Hartlepool's Harry Chapman hits memorable FA Cup hat-trick for Sheffield United
The on-loan Middlesbrough starlet, who turned 19 on Saturday, grasped a rare first-team opportunity for the League One Blades in front of a sparse 6,099 crowd at Bramall Lane.
Fellow North Easterner Chris Basham, Stefan Scougall and Kieron Freeman, set up by Chapman, had United on easy street before Chapman took centre stage.
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Hide AdThe England Under-20 international made it 4-0 in the 55th minute with a brilliant solo run, picking up possession 30 yards out, switching left and racing into the box before sending a low left-foot strike out of the reach of keeper Alex Cisak.
Chapman struck again on 70 minutes, finishing off a David Brooks cross.
He hit a 30-yard free-kick straight at Cisak before completing his treble in stoppage time, chipping the keeper after a defensive calamity.