[1] On 25 January 1890, Pollock, together with some of his co-workers and fellow Seville residents of British origin, attended an old café to mark the traditional Scottish celebration of Burns Night.
[1][3] That same evening, after consuming some beers and becoming concerned about their physical health and lifestyle, Pollock and the others began discussing the proposal of forming an Athletics Association, but after a short debate, they instead founded Sevilla FC to organize football matches regularly in order to exercise and feel more at home.
[1] In 1896, Hugh MacColl, his former Portilla White colleague and Sevilla FC teammate, contacted Pollock to propose a business partnership following the sudden death of his first partner John T. Jameson.
[1] Sevilla's adopted colours, red and white stripes, are believed to have been taken from Sunderland AFC, since their former captain MacColl and one of their founding members Pollock were living there at the time.
[7][8][9][10] Widowed some years earlier, Pollock was living at the Fort Anne Hotel in Douglas when he died in 1954, aged 88, and was buried in Braddan Cemetery, where his grave can still be seen today.