Keith Hackett

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Keith Hackett
Full name Keith Stuart Hackett
Born (1944-06-22) 22 June 1944 (age 79)
Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Other occupation General manager
Domestic
Years League Role
0000–1975 Northern Premier League Referee
1972–1976
Football League
 Linesman
1975–1976 (Supplementary List) Referee
1976–1992 Football League Referee
1992–1994 Premier League Referee
International
Years League Role
1981–1991 FIFA listed Referee

Keith Stuart Hackett (born 22 June 1944

International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).[3]

Keith is currently the president of non-league club Penistone Church FC.[1]

Career

He reached the

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.[citation needed] 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.[4] He was then appointed to the FIFA List for the following season of 1981–82
.

He was then appointed to the 1984

League Cup Final, where Oxford United beat QPR
3–0, thus winning their only knockout trophy.

Internationally, he was a match official at the

West Germany's 1–1 draw with Italy in Group A on 10 June at the Rheinstadion.[5]

Hackett also officiated at the

extra time
.

He refereed the 1990–91 league encounter between

21-man brawl breaking out just after the hour mark. The melee resulted in Arsenal being docked two points and Manchester United one by The Football Association
, upon a three-hour consultation with Hackett and his match officials.

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 50th birthday in 1994.

In retirement

He later worked as a referees' assessor before, on 1 March 2004, he was appointed

Professional Game Match Officials Board, replacing Philip Don
.

Hackett has also worked to promote knowledge of refereeing via several publications. He published his own book, Hackett's Law; a Referee's Notebook![6] in 1986.[7] And he continued to provide the answers for cult classic cartoon quiz You Are The Ref, drawn by sports artist Paul Trevillion, which he has done since the 1970s - originally for Shoot magazine, and then for The Observer newspaper.[8] He co-authored a book with Trevillion celebrating 50 years of the strip in December 2006.[9] And from August 2008, The Observer's collection of You Are The Ref strips appeared online at guardian.co.uk.[10]

In early 2007, Hackett also produced a DVD-ROM with Trevillion called Referee Academy, for use in the training of match officials, with

the Football League and the Premier League.[11] During the 2007–08 season, he also wrote a regular column in the matchday programme for Crystal Palace and now writes for caughtoffside.com.[12]

References

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, Soccerdata

Internet

  1. ^ Birthdate confirmation Archived 15 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine: zerozero.pt; Retrieved on 2 April 2008
  2. ^ Profile at TheFA.com Retrieved on 2 April 2008
  3. ^ "IFFHS Dashboard". 10 April 2020.
  4. ^ 1981 FA Cup Final & Replay Reports from TheFA.com; Retrieved on 2 April 2008
  5. ^ Euro 88 Archived 24 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine, West Germany v. Italy, Group A: zerozero.pt; Retrieved on 2 April 2008
  6. ISBN 0-00-218076-6
    ; Retrieved on 2 April 2008
  7. ^ Other mention Archived 20 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine of Hackett's 1986 publication. Retrieved on 2 April 2008
  8. ^ Article about Trevillion & Hackett's work together: Peterborough Today (Evening Telegraph); Retrieved on 2 April 2008
  9. ISBN 0-85265-069-8
    at The Guardian; Retrieved on 2 April 2008
  10. ^ Official site of You Are The Ref at guardian.co.uk.
  11. ^ Referee Academy Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine DVD-ROM, 2007: DownTheTubes.net News Archive; Retrieved on 2 April 2008
  12. ^ "Keith Hackett on caughtoffside.com".
Preceded by
1981
 Succeeded by
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