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The announcement comes four months after the striker was placed on the transfer list by the new manager, Gary Mills. And yet, even in spite of Hackworth managing to start the first three games of Mills' reign, Hackworth failed to fit into the plans of the new gaffer, partially for financial reasons, as a clause of his contract entitled his former club, Leeds United AFC, to a sum of money based on appearances.
Hackworth - signed by Jocky Scott before working under Brazil, Dearden and Mills - made, in all, 17 league starts and a further 23 from the bench, scoring just one goal.