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69-424: William Stead may refer to: Bill Stead (1887–1939), English football goalkeeper with Southampton, Aberdeen and Clapton Orient W. T. Stead (William Thomas Stead, 1849–1912), English journalist, victim of RMS Titanic disaster William Force Stead (1884–1967), American diplomat, poet, Anglican clergyman William Stead (rugby league) , rugby league footballer of
138-499: A "disgraceful performance") were born from a desire to win by a larger margin. There are still often violent clashes between both sets of supporters within and outwith the stadium to this day. Aberdeen developed a minor rivalry with Inverness Caledonian Thistle since Inverness were first promoted to the SPL in 2004. It is known as the North derby , since Aberdeen and Inverness are
207-534: A "phlegmatic performance", restricting Portsmouth to a single goal from Dan Cunliffe , while the Saints scored five and eventually progressed to the last eight , where they lost 3–0 at Liverpool . Following the return of Clawley to full fitness, Stead realised that he was unlikely to obtain regular first-team football with the Saints, so he moved to Salisbury City , then playing in the Second Division of
276-528: A 6–0 defeat by Hibernian in the same week; and Barry Robson , who become caretaker manager in January 2023 and permanent manager that May, left in January 2024. Neil Warnock briefly served as interim manager. In April 2024, the club announced that Jimmy Thelin would take the role beginning in June 2024. For the first season of the club's existence, the team played in a predominantly white strip. This
345-541: A capacity of 20,866 and was the first all-seated and all-covered stadium in the United Kingdom. Pittodrie was also the first football stadium to feature a dug-out , an invention of player and coach Donald Colman . The club's colours have been primarily red and white since 1939; before this, they played in black and gold vertical stripes. In modern times, Aberdeen have almost exclusively played with all-red strips with white detailing. Aberdeen attract support from
414-474: A fixture against Albion Rovers . Philip was still in charge, and continued to oversee a team capable of isolated good results, but never quite able to sustain a challenge long enough to win a trophy. In 1923, Aberdeen were drawn against Peterhead in the Scottish Cup, and posted their record score—a 13–0 victory. Philip retired a year later, and was replaced as manager by Paddy Travers . He presided over
483-560: A high turnover of players, and yielded no trophies. He retired in 1965, making way for Eddie Turnbull . Turnbull led Aberdeen to the 1967 Scottish Cup final, where the side was ultimately defeated by Celtic. Despite this loss, Aberdeen qualified for the European Cup Winner's Cup in the following season thanks to their appearance in this final, the first time the club had competed in European competition. Their first tie
552-485: A night of drinking prior to the match. Jimmy Calderwood took over in 2004 and Aberdeen posted more consistent results than in previous seasons. In the 2006–07 season , the club finished in third place in the league and entered the final qualifying round for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup . Aberdeen defeated Dnipro on the away goals rule to progress (the first time Aberdeen had won on away goals in European football for 40 years). They went on to beat F.C. Copenhagen 4–0, which
621-539: A non-executive director role on the club's board. Derek McInnes was announced as the successor to Craig Brown in March 2013. In McInnes' first season as manager, Aberdeen won the 2013–14 Scottish League Cup after defeating Inverness 4–2 on penalties, their first trophy in 19 years. Aberdeen finished third in the Scottish Premiership , and began the next season by coming through the early rounds of
690-633: A result have a large catchment area of potential supporters. The average attendance in the 2022–23 Scottish Premiership was 15,636. In the 1980s, a minority of the club's supporters had a reputation as one of Britain's most prominent casuals groups, the Aberdeen Soccer Casuals. The rise of the Aberdeen Casuals coincided with the most successful period in the club's history, and has been chronicled in more than one published account. Whilst numbers have steadily declined with
759-425: A result of the amalgamation of three clubs from Aberdeen, they rarely challenged for honours until the post-war decade, when they won each of the major Scottish trophies under manager Dave Halliday . This level of success was surpassed in the 1980s, when, under the management of Alex Ferguson , they won three league titles, four Scottish Cups and a Scottish League Cup, alongside the two European trophies. Aberdeen were
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#1732801149142828-572: A resurgent Rangers. Aberdeen signed new co-managers in 1989, pairing Alex Smith and Jocky Scott . A number of foreign players were signed, including Dutch internationals Theo Snelders and Hans Gillhaus . In the 1989–90 season, the club won both the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. In 1991 , they lost the last game of the season, and the league title, to Rangers. Former player Willie Miller took over in 1992 and presided over two seasons where Aberdeen came close to winning
897-492: A teenager. He was the third choice goalkeeper, but following an injury to George Clawley and with Tom Burrows already out for several months, he was called into the first-team for a Southern League match at Brentford on 30 December 1905, which was lost 2–1. He retained his place for the next two matches, a league match at home to Norwich City (won 2–1) and an F.A. Cup match against his home-town club, Portsmouth . The F.A. Cup match against Portsmouth on 13 January 1906
966-570: A year in May 2012 due to problems with land ownership, and suffered a serious setback the following August, when the council rejected a joint application by Aberdeen and Cove Rangers to build a community sports centre at nearby Calder Park . Aberdeen announced in November 2014 new plans to instead build training facilities at Balgownie, on land owned by the University of Aberdeen , but the project
1035-659: Is 45,061, during a Scottish Cup match between Aberdeen and Hearts on 13 March 1954. The stadium consists of four stands: the Main Stand, which also houses the club offices and players facilities; the Merkland Road Stand, also referred to as the "Red Shed"; the South Stand, which is opposite the main stand and holds the largest number of spectators; and the Richard Donald stand to the east, which
1104-485: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bill Stead William Alexander George Stead (1887 – 5 June 1939) was an English professional goalkeeper who played for Southampton , Salisbury City , Aberdeen and Clapton Orient in the early twentieth century. Stead was born in the Portsea area of Portsmouth , but joined south coast rivals Southampton as
1173-455: Is variously reported as all-white, or as white shirts with blue shorts and socks. This colour scheme was the direct descendant of the colours worn by the precursor Aberdeen club, but lasted only one season before being replaced. For the 1904–05 season, Aberdeen adopted a black and gold striped shirt, which led to the team being nicknamed "the Wasps". This strip, with only minor variations,
1242-416: The 1965–66 season. In 1966, Aberdeen adopted red shorts, making the official kit all-red, similar to that of Liverpool , who made a similar change at around the same time. This arrangement has continued to the present day, with several variations in design, in common with most senior clubs as the replica shirt market has expanded. In the late 1970s an Admiral strip featured five vertical white stripes on
1311-651: The COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland . Alternative designs at the city's beachfront close to Pittodrie were released in August 2021. Aberdeen's supporters, known as the Red Army, are listed in the team squad list as wearing the number 12 shirt . Aberdeen are the only top-flight team in the third largest city in Scotland, a city which is relatively remote, geographically, from other large population centres, and as
1380-657: The Europa League , beating Dutch club FC Groningen before eventually being eliminated by Spanish side Real Sociedad . The club ended the season in second place—their best league position since 1993–94 —in 2015, 2016, and 2017. In recent seasons' Europa League competitions, they were defeated in the third qualifying round four times: In 2015–16 by FC Kairat , in 2016–17 by NK Maribor , in 2017–18 by Apollon Limassol , and in 2019–20 by HNK Rijeka . Aberdeen were league runners-up once more in 2016–17 and reached both cup finals, but were beaten 3–0 by Celtic in
1449-662: The European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983 , Aberdeen beat FC Sion , Dinamo Tirana and Lech Poznań to face the German Cup winners Bayern Munich . This game was won 3–2 at Pittodrie after a goalless draw in Germany, John Hewitt with the winning goal. They then faced now-defunct Belgian club Waterschei in the semi-final. Aberdeen beat them 5–1 at home, and lost for the first time in the tournament, 1–0 away, resulting in an aggregate victory which sent Aberdeen to
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#17328011491421518-582: The League Cup and 2–1 by the same opponents in the Scottish Cup , echoing the outcome in 1992–93 when Aberdeen had finished second to Rangers in all competitions. They were again second the following season, earning a first league win against Celtic away from home for fourteen years in the final game of the season. This qualified them for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League , where they were defeated after extra time by Premier League side Burnley in
1587-459: The Old Firm of Celtic and Rangers , and led the league for a time, but finished the season in second place. Wartime affected the club as much as any other; despite spending cuts and other economies, by 1917 the situation became untenable. Aberdeen dropped out of competitive football, along with Dundee and Raith Rovers . Senior football returned on 16 August 1919, and Aberdeen resumed with
1656-572: The Scottish Premiership and have never been relegated from the top division of the Scottish football league system since they were elected to the top flight in 1905. Aberdeen have won four Scottish league titles , seven Scottish Cups and six Scottish League Cups . They are also the only Scottish team to have won two European trophies, having won the European Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup in 1983. Formed in 1903 as
1725-570: The 1930s and 1940s William H. Stead , American politician and lawyer Billy Stead , New Zealand rugby union player [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Stead&oldid=1063041652 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1794-481: The South , scoring to gain the club's first major trophy. From this early success, Halliday's side reached two more Scottish Cup finals, in 1953 and 1954 , though they lost both. Halliday's team were not to be denied, however, and the following season, 1954–55 , Aberdeen won their first Scottish League title. Though league winners, the club did not participate in the first European Cup competition—Scotland's place
1863-784: The Southern League. Despite brief spells with Aberdeen and Clapton Orient , Stead remained with the Salisbury club until 1920. In 1920, Stead became a seaman on board the Cunard liner Mauretania ; he later joined the Union-Castle Line , sailing on the Durban Castle . Aberdeen F.C. Aberdeen Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen , Scotland. They compete in
1932-422: The black and gold strips of the pre-war era, although for a time in the 1970s, Aberdeen sported an all-blue change strip with white socks. For the 2007–08 season, the change strip was all-white, with a third kit of yellow and black halves available if needed for European games, or in the event of a clash involving both red and white. The club did not have an official crest before 1972, but several variations on
2001-400: The city and surrounding areas, as they have no geographically close rivals. Lacking a local competitor, Aberdeen have instead developed rivalries with more distant opponents such as Dundee United (collectively known as the " New Firm " in the 1980s) as well as long term SPFL competitors Celtic F.C and Rangers . The current Aberdeen F.C. was formed following the merger of three clubs based in
2070-598: The city— Aberdeen , Victoria United and Orion —in 1903. The new club played its first match on 15 August 1903: a 1–1 draw with Stenhousemuir . That first season produced a win in the Aberdeenshire Cup , but only a third-place finish in the Northern League . The club applied for membership of the Scottish League for the following season, and were elected to the Second Division. In 1904,
2139-425: The club making fewer appearances on the international stage, shirt sponsors have tended to be local to Aberdeen—they have included one of the local commercial radio stations, Northsound , as well as several Aberdeen-based oil service companies. As of 2023 , the current shirt sponsor is TEXO. Away colours have tended to be either white—often with black shorts—or a combination of yellow and black, referring back to
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2208-654: The club was temporarily taken over by then-directors Charles B Forbes and George Anderson while Halliday served in the war. Halliday's place in the Aberdeen Hall of Fame was secured after the war when he became the first manager to bring national trophies to Pittodrie. Aberdeen won the Southern League Cup in the 1945–46 season , defeating Rangers 3–2 at Hampden . They then reached the 1947 Scottish Cup final, defeating Hibernian 2–1 with George Hamilton , signed from Halliday's former club Queen of
2277-446: The club were managed by Jimmy Philip . At the end of its first season, despite having finished seventh out of twelve teams, Aberdeen were elected to the new, expanded First Division. They have remained in the top tier of Scottish football ever since. From 1906, the club made steady progress, with a Scottish Cup semi-final appearance in 1908 and another in 1911 . In that season of 1910–11, Aberdeen recorded their first victories over
2346-672: The club won three league championships, four Scottish Cups, one League Cup, the European Cup Winner's Cup, the European Super Cup and a Drybrough Cup—all in the space of seven years. Players such as Jim Leighton , Willie Miller , Alex McLeish and Gordon Strachan became the backbone of the team. Aberdeen's second League title was won in 1979–80 and this initial success was built upon with Scottish Cup wins in three successive seasons from 1982 to 1984 , and two more league titles in 1983–84 and 1984–85 . During
2415-598: The club's history came in the 1999–2000 season, where they finished bottom of the table. As the Scottish Premier League (SPL) was being expanded to twelve teams, Aberdeen were due to take part in a three team play-off with the teams that finished second and third in the First Division. The play-off never happened though, as one of those clubs ( Falkirk ) did not meet SPL stadium requirements, and Aberdeen retained their top flight status. This
2484-465: The crest, which retains these elements in a unified design, was introduced at the start of the 1997–98 season. Two stars signifying the winning of the two European trophies in 1983 were introduced over the badge in the 2005–06 season. Aberdeen have played throughout their existence at Pittodrie Stadium , the name of which comes from the Pictish for "place of manure". The ground was first used by
2553-465: The decade. Manager Alex Ferguson 's personal history with Rangers also played a role: a boyhood fan and once the club's record signing, Ferguson had long believed that Rangers had frozen him out of the club after they discovered his wife was a Roman Catholic. In the 2021 documentary Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In , he admitted that his remarks after Aberdeen won the 1983 Scottish Cup final (where, despite Aberdeen beating Rangers 1-0, he regarded it as
2622-517: The exception of the Drybrough Cup in 1971 under Jimmy Bonthrone and the League Cup in 1976 , under Ally MacLeod . During this decade, Aberdeen had five managers: Eddie Turnbull, Jimmy Bonthrone, Ally MacLeod, Billy McNeill and Alex Ferguson . They reached two more national cup finals—the Scottish Cup in 1978 under Billy McNeill and the League Cup in the following season under the new manager Alex Ferguson. Under Ferguson's guidance,
2691-456: The fans via an online poll. Prior to the opening of Cormack Park, the first team trained in a variety of locations around the city, including the local Gordon Barracks , Seaton Park , Aberdeen Sports Village and Countesswells, the playing fields of Robert Gordon's College . Since 2009, Aberdeen have been examining a move to a new stadium . Plans for a new stadium began when the club indicated that further development of Pittodrie Stadium
2760-455: The final. On 11 May 1983, Aberdeen beat Real Madrid 2–1 after extra time to win the cup and become only the third Scottish side to win a European trophy. The club released a song, " European Song ", to coincide with the appearance in the final. This was followed up with the capture of the European Super Cup in December, when Hamburger SV were beaten over two legs. Aberdeen reached
2829-412: The financial burden of a new stand putting the club into debt for the first time in its history, the directors turned to Stewart Milne , a local businessman whose firm had built the stand, hiring him as the club's chairman. Aberdeen's first foreign manager, Ebbe Skovdahl , was appointed in 1999 and his time in charge coincided with some of the heaviest defeats in the club's history. The low point of
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2898-402: The football-playing world. Travers left to become manager of Clyde in 1939. Travers was replaced by former Yeovil Town manager Dave Halliday , one of more than a hundred applicants for the role, and the club moved from their black and gold strip to red and white. Halliday had barely begun his work when World War II halted competitive football in the United Kingdom. For these six years,
2967-756: The introduction of Football Banning Orders preventing hooligans from travelling to games, the Aberdeen Casuals still appear at big fixtures often away from home and in the UEFA Europa League . There were clashes at both fixtures against FC Groningen in 2014, as well as 13 arrests after violent clashes with Dundee United fans at a game in December 2015. Aberdeen have rarely played in the same division as their geographically closest neighbours ( Cove Rangers , Peterhead , Brechin City , Montrose , Arbroath , Elgin City , and Forfar Athletic ), so rivalries have tended to come from further afield. Cove Rangers from
3036-473: The last club outside the Old Firm to win a league title, in 1984–85 , and also the last Scottish team to win a European trophy. The team has enjoyed less success since this golden era, though a 19-year wait for a major trophy was ended by winning the 2013–14 Scottish League Cup , followed up by multiple second-place finishes behind Celtic in the league during the 2010s. Aberdeen have played at Pittodrie Stadium since their inception. The ground currently has
3105-401: The left side of the shirt and shorts, and the early 1980s shirts—as worn at the 1983 European Cup Winners Cup final—featured white vertical pinstripes. Later design changes included significant amounts of blue, and a one-season reversion to white shorts, although the all-red scheme returned in 1997 . Shirt sponsorship began in 1987 , and the initial shirt sponsor was JVC . Since then, with
3174-423: The letters AFC had from time to time featured on the shirt, usually in some kind of cursive font. In November 1972, the club unveiled an official crest or logo, designed by Aberdonian graphic designer Donald Addison. The design represented a capital letter A as the side view of a football goal, with a ball forming the crossbar of the letter. This ball was crosshatched in such a way as to depict it as being inside
3243-414: The net, signifying the scoring of a goal. The logo was completed by the letters FC in smaller type at a level with the ball element. This badge was used on the shirts from around 1978, with no significant alterations until the mid-1980s when the words "Aberdeen Football Club" were added in a circular border, and the date of the club's founding, 1903, was added under the goal element. The current version of
3312-464: The original Aberdeen F.C. in 1899, in a 7–1 win over Dumbarton ; when they merged with two other teams in 1903, the new club took over the old Aberdeen ground. On 15 August 1903, 8,000 spectators turned up to watch the new Aberdeen draw 1–1 against Stenhousemuir, the first game played at Pittodrie by its amalgamated tenants. The club initially rented the ground, but subsequently bought it in 1920. The stadium currently seats 20,866. The record attendance
3381-469: The post of manager in March 2021 after almost eight years in charge. Over the subsequent three years, Aberdeen went through four managers. Atlanta United 2 manager and former Aberdeen player Stephen Glass replaced McInnes but was dismissed in February 2022; subsequent hire Jim Goodwin was sacked following a surprise defeat to West of Scotland Football League side Darvel in the Scottish Cup and
3450-529: The reason for Calderwood's dismissal. Mark McGhee of Motherwell was appointed as Calderwood's replacement in June 2009. McGhee controversially dismissed Aberdeen legend and goalkeeping coach Jim Leighton in August 2009 and replaced him with Colin Meldrum . Aberdeen suffered a 9–0 defeat to Celtic on 6 November 2010, their heaviest ever defeat. McGhee and his assistants were eventually sacked in December of that year. Aberdeen approached Craig Brown , who
3519-575: The same city entered the professional leagues for the first time in 2019, although the Aberdeen derby is yet to occur in a league meeting. In the early 1980s, owing to the success both domestically and in Europe of Aberdeen and Dundee United, the pair were known as the New Firm . However, Dundee United have their city neighbours Dundee as close rivals , and the antagonism was not always reciprocated to
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#17328011491423588-516: The same competition , but were eliminated in the first round following a 4–4 aggregate tie with Honvéd . This tie, level after extra time and also level on away goals , was decided by the first penalty shoot-out in UEFA competition history, Honvéd winning the shootout 5–4 in Budapest . The Aberdeen side of the 1970s regularly challenged for domestic honours. However, they rarely won trophies, with
3657-621: The same degree. The same situation applies to Aberdeen's rivalry with Rangers , in that Rangers have their own much older and well-known Old Firm rivalry with Celtic. Aberdeen's rivalry with Rangers arose after a number of incidents in matches between the two clubs in the 1980s, namely Willie Johnston 's stamp on John McMaster 's neck in the Scottish League Cup and Neil Simpson 's tackle on Ian Durrant in 1988, as well as Aberdeen's dominance in Scottish football throughout
3726-444: The second qualifying round. In November 2019, Major League Soccer side Atlanta United acquired a less than 10 percent stake in Aberdeen for £2 million (US$ 2.57 million) as part of a strategic alliance between the two clubs. As part of this deal, vice-chairman Dave Cormack became chairman of the club, replacing Stewart Milne . Atlanta United president Darren Eales also took a seat on Aberdeen's board of directors. McInnes left
3795-465: The semi-finals of the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup , before losing to Porto 2–0 on aggregate. In the first round of the 1984–85 European Champion Club's Cup Aberdeen lost to East Berlin side BFC Dynamo in a penalty shoot-out 4–5, following a 3–3 on aggregate in regular times. Today, both clubs enjoy friendly relations. After Ferguson moved to England to manage Manchester United in November 1986, Aberdeen struggled to compete with Celtic and
3864-409: The significant financial investment he made to realise the completion of the project. The complex is made up of a training pavilion, groundsman's accommodation, three full-sized training pitches, two floodlit 3G pitches and two grass pitches. There is also flexible outdoor and indoor space that can be used for sporting or recreational purposes. All the pitches are named after club legends, chosen by
3933-461: The team's first Scottish Cup final in 1937. Travers' "trainer"—first team coach in modern parlance—was former player Donald Colman . Colman conceived the dug-out , a covered area set slightly below the level of the playing surface to better aid his observations. Everton visited Pittodrie soon after its introduction, and exported the idea to the English leagues, from where it spread throughout
4002-410: The title. However, the club ended the 1994–95 season second-bottom, and had to rely on a play-off victory over Dunfermline Athletic to retain their Premier Division status. Miller was sacked in February 1995, and replaced by Roy Aitken . Despite a Scottish League Cup success in 1995 , the club continued to struggle. Alex Miller and Paul Hegarty had spells in charge in the late 1990s, but with
4071-420: Was a 14–1 aggregate victory over KR Reykjavik , although they lost the second round tie with Standard Liège 3–2 on aggregate. Two years later, Derek "Cup-tie" McKay recorded the only four goals of his Aberdeen career to help his team to the 1969–70 Scottish Cup , scoring the winning goals in the quarter- and semi final, and two in the final itself. As Scottish Cup holders, Aberdeen once again qualified for
4140-507: Was awarded to Hibernian, who took part by special invitation. Halliday and Hamilton left at the end of that championship-winning season, and Halliday was replaced by Davie Shaw . Aberdeen won the League Cup under his guidance, beating St Mirren in 1955–56 , and reached another Scottish Cup final in 1959 . However, Shaw stepped aside for another former favourite player, Tommy Pearson , in 1959. Pearson's time in charge coincided with
4209-459: Was completed in 1993, contains hospitality suites, and is named after former chairman Dick Donald . A quarter of the South Stand is used to accommodate travelling supporters. In 1978, Pittodrie became the first all covered, all-seater stadium in Britain. The current capacity for SPFL games is 18,800, and lower than that for European group stage games. Aberdeen train at Cormack Park , which
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#17328011491424278-406: Was followed by an early-season defeat to Irish club Bohemians on the away goals rule in the next season's UEFA Cup . Steve Paterson was appointed to replace Skovdahl following his resignation in 2002, but lasted only two seasons. Paterson's tenure with Aberdeen was marred by his addiction to alcohol. In March 2003 he failed to attend a home game against Dundee due to being too hungover after
4347-412: Was not possible due to the age of the ground and the restrictions from surrounding land. Aberdeen City Council approved an initial project in May 2009, to be situated near Loirston Loch in the south of the city, subject to planning permission . In August 2010, a planning application for the new stadium was submitted to the council, which was approved the following February. The move was delayed by
4416-558: Was opened on 31 October 2019 by former manager Alex Ferguson , who described the development as "up there with the best" that he had seen. As well as being a training centre for the first team, the complex is also home to the Bobby Clark Football Academy and the AFC Community Trust, as well as acting as a community sports hub. The training facilities are named after chairman Dave Cormack , due to
4485-423: Was the biggest margin of victory and one of Pittodrie's biggest crowds since the 1980s. This set up a meeting with German giants Bayern Munich , which they lost 7–3 on aggregate after a 2–2 draw which saw Aberdeen lead twice in the first leg. Calderwood was sacked by Aberdeen on 24 May 2009, hours after he took the club to a fourth-place finish and back into Europe. Poor domestic cup performances were thought to be
4554-500: Was the first F.A. Cup meeting between the two fierce rivals . Because of the large crowd expected, the local registrars in both towns postponed voting in the 1906 general election until the following week. The match at The Dell was attended by a capacity crowd of 14,000 and the Portsmouth fans, together with their players, did their best to unsettle the inexperienced 'keeper. Stead, however, showed few signs of nerves and produced
4623-415: Was ultimately scrapped in the following July. Plans to develop a new stadium and training facilities near Westhill , close to the newly developed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route , were announced in May 2016. The new stadium is expected to have a similar capacity to Pittodrie Stadium. Although the project overcame legal challenges from local residents, progress stalled due to the economic impact of
4692-472: Was working without a contract at Motherwell, to replace McGhee. Brown initially rebuffed an offer, but after further discussions with the club Brown resigned as manager at Motherwell to be announced as the next manager at Aberdeen two days later. The first act of the new management team of Brown and Archie Knox was to re-instate Leighton. Aberdeen failed to produce better results under Craig Brown's tenure, and in March 2013 he announced his retirement to take up
4761-544: Was worn until just before the start of the Second World War. The blue shorts lasted until 1911, and then were replaced with white ones. Socks were black with gold trim, either as stripes or as a solid bar at the turndown. In March 1939, Aberdeen changed the black and gold colours to red and white, reflecting the silver and red colours of the official City of Aberdeen arms. The first red strips were worn with white shorts, with either red or white socks from 1939 until
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