- Robbie Hart
infobox football official
name = Robbie Hart
fullname = Robert Hart
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1947|10|09
cityofbirth =Darlington ,County Durham
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath =
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years = 1978-19861986-19921992-1996
league = Football LeagueFootball LeaguePremier League
role = LinesmanRefereeReferee
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–Robert Hart (born
October 9 1947 ) is an English former football referee in the English Football League andPremier League . During his officiating career he was based inDarlington ,County Durham .Career
Hart reached the Football League linesmen's List at the age of 30 in 1978. However, he took another eight seasons to gain promotion to the Referees List. Once he had made that step up though he made better progress. One of his early games was between Manchester City and Huddersfield at
Maine Road onNovember 7 1987 , [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/sport/maine_road/memories.shtml Recalling] the 10-1 win by Manchester City over Huddersfield:BBC.co.uk website feature.] when the home side won 10-1, theYorkshire team's only goal being a penalty.He became further established and was appointed as one of the first-ever
Premier League referees for the 1992-93 season. Over the next four seasons he handled most of his games at this level. He also took charge of key Cup games, including anFA Cup semi-final in 1995 in which Everton beat Tottenham 4-1. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=221874 FA Cup Semi-Final, 1995] , Everton v. Tottenham:soccerbase .com website.] The following season was his last one as a top-class referee, and saw his greatest honour as he refereed the Coca Cola Cup Final between Aston Villa and Leeds United at Wembley, with the Midlands side winning 3-0. [ [http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=260062 Coca Cola Cup Final, 1996] , Aston Villa v. Leeds: soccerbase.com website.]References
Print
*Football League Handbooks, 1978-1985
*Rothmans Football Yearbooks, 1986-1996Internet
External links
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/refs2.sd?refid=281 Robbie Hart Referee Statistics] at
Soccerbase .com (1992-93 and 1995-96 only)
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