By Alan Duffy
Scotland 6-1 Gibraltar – Euro 2016 Qualifiers – 29th March 2015
Steven Fletcher, a man in the spotlight for the wrong reasons recently, registered Scotland’s first hat-trick in 46 years on Sunday, as Gordon Strachan’s men battered new-boys Gibraltar.
Shaun Maloney opened the scoring after 18 minutes, courtesy of a spot-kick. However, a minute later the Mediterranean minnows stunned their hosts by netting an equaliser. The goal, scored Lee Casciaro of The Red Imps, was Gibraltar’s first ever in competitive football. However, unsurprisingly, the hosts soon took control of the game, with Fletcher, Maloney (with another penalty) and Steven Naismith putting the Scots 4-1 at the break.
Sunderland striker Fletcher netted two more after the break to end Scotland’s very long wait for a hat-trick (since Colin Stein scored four in 1969 against Cyprus) and put them just a point behind Group D leaders Poland.
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