Football Focus Issue 70 | Page 60

Hawick Waverley FOLLOW US ONLINE TWITTER.COM/FOOTYFOCUSMAG Hawick Waverley FOOTBALL CLUB The season got off to a slow start, with the team getting a couple of draws before a run of four defeats. In October, the club chairman Brian Hope was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer. The news was a huge blow to everyone at the club. Brian was the founder of the club in the mid 1970’s and has seen the team progress from playing in the local pub league to then be admitted into the Border Amateur League in 1980. Promotion to the top division was gained after two seasons and the club have never been relegated since, a statistic that Brian was very proud of. 60 Issue 70