Hill of Beath Hawthorn F.C.
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| Full name | Hill of Beath Hawthorn Junior Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Haws |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Ground |
Keir's Park Hawthorn Crescent Hill of Beath |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman | David Baillie |
| Manager | Bobby Wilson |
| League | SJFA East Superleague |
| 2014–15 | SJFA East Superleague, 9th |
Hill of Beath Hawthorn Junior Football Club are a Scottish junior football club from Hill of Beath, near Cowdenbeath, Fife. Formed in 1975, they play their home games at the 2,000-capacity Keir's Park. Their colours are red with white flashes. They currently play in the Scottish Junior Football Association's East Region Super League.
It is not unknown for Hill of Beath Hawthorn to get bigger crowds at some of their matches than those at Scottish Football League club and near neighbours Cowdenbeath. Their greatest honour came in 1990 when they defeated Lesmahagow in the final of the Scottish Junior Cup.[1]
The club were managed by Jock Finlayson from their formation in 1975 until the summer of 2015 when he was succeeded by Bobby Wilson.[2][3]
Honours
Keir's Park, home of Hill of Beath Hawthorn
Scottish Junior Cup
- Winners: 1989–90
SJFA East Super League
- Runners-up: 2002–03, 2010–11
Other honours
- East of Scotland Cup: 2014–15
- Fife & Lothians (Heineken) Cup: 1995–96
- Fife & Tayside Cup 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
- Fife League winners: 1986–87, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2004–05
- Fife League Cup: 2004–05, 2007–08
- Fife Junior (PSM) Cup: 1990–91, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2002–03
- Cowdenbeath (Interbrew) Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2002–03
- Kingdom Kegs Cup: 1997–98, 1999–00
- Laidlaw Shield winners: 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90
Notable former players
- Tommy McDonald (M) (1948–49) Scotland B international
References
- ↑ "Finals 1957 - Present". Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ↑ Parks, Gordon (17 September 2003). "Jock's in for the long Haw". Daily Record. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ↑ Baillie, David. "Management News". www.hillofbeathhawthorn.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
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