ALAN Shearer the new all time goalscorer record, has struck four hat-tricks during his Newcastle United career. They were against:

2/2/1997 Newcastle v Leicester
St. James’ Park 3 goals (won 4-3)

19/9/1999 Newcastle v Sheffield Wed
St. James’ Park 5 goals (2 pens) (won 8-0)

26/2/2003 Newcastle v B Leverkusen
St. James’ Park 3 goals (1 pen) (won 3-1)

30/9/2004 H Sakhnin v Newcastle
Ramat Gan Stadium 3 goals (1 pen) (won 5-1)

Source: The Official site