Simon John Hackney (born February 5, 1984 in Manchester) is a football player who plays in midfield for Colchester United.

[edit] Club career

[edit] Carlisle United

Hackney impressed on his trial, from non-league Wigton Athletic scoring two goals in two goals for the reserves, he signed for Carlisle United in February 2005. He made his debut for Carlisle as a substitute in Carlisle’s 3-0 win away at Canvey Island he only made one more appearance for the season again as a sub in a loss against Forest Green Rovers. At the end of the season Carlisle were promoted to League Two, in the 2005-2006 season he made many more appearances for Carlisle although most of them came after being brought into the game as a sub. He also scored his first professional goal in Carlisle’s 5-0 win against Rushden & Diamonds he also scored a second goal in this game, these were 2 of the 6 goals he scored in his 30 league appearances this season that made him a key part of the promotion winning team. After helping Carlisle to gain their second successive promotion up to League One. During Carlisle’s first season in league one Hackney was only able to make 18 appearances this was due to him picking up a serious injury to his knee cartilage in December, however in these 18 games he did manage to score two goals. Hackney managed to recover from his knee injury in time for the 2007-2008 season which enabled him to make himself a key part of the team which lead to him making 45 league appearances for the club scoring eight times including a vital goal to help Carlisle end Leeds United's undefeated start to the season and help them defeat Leeds 3-1. During the first half of the 2008-2009 season he made 22 appearances for Carlisle but only managed to score one goal against Crewe Alexandra, however towards the middle of the season his form dropped slightly and Jeff Smith took his place in the starting line up. Colchester United made two enquires which were both rejected after one reportedly being £25,000 being called ‘a mickey take’, then Colchester came back with an improved ‘six-figure’ offer which Carlisle accepted on January 26th. During his time at Carlisle Hackney made over 100 appearances for the club, helped them gain successive promotions and became a huge favourite with the fans.

[edit] Colchester United

Simon arrived at the Weston Homes community stadium during the January transfer window of 2009 for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of £120,000 and immediately became a fans favourite with his skilful and exciting performances on the left wing for Colchester. Simon Hackney has provided several assists in the opening games of the 2009-10 season, including 3 assists in the amazing 7-1 victory versus Norwich City and the assist for the 2nd goal against Yeovil. Simon scored his first goal of the season with an injury time free kick against Leyton Orient at the end of a 2-1 home defeat in the first round of the Carling cup. He also scored his first goal for Colchester United in the FA cup against Bromley on the 7th of November 2009

[edit] External links

• Simon Hackney's career stats at Soccerbase
• Official Carlisle United profile

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