[2] Joseph Black was one of many young workers at lace manufacturers Johnston, Shields & Co in Newmilns sent over to work in the company's newly opened factory at Sant Martí de Provençals, known in Catalonia as La Escocesa, which started production back in 1893.

At the start of 1900, whilst out in the Catalan capital, Mauchan and his fellow co-workers set up a football team to pass the time, calling it Escocès FC.

[2] The team had a very short life and was broken up in November of the same year, and Hispania AC took advantage of its dissolution to incorporate several of its most prominent players, such as Hamilton, Gold and Black,[1] while Mauchan, Girvan and his brother joined FC Barcelona.

[4] He remained loyal to the club until 19 November 1903, the day on which the entity's board agreed to its dissolution due to a lack of players.

[2] Black was a member of the Barça side that won the 1904–05 Catalan championship, featuring alongside the likes of Arthur Witty and Carles Comamala.