Robbie Hart

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Robbie Hart

Full name	Robert Hart
Date of birth	October 9, 1947 (1947-10-09) (age 60)
Place of birth	Darlington, County Durham, England
Domestic
Years	League	Role
1978-1986 1986-1992 1992-1996	Football League Football League Premier League	Linesman Referee Referee
International
–	–	–

Robert Hart (born October 9, 1947) is an English former football referee in the English Football League and Premier League. During his officiating career he was based in Darlington, County Durham.

1 Career
2 References
- 2.1 Print
- 2.2 Internet
3 External links

[edit] 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 on November 7, 1987,^[1] when the home side won 10-1, the Yorkshire 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 an FA Cup semi-final in 1995 in which Everton beat Tottenham 4-1.^[2] 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.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] Print

Football League Handbooks, 1978-1985
Rothmans Football Yearbooks, 1986-1996

[edit] Internet

^ Recalling the 10-1 win by Manchester City over Huddersfield: BBC.co.uk website feature.
^ FA Cup Semi-Final, 1995, Everton v. Tottenham: soccerbase.com website.
^ Coca Cola Cup Final, 1996, Aston Villa v. Leeds: soccerbase.com website.