irish Times on November 20, 1967 O'CONNORS GREAT HAT-TRICKRARELY has there been such a dramatic swing in the scales of supremecy for a side groping to find its form as that at Dalymount Park yesterday when Shelbourne, having trailed 2-0 at the interval, scored three times in as many minutes to take the points in this League of Ireland game against Bohemians. Certainly one would have to delve into the record books to find an occasion when one player had the experience of scoring a hat-trick in the space of three minutes. This was performed by Shelbourne inside right, Jim O'Connor He began his three goal blitz in the 9th minute of the second half when he put the finishing touches to a cleverly contrived move involving Roberts and Conroy. Two minutes later, with the Bohemians defence immobilised and under the impression that Shelbourne were offside. O'Connor nipped in and flighted the ball over O'Tooles head. And O'Connors third goal came a minute later from a Garvan cross. That was the end of Bohemians, and though they attempted to salvage a point with a late offensive, it was never enough to successfully penetrate the Shelbourne rearguard. In the first-half, Mulhall had blasted the ball past Byrne from from a free by Newman to give the home side a 7th minute lead. They improved their position less than thirty minutes later when O'Sullivan got possession of a weak clearence by Byrne and pushed the ball high into the net. 
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