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Plaque commemorating the inaugural meeting of Aberdeen Association Football Club in 1881. The Aberdeen FC was born out of the merger of three city clubs; Aberdeen, Victoria United and Orion. A public meeting on 20 March 1903 was attended by more than 1,600 citizens, and on that date the amalgamation issue was discussed and given the go-ahead.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Association football club in Aberdeen, Scotland This article is about the present-day club. For its predecessor of the same name in existence from 1881 to 1903, see Aberdeen F.C. (1881). Football club Aberdeen Full name Aberdeen Football Club Nickname(s) The Dons, The Dandies, The Reds ...
Aberdeen's first trophy was the Southern League Cup in 1946, which was won after a 3–2 win against Rangers. [1] [2] Their first national trophy win was the Scottish Cup in 1947. Aberdeen's first Scottish League Cup victory came in 1955. In 1983, Aberdeen won two European trophies, the European Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup. The ...
The club was founded in 1903 after an amalgamation of three local clubs; Orion F.C., Victoria United and the original Aberdeen FC. [1] The club has played at Pittodrie Stadium since 1903. [ 2 ] They are one of the most successful clubs in Scotland, having won four League championships and thirteen domestic trophies, as well as the European Cup ...
The club was formed in 1903 after an amalgamation of three Aberdeen-based football clubs, Orion, Aberdeen and Victoria United. An application to join the Scottish Football League in 1903 was defeated in a vote of member clubs, so the club spent its first season in the Northern League. In 1904, Aberdeen was elected to the Second Division.
Local columnist John Papendick looks back at the football career of George Amundson, who made college football history half a century ago.
Aberdeen were drawn against Austria Memphis in the opening round of the European Cup. The first leg at Pittodrie was won by Aberdeen, Mark McGhee scored the only goal of the game in a 1–0 win. The second leg in Vienna ended in a 0–0 draw. Aberdeen advanced to the second round, where the draw had paired them with English champions Liverpool. [6]
Patrick McKenna (26 April 1920 – 16 November 1995) was a Scottish football defender.He played for Aberdeen, Plymouth Argyle and St Johnstone.From St Johnstone FC, he moved into the Scottish Highland Football League, firstly, with Keith FC, then onto Fraserburgh FC for four seasons where he finished his professional football career at 40 years of age in May 1960.