AN ANDOVER Sunday league player has come agonisingly close to matching one of football’s quickest hat-tricks after scoring three goals in just THREE minutes.

Swallow FC player Shane Lock accomplished an incredible feat during his side’s 13-goal thriller against Andover Saints this weekend.

The striker grabbed his first shortly after 20 minutes with a tap in from a cross and knocked in his second just 40 seconds later with another close range finish.

Then, to the amazement of his teammates, Lock rounded up his three-minute hat-trick when he struck a shot from outside of the area and beyond the stunned Saints’ keeper.

Lock’s hat-trick falls just short of the Football League’s current record, which was accomplished by former Bournemouth player James Hayter, who scored three goals in 140 seconds against Wrexham back in 2004.

However it was a whole minute and a half short of the Guinness world record for the fastest hat-trick, which was achieved in just 90 seconds by Tommy Ross for Ross County in 1964.

Despite the fuss of Lock’s first-half hattrick, the striker refused to slow-up his scoring, grabbing a five goal haul and helping his side to an impressive 10-3 victory.

Yet Lock wasn’t the only player in the goals.

His team mate Jackson De Silva will be disappointed it wasn’t his name that made the headlines after he performed his own hat-trick heroics, while Marcus Tyler grabbed a brace with his second, a 25 yard screamer, being the pick of the goals.

Andover Saints, to their credit, did fight hard and two goals from Lance Cooper and one from Jamen Dickie shortly after half-time did give Swallow a scare.

But it was the home side who ultimately came out on top to take all three points from their Sunday League rivals.

Speaking after the match, manager and father to Shane Lock, Peter Lock said: “Nothing surprises me with Shane.

“He’s played all over the place and he’s got a great scoring record.

“He knows where to be, he fights for the ball, he takes it round people like they aren’t there and he scores goals.”