Full name | Orion Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | the Cocks o' the North[1] | |
Founded | 1885 | |
Dissolved | 1903 | |
Ground | Cattofield Aberdeen | |
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Orion Football Club was a Scottish football team that played in the city of Aberdeen between 1885 and 1903.
The club's first known match was a 2-0 defeat to Bon Accord F.C., in which the Orion club was said to have been "very good for a new club".[2][3]
Orion won two Northern League championships, in 1897 and 1899.[4] The club also won the Rhodesia Cup in 1898–99 (contested among the three senior Aberdeen clubs: Aberdeen, Orion and Victoria United).[5]
Orion was one of the three clubs that merged on 14 April 1903 to form the current Aberdeen F.C.; the other two being Aberdeen and Victoria United.[6]
The club's colours were:[7]
The club's first match was at the Recreation Grounds in Aberdeen,[8] moving to Cattofield by 1893.
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Orion Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 | 11 September | Arbroath | A | 0–20 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Orion Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 | 6 September | Arbroath | A | 0–18 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Orion Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 | 7 September | Victoria United | H | 3–1 | ||
R2 | 28 September | Aberdeen | A | 1–2 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Orion Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 | 6 September | Aberdeen | H | 1–5 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Orion Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 | 25 November | Leith Athletic | H | 2–11 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Orion Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 | 24 November | Dundee | A | 1–5 | 3,000 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Orion Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 | 24 January | Falkirk | A | 0–2 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Orion Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 | 8 January | Dundee Wanderers | A | 2–3 | 5,000 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Orion Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 | 14 January | Kilmarnock | H | 0–2 | 5,000 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Orion Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 | 13 January | Forres Mechanics | A | 1–1 | 1,000 | |
R1 R | 20 January | Forres Mechanics | H | 4–1 | 2,000 | |
R2 | 27 January | Kilmarnock | A | 1–10 | 3,000 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Orion Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 | 23 January | Ayr | A | 2–2 | 2,000 | |
R1 R | 23 January | Ayr | H | 1–3 | 1,000 |
Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Orion Scorer(s) | Attendance |
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R1 | 24 January | Nithsdale Wanderers | A | 0–1 | 500 |