Orion F.C.

This article is about the Scottish football club. For the Costa Rican football club, see Orión F.C.

Orion

Full name	Orion Football Club
Nickname(s)	the Cocks o' the North [1]
Founded	1885
Dissolved	1903
Ground	Cattofield Aberdeen
Home colours

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

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]

• Claret Shirt
• Dark Blue Shorts
• Dark Blue Socks

Grounds

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

Scottish Cup Record

1886–87

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Orion Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	11 September	Arbroath	A	0–20

1887–88

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Orion Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	6 September	Arbroath	A	0–18

1889–90

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Orion Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	7 September	Victoria United	H	3–1
R2	28 September	Aberdeen	A	1–2

1890–91

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Orion Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	6 September	Aberdeen	H	1–5

1893–94

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Orion Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	25 November	Leith Athletic	H	2–11

1894–95

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Orion Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	24 November	Dundee	A	1–5		3,000

1896–97

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Orion Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	24 January	Falkirk	A	0–2

1897–98

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Orion Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	8 January	Dundee Wanderers	A	2–3		5,000

1898–99

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Orion Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	14 January	Kilmarnock	H	0–2		5,000

1899–1900

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Orion Scorer(s)	Attendance
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

1900–01

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Orion Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	23 January	Ayr	A	2–2		2,000
R1 R	23 January	Ayr	H	1–3		1,000

1902–03

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Orion Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	24 January	Nithsdale Wanderers	A	0–1		500

Honours

Northern League

• 1896–97, 1898–99

Aberdeenshire Cup

• 1890–91, 1894–95, 1896–97, 1898–99, 1900–01 ^[8]

Aberdeenshire Charity Cup

• 1893–94,1895–96, 1897–98 ^[8]

Aberdeen Charity Cup

• 1888–89, 1890–91 ^[8]

Gershon Cup

• 1893–94, 1894–95, 1896–97 ^[9]

Rhodesia Cup

• 1898–99, 1901–02 ^[10]

ADFA Hospital Tournament

• 1887–88 ^[11]

References

1. "Round the country". Scottish Referee: 1. 11 September 1899.
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.
5. "scottish-football-historical-archive.com". scottish-football-historical-archive.com.
6. "Homepage". Aberdeen FC.
7. "Aberdeen - Historical Scottish Football Kits". www.historicalkits.co.uk.
8. "Aberdeenshire & District Cup". Scottish-Football-Historical-Archive. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
9. "Gershon Cup". Scottish-Football-Historical-Archive. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
10. "Rhodesia Cup". Scottish-Football-Historical-Archive. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
11. "FOOTBALL". Press and Journal . 21 May 1888. Retrieved 21 September 2021. (via) British Newspaper Archive.