Clubname: | Orion |
Fullname: | Orion Football Club |
Nickname: | the Cocks o' the North[1] |
Founded: | 1885 |
Dissolved: | 1903 |
Ground: | Cattofield Aberdeen |
Pattern B1: | _ |
Leftarm1: | 800000 |
Body1: | 800000 |
Rightarm1: | 800000 |
Shorts1: | 000080 |
Socks1: | 000080 |
Orion Football Club was a Scottish football team that played in the city of Aberdeen between 1885 and 1903.
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]
The club's colours were:[7]
The club's first match was at the Recreation Grounds in Aberdeen,[2] moving to Cattofield by 1893.
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | |