Hawick Royal Albert F.C.

Not to be confused with Royal Albert F.C..

Hawick Royal Albert
Full nameHawick Royal Albert Football Club
Nickname(s)The Royalists,[1] The Albert[1]
Founded1948
GroundAlbert Park, Hawick
Capacity1,500 (500 seated)
ChairmanBrian Fowler
ManagerKenny Aitchison
LeagueEast of Scotland League Third Division
2023–24East of Scotland League Third Division, 8th of 11
WebsiteClub website
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Hawick Royal Albert Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the town of Hawick in the Scottish Borders. The club was founded in 1948 as Hawick Royal Albert and in 2019 merged with amateur side Hawick United to create Hawick Royal Albert United.[2] The club plays its home matches at Albert Park[3][4] and currently competes in the East of Scotland League Third Division. For the 2022/23 season, they dropped the name "United" from their title and incorporated a revised club badge.

Before the East of Scotland League was split into two divisions, Hawick Royal Albert won it three times and finished runners-up once. The club reached the final of the Scottish Qualifying Cup South on three occasions, winning it twice, before it was abolished in 2007. Hawick Royal Albert now qualifies automatically for the Scottish Cup as a member of the Scottish Football Association (SFA), its best result reaching the second round on five occasions.[5]

  1. ^ a b Royalists hit with SFA fine, Hawick News. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Hawick Royal Albert United emerge from coupling of clubs". The Southern Reporter. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. ^ Information – Hawick Royal Albert Archived 30 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, East of Scotland Football Association. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  4. ^ Albert Park, footballgroundmap.com. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  5. ^ Football Results Summary for Hawick Royal Albert, londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 30 March 2013.