Hawick United F.C.

Former association football club in Scotland

Football club

Hawick United

Founded

1925

Dissolved

1932

Ground

Wilton Lodge

President

G. Hogg

Match secretary

John Crossan^[1]

Home colours

Hawick United F.C. was a football club from Hawick, Roxburghshire which played in the East of Scotland League during the 1920s and 1930s.

History

The club was formed in 1925, making its bow with a 2–0 win over Stow Amateurs in October.^[2] It entered the Border Cup for the first time in the 1925–26 season, and continued to do so until 1930–31; United only ever won ties in one season, in 1926–27, when victories over Coldstream and Leith Amateurs put the club in the final, at Ettrick Park in Selkirk. United went down 2–0 to the Civil Service Strollers, the Strollers taking the lead through a second-half penalty.^[3]

Perhaps buoyed by this success, the club joined the Scottish Football Association in August 1927, entitling it to enter the Scottish Qualifying Cup.^[4] However its debut in the competition in September was also its only match, a 6–1 defeat at the Strollers (after Johnstone gave Hawick the lead)^[5] seemingly putting the team off renewing its Scottish FA membership.

The club played in the East of Scotland League from 1926–27 to 1930–31. However the club's record was poor, only once not finishing bottom (12th out of 16 in 1929–30). It also lost every tie it played in the King Cup over the same period.

The club's final season as a senior club was 1930–31, and United withdrew from the League after 8 games, having lost 7 of them, and being replaced by Jed Arts.^[6] United joined the Border Amateur League for the rest of the season.^[7]

United finished the 1930–31 season as runner-up in the Conan Doyle Cup, for amateur sides in the Borders area, losing to Chirnside in a final replay,^[8] having let slip a 3-goal lead in the original game at Galashiels.^[9] The last reference to the club playing is in a Borders Junior League match in March 1932, by which time it was playing the reserve sides of the clubs it used to meet on an even basis.^[10]

Colours

The club wore black and white striped shirts with white shorts.^[11]

Ground

The club played at Wilton Lodge.^[12]

External links

East of Scotland League
Border Cup
King Cup

References

^ "Hawick United Football Club". Hawick News: 5. 4 October 1929.
^ "Sports of all sorts". Edinburgh Evening News: 10. 20 October 1925.
^ "Civil Service Strollers, 2; Hawick United, 0". Sunday Post: 19. 1 May 1927.
^ "Football". Hawick News: 3. 19 August 1927.
^ "Six for the Strollers". Sunday Mail (Glasgow): 19. 4 September 1927.
^ "Sports and pastimes". Berwickshire News: 7. 20 January 1931.
^ "Border Amateur Association". Edinburgh Evening News: 7. 20 October 1930.
^ "Draw for sports on Monday". Hawick News: 5. 17 April 1931.
^ "Conan Doyle Cup Final". Hawick News: 2. 20 March 1931.
^ "Selkirk "A" v Hawick United". Southern Reporter: 7. 10 March 1932.
^ "All-time Scottish club directory". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ "Association Football". Hawick News: 2. 8 January 1926.