On This Day: Freddy's debut hat-trick

On this day (16th October) in 2004, Freddy Eastwood scored a hat-trick on his Southend United debut as Blues won 4-2. Freddy's first goal came after just seven seconds.

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They come along once in a generation if not longer, Freddy was one and deserves his legendary status with the club and the fans.

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World record for the fastest debut goal

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Wayne Gray was a fantastic player for Southend as well.

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Remember that like it was yesterday

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Welsh international star too, we still love him in Wales.

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it's better to burn out, than fade away

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I still have my no.23 Eastwood shirt 👍🏽

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Haha my name is freddy i have been in southend once but iam german 🤔

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And where are Swansea now?

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Two points from relegation.

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In the premier league