- Keith Hackett
infobox football official
name = Keith Hackett
| fullname = Keith Stuart Hackett
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1944|6|22
cityofbirth =Sheffield ,South Yorkshire
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
otheroccupation =General manager
years = ? -19751972-19761975-19761976-19921992-1994
league =Northern Premier League Football League(Supplementary List)Football LeaguePremier League
role = RefereeLinesmanRefereeRefereeReferee
internationalyears = 1981-1991
confederation =FIFA listed
internationalrole = RefereeKeith Stuart Hackett (born
June 22 ,1944 [ [http://www.zerozero.pt/uk/arbitro.php?id=672&search=1 Birthdate confirmation] : "zerozero.pt" website. Retrieved onApril 2 2008 .] ) is an English former football referee, who began refereeing in local leagues in theSheffield ,Yorkshire , area in 1960. [ [http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Refereeing/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/02/KeithHackett_PGMOL.htm Profile] at TheFA.com website. Retrieved onApril 2 2008 .]Career
He reached the
Northern Premier League and became a Football League linesman in 1972. Three years later he advanced to the Supplementary List of referees and one year later in 1976 to the full List at the age of only thirty two. He made progress and in 1979 was senior linesman toRon Challis in the FA Cup Final. The next season he took charge of anFA Cup semi-final between Arsenal and Liverpool. The match required a replay, which he also handled, but that ended all-square as well, and two further replays were required to separate the teams.The following season saw him step up to the ultimate domestic honour of the 1981 FA Cup Final at Wembley, finishing 1-1 between Spurs and Manchester City. Aged only thirty six at the time, he was one of the youngest Cup Final referees.fact|date=August 2007
Tommy Hutchison of City scored both goals, causing the game to go to a replay, which Hackett also refereed at Wembley, the game ending 3-2 to Tottenham. [ [http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFACup/History/Postings/2003/11/46802.htm 1981 FA Cup Final & Replay Reports] from TheFA.com website. Retrieved onApril 2 2008 .] He was then appointed to theFIFA List for the following season of 1981-82.He was then appointed to the 1984 Charity Shield match, in which Everton defeated Liverpool 1-0, courtesy of a
Bruce Grobbelaar own goal. In 1986, he refereed the League Cup Final, where Oxford United beat QPR 3-0, thus winning their only knockout trophy.Internationally, he was a match official at the 1988 European Championships, in which he took control of West Germany's 1-1 draw with Italy in Group A on
10 June at theRheinstadion . [ [http://www.zerozero.eu/uk/jogo.php?id=4833 Euro 88] , West Germany v. Italy, Group A: "zerozero.pt" website. Retrieved onApril 2 2008 .]Hackett also officiated at the 1988 Olympic Football Tournament, handling the
27 September semi-final between Brazil and West Germany, which Brazil won on penalties following a 1-1 scoreline afterextra time .He continued to be one of the senior English referees, even after his retirement on age grounds from the FIFA List at the end of 1991. Although he reached the English retirement age at the end of the 1991-92 season, he was granted an extension and was one of the first set of
Premier League referees for its inaugural 1992-93 campaign. He was granted another extra season on top of this before retiring just short of his fiftieth birthday in 1994.In retirement
He later worked as a referees' assessor before, on
March 1 2004 , he was appointedgeneral manager of theProfessional Game Match Officials Board , replacingPhilip Don .Hackett has also worked to promote knowledge of refereeing via several publications. In 1986 he published his own book, "Hackett's Law; a Referee's Notebook!" [ [http://www.biblio.com/isbn/0002180766.html "Hackett's Law; a Referee's Notebook!"] ISBN 0002180766 at
Biblio.com website. Retrieved onApril 2 2008 .] in 1986. [ [http://www.ibabuzz.com/soccer/2006/08/28/the-video-replay-is-coming/ Other mention] of Hackett's 1986 publication. Retrieved onApril 2 2008 .] And he continued to provide the answers for cult classic cartoon quizYou Are The Ref , drawn by sports artistPaul Trevillion , which he has done since the 1970s - originally forShoot! magazine, and then forThe Observer newspaper. [ [http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?sectionid=545&ArticleID=1955870 Article about Trevillion & Hackett's work together] : "Peterborough Today (Evening Telegraph)". Retrieved onApril 2 2008 .] . He co-authored a book with Trevillion celebrating 50 years of the strip in December 2006. [ [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sport/story/0,,1950969,00.html Review of "You Are The Ref" book] : ISBN 0852650698 atThe Guardian website. Retrieved onApril 2 2008 .] And from August 2008,The Observer 's collection of "You Are The Ref" strips appeared online at guardian.co.uk. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/youaretheref Official site of "You Are The Ref"] at guardian.co.uk.]In early 2007, Hackett also produced a DVD-ROM with Trevillion called "Referee Academy", for use in the training of match officials, with from the FA,
the Football League and thePremier League . [ [http://www.downthetubes.net/news_archive/2007/02february2007.html "Referee Academy"] DVD-ROM, 2007: "DownTheTubes.net" News Archive website. Retrieved onApril 2 2008 .] During the 2007-08 season, he also wrote a regular column in the matchday programme for Crystal Palace.Manchester United v. Portsmouth; FA Cup quarter-final 2008
Hackett was criticised by Manchester United Manager
Alex Ferguson over the standards of referees in the English game after his team were knocked out of theFA Cup by Portsmouth onMarch 8 2008 , [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=546025 Man Utd v. Portsmouth] , FA Cup quarter-final, March 2008:soccerbase .com website. Retrieved onApril 2 2008 .] blaming a series of bad decisions by match refereeMartin Atkinson . Speaking immediately after the game, Ferguson pointed the finger at both Atkinson and Hackett: "Hackett has got a lot to answer for in this country," said the Scot. "He's not doing his job properly. He should be assessed like everyone else is assessed. I'm assessed as a manager, the players are assessed, referees are assessed. Martin Atkinson will referee next week, no problem, but his performance today should not be accepted in our game. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7285393.stm Quotes by Alex Ferguson regarding Hackett] , March 2008:BBC.co.uk website. Retrieved onApril 2 2008 .] Alex Ferguson was later charged by the FA for improper conduct. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/04/02/ufnfer202.xml "Sir Alex Ferguson on FA misconduct charge"] : from a report at theDaily Telegraph website. Retrieved onApril 2 2008 .]Print
*Football League Handbooks, 1972-1975
*Rothmans Football Yearbooks, 1976-1994
*Keith Hackett (1986) Hackett's Law, Collins Willow
*Gilbert Upton (2005) Football League and Premiership Referees 1888 to 2005, SoccerdataInternet
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