| Founded | 1925 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dissolved | 1932 | |
| Ground | Wilton Lodge | |
| President | G. Hogg | |
| Match secretary | John Crossan[1] | |
Hawick United F.C. was afootball club fromHawick,Roxburghshire which played in theEast of Scotland League during the 1920s and 1930s.
The club was formed in 1925, making its bow with a 2–0 win over Stow Amateurs in October.[2] It entered theBorder 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 overColdstream andLeith Amateurs put the club in the final, at Ettrick Park inSelkirk. United went down 2–0 to theCivil Service Strollers, the Strollers taking the lead through a second-half penalty.[3]
Perhaps buoyed by this success, the club joined theScottish Football Association in August 1927, entitling it to enter theScottish 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 theEast 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 theKing 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 byJed 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 theConan Doyle Cup, for amateur sides in the Borders area, losing toChirnside in a final replay,[8] having let slip a 3-goal lead in the original game atGalashiels.[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]
The club wore black and white striped shirts with white shorts.[11]
The club played at Wilton Lodge.[12]
