Orion Football Club was a
Scottishfootball 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]
^"Round the country". Scottish Referee: 1. 11 September 1899.
^
ab"Orion v Bon-Accord". Aberdeen Journal: 6. 9 November 1885.
^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.
Orion Football Club was a
Scottishfootball 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]
^"Round the country". Scottish Referee: 1. 11 September 1899.
^
ab"Orion v Bon-Accord". Aberdeen Journal: 6. 9 November 1885.
^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.