Gary Stuart Hackett (born 11 October 1962) is a former

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who played in

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for Chester City,

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Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1886, the club were inaugur ...

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, the cl ...

and

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Career

Hackett was born in

Stourbridge Stourbridge () is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Situated on the River Stour, Worcestershire, River Stour, the town lies around west of Birmingham, at the southwester ...

and began his career with non-league Bromsgrove Rovers before joining

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side

. Hackett played regularly under Chic Bates helping the "Shrews" punch above their weight in the

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. After playing 174 times scoring 20 goals for Shrewsbury he joined

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side

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in the summer of 1987. He spent the first half of the 1987–88 season at

Pittodrie Pittodrie Stadium, commonly referred to as Pittodrie, from which the surrounding residential area has taken its name, is an all-seater stadium in Aberdeen, Scotland. Used primarily for football, it has been the home ground of the Scottish Profess ...

before moving back to England with

. Under the management of

Mick Mills Michael Dennis Mills MBE (born 4 January 1949) is an English former footballer who played for Ipswich Town, Southampton and Stoke City. He managed Stoke City, Colchester United and Birmingham City. During his career he achieved Ipswich Town's ...

Hackett was an ever-present in 1988–89 playing all of the club's 52 fixtures that season as Stoke finished in a poor mid-table position of 13th. He was sold to

in March 1990 with Stoke destined for relegation to the Third Division. He was never able to establish himself with the "Baggies" making 50 appearances in four seasons which ended with promotion in 1992–93. He ended his career with a season each at

and Chester City before entering non-league football with

Halesowen Town Halesowen Town Football Club is a football club based in Halesowen, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Grove Recreation Ground. History The club was believed to have been established around 1873, but rec ...

. In 2003, Hackett was named co-manager of his hometown club

alongside Jon Ford, but became the sole manager in 2005 with Ford as his assistant. Stourbridge won promotion to the

Southern League Premier Division The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and e ...

with two promotions in three seasons under Hackett's management, as well as reaching the

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proper rounds for the first time in the club's history. In May 2019 Hackett announced he was resigning as manager after sixteen years in charge, following Stourbridge's defeat to

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in the Southern League play-off semi final.

Career statistics

Source: :A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the

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References

External links

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Halesowen Town FC Profile

Stourbridge FC Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hackett, Gary 1962 births Living people Footballers from Stourbridge Men's association football wingers English men's footballers Bromsgrove Rovers F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Aberdeen F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Chester City F.C. players Halesowen Town F.C. players English Football League players Scottish Football League players English football managers Stourbridge F.C. managers