Scotland's hat-trick hero Snodgrass puts bad times behind him

(Reuters) - Scotland's Robert Snodgrass scored his first ever hat-trick to complete a heartwarming international comeback as they breezed past Malta 5-1 at the Ta'Qali National Stadium on Sunday. The Hull City midfielder missed all the Euro 2016 qualifiers after suffered a career-threatening kneecap injury in 2014 which kept him out of football for almost 18 months. Snodgrass opened the scoring after 10 minutes with a cross that somehow floated over goalkeeper Andrew Hogg, added a second from th