Orion F.C.


Orion Football Club were a Scottish football team who played in the city of Aberdeen between 1885 and 1903. They were one of the three clubs who merged on 14 April 1903 to form the current Aberdeen F.C.; the other two being Aberdeen and Victoria United.
Orion won two Northern League championships, in 1897 and 1899.
They also won the Rhodesia Cup, 1898–99.
In 1885, Bon Accord were mistakenly invited to compete in the Scottish Cup instead of Orion, and went on to lose 36–0, a world record football score.

Playing colours

The club's colours were:

1886–87

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion ScorerAttendance
R111 SeptemberArbroathA0–20

1887–88

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion ScorerAttendance
R16 SeptemberArbroathA0–18

1889–90

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion ScorerAttendance
R17 SeptemberVictoria UnitedH3–1
R228 SeptemberAberdeenA1–2

1890–91

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion ScorerAttendance
R16 SeptemberAberdeenH1–5

1893–94

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion ScorerAttendance
R125 NovemberLeith AthleticH2–11

1894–95

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion ScorerAttendance
R124 NovemberDundeeA1–53,000

1896–97

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion ScorerAttendance
R124 JanuaryFalkirkA0–2

1897–98

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion ScorerAttendance
R18 JanuaryDundee WanderersA2–35,000

1898–99

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion ScorerAttendance
R114 JanuaryKilmarnockH0–25,000

1899–1900

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion ScorerAttendance
R113 JanuaryForres MechanicsA1–11,000
R1 R20 JanuaryForres MechanicsH4–12,000
R227 JanuaryKilmarnockA1–103,000

1900–01

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion ScorerAttendance
R123 JanuaryAyrA2–22,000
R1 R23 JanuaryAyrH1–31,000

1902–03

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreOrion ScorerAttendance
R124 JanuaryNithsdale WanderersA0–1500