Orion F.C.

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Orion
Full nameOrion Football Club
Nickname(s)the Cocks o' the North [1]
Founded1885
Dissolved1903
GroundCattofield
Aberdeen

Orion Football Club was a Scottish football team that played in the city of Aberdeen between 1885 and 1903.

Contents

History

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]

Playing colours

The club's colours were: [7]

Grounds

The club's first match was at the Recreation Grounds in Aberdeen, [2] moving to Cattofield by 1893.

Scottish Cup Record

1886–87

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion Scorer(s)Attendance
R111 September Arbroath A 0–20

1887–88

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion Scorer(s)Attendance
R16 September Arbroath A 0–18

1889–90

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion Scorer(s)Attendance
R17 September Victoria United H 3–1
R228 September Aberdeen A1–2

1890–91

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion Scorer(s)Attendance
R16 September Aberdeen H 1–5

1893–94

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion Scorer(s)Attendance
R125 November Leith Athletic H 2–11

1894–95

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion Scorer(s)Attendance
R124 November Dundee A 1–53,000

1896–97

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion Scorer(s)Attendance
R124 January Falkirk A 0–2

1897–98

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion Scorer(s)Attendance
R18 January Dundee Wanderers A 2–35,000

1898–99

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion Scorer(s)Attendance
R114 January Kilmarnock H 0–25,000

1899–1900

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion Scorer(s)Attendance
R113 January Forres Mechanics A 1–11,000
R1 R20 January Forres Mechanics H 4–12,000
R227 January Kilmarnock A 1–103,000

1900–01

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion Scorer(s)Attendance
R123 January Ayr A 2–22,000
R1 R23 January Ayr H 1–31,000

1902–03

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion Scorer(s)Attendance
R124 January Nithsdale Wanderers A0–1500

Honours

Northern League
Aberdeenshire Cup
Aberdeenshire Charity Cup
Aberdeen Charity Cup
Gershon Cup
Rhodesia Cup
ADFA Hospital Tournament

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Orion v Bon-Accord". Aberdeen Journal: 6. 9 November 1885.
  3. There are claims that Orion had entered the Scottish Cup for 1885 and the invitation went to Bon Accord instead; however Orion had not formed by the time Cup entries closed, and Bon Accord had been established for over a year.
  4. "Northern Football League 1891–1920". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
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