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| | | Web site: http://www.afc.co.uk Founded: 1903 Nickname: The Dons Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Stadium Address: Pittodrie Street, Aberdeen AB24 5QH League: Scottish Premiership (Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership)
History: The current Aberdeen FC was born out of the merger of three city clubs; Aberdeen, Victoria United and Orion. A public meeting on March 20, 1903 was attended by more than 1,600 citizens, and on that date the amalgamation issue was discussed and given the go-ahead. On April 14 that same year the merger was made official and Aberdeen Football Club was born.
The merger allowed Aberdeen (wearing an all-white kit) to seriously entertain thoughts of joining the Scottish football league, but had to settle with spending its inaugural season in the Northern League having narrowly failed to gain admission to the First Division.
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| Celtic | |
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| | | Web site: http://www.celticfc.net Founded: 1888 Nickname: The Bhoys Stadium: Celtic Park Stadium Address: Glasgow G40 3RE League: Scottish Premiership (Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership)
History: Celtic Football Club was formally constituted at a meeting in St. Mary's church hall in East Rose Street (now Forbes Street), Calton, Glasgow, by Marist Brother Walfrid on November 6, 1887 with the purpose stated in the official club records as "being to alleviate poverty in Glasgow's East End parishes". The charity established by Brother Walfrid was named 'The Poor Children's Dinner Table'. Walfrid's move to establish the club as a means of fund raising was largely inspired by the example of Hibernian F.C. who were formed out of the immigrant Irish population a few years earlier in Edinburgh. Walfrid's own suggestion of the name 'Celtic' (pronounced Seltic), was intended to reflect the club's Irish and Scottish roots, and was adopted at the same meeting.
On May 28, 1888 Celtic played their first official match against Rangers and won 5-2 in what was described as a "friendly encounter".
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| Dundee | |
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| | | Web site: http://www.dundeefc.co.uk Founded: 1893 Nickname: The Dark Blues Stadium: Dens Park Stadium Address: Sandeman Street, Dundee DD3 7JY League: Scottish Premiership (Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership)
History: Formed in 1893, Dundee football club was formed by an amalgamation of two city teams, Our Boys and East End. The club played their first Scottish league match on 12 August 1893 drawing 3-3 with Rangers. Dundee moved to their current stadium Dens park in 1899.
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| Dundee United | |
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| | | Web site: http://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk Founded: 1909 Nickname: The Terrors or The Arabs Stadium: Tannadice Park Stadium Address: Tannadice Street, Dundee DD3 7JW League: Scottish Premiership (Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership)
History: The Irish community in Dundee formed a new football club in 1909, following the demise of Dundee Harp. Originally called Dundee Hibernian, taking over Clepington Park (renamed Tannadice Park) from Dundee Wanderers. Dundee Hibernian played their innaugural game on 18th August, 1909 against Edinburgh Hibernian, the match ending in a 1-1 draw. The Club was saved from going out of business in October of 1923, being saved by a group of Dundee businessmen, they decided to change the club's name to Dundee United in order to attract a wider appeal. The name Dundee City was considered but was protested by city rivals Dundee F.C.
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| Hamilton Academical | |
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| Heart of Midlothian | |
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| | | Web site: http://www.heartsfc.co.uk Founded: 1874 Nickname: The Jam Tarts or The Jambos Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Stadium Address: Gorgie Road, Edinburgh EH11 2NL League: Scottish Premiership (Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership)
History: Hearts (the common abbreviation) were founded in 1874 and are named after a dance hall which in turn took its name from the novel The Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott. They initially played at the Meadows, Powburn and Powderhall before moving to the Gorgie area in 1881. They moved to their current Tynecastle site in 1886.
Hearts were one of the founding members of the Scottish league in 1890 and the only club from the East of Scotland.
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| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | |
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| | | Web site: http://www.caleythistleonline.co.uk Founded: 1994 Nickname: Caley Thistle Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Stadium Address: East Longman, Inverness IV1 1FF League: Scottish Premiership (Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership)
History: The club was formed as Caledonian Thistle F.C. in 1994 following the merger of Caledonian F.C. and Inverness Thistle F.C., both members of the Highland Football League, to fill a vacancy in the Scottish Football League.
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| Kilmarnock | |
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| Motherwell | |
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| | | Web site: http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk Founded: 1886 Nickname: The Steelmen or The Well Stadium: Fir Park Stadium Address: Firpark Street, Motherwell ML1 2QN League: Scottish Premiership (Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership)
History: Motherwell were founded in 1886 from an amalgamation of two factory based teams, Glencairn and Alpha. In 1893, the club turned professional and joined the newly formed Scottish Second Division and in their first game, Motherwell defeated Hamilton Academical 4-1. In 1895 Motherwell moved to their Fir Park stadium.
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| Partick Thistle | |
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| | | Web site: http://www.ptfc.co.uk Founded: 1876 Nickname: The Jags Stadium: Firhill Stadium Stadium Address: 80 Firhill Road, Maryhill, Glasgow G20 7AL League: Scottish Premiership (Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership)
History: Partick Thistle were formed in 1876 in the burgh of Partick (administratively independent of Glasgow till 1912 when it was incorporated into the city).
They originally played on what is now the site of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum next to the river Kelvin and had a number of other homes in Partick before finally settling at Firhill Stadium in the Maryhill district of Glasgow in 1909. They had to move as their Meadowside ground was demolished to make way for a granary (which was itself only very recently demolished).
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| Ross County | |
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| | | Web site: http://www.rosscountyfootballclub.co.uk Founded: 1929 Nickname: The County Stadium: Victoria Park Stadium Address: Jubilee Road, Dingwall IV15 9QZ League: Scottish Premiership (Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership) Winner of cup(s):
History: Founded in 1929, Ross County initially played in the Highland Football League where they won the championship on three occasions. They also gained a reputation for their good performances in the early rounds of the Scottish Cup, upsetting many SFL teams.
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| St. Johnstone | |
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