Orion 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,^[8] 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^[9]

Aberdeenshire Charity Cup

• 1893–94,1895–96, 1897–98^[9]

Aberdeen Charity Cup

• 1888–89, 1890–91^[9]

Gershon Cup

• 1893–94, 1894–95, 1896–97^[10]

Rhodesia Cup

• 1898–99, 1901–02^[11]

ADFA Hospital Tournament

• 1887–88^[12]

References