Bon Accord FC

Bon Accord fue sorteado como local, pero cedió el derecho a ser anfitrión del partido a Arbroath. ^{[ 6 ]} Arbroath ganaba 15-0 al descanso y marcó otros 21 goles contra el portero suplente Andrew Lornie ^{[ 7 ]} en la segunda mitad. El Scottish Athletic Journal escribió en ese momento: «El balón entró entre los postes 41 veces, pero cinco de ellas fueron anuladas. Aquí y allá, se veía a aficionados con hoja de anotaciones y lápiz en mano, tomando nota de los goles como si se anotaran carreras en un partido de críquet ». ^{[ 8 ]}

Although the club continued to play into 1886, the club appears to have wound up in February 1886, only to be re-founded in March by the Good Templars Male Festival Choir; the "new" members however included previous players, such as captain G. A. Mitchell, and Robertson took on the role of treasurer.^[9]

Bon Accord was a founder member of the Aberdeenshire and District Football Association. The club played in the Aberdeenshire Cup from 1889 to 1892, its best performance being winning through two rounds (including a 10–0 away win at Aberdeen Harp) before losing to the original Aberdeen.^[10][11]

The club entered the Scottish Cup in 1891–92, by which time the Scottish Football Association had brought in preliminary rounds. In the 1st preliminary round (5 September 1891), Bon Accord won 9–0 at Stonehaven, with goals from Forsyth (3), Hay (2), Clark (3), and Macfarlane,^[12] but it lost 5–2 at home to the original Aberdeen in the 2nd round (26 September 1891), a tie notable for having the first penalty-kick in Aberdeenshire football, scored for Aberdeen by Key past Thomson.^[13] The penalty had been awarded for handball by captain Henry Flaws, who had a reputation for using his hands to prevent attacks, given the preceding lack of effective punishment.^[14]

The club's final match was in aid of the Scottish Junior Football Association, against a team of select junior players; the club's dissolution may have been down to a 4–1 victory over Victoria United,^[15] as in the aftermath seven of its players were recruited by Aberdeen, and another three emigrated.^[16] A Junior side – founded as Junior Bon Accord in 1890 – soon adopted the name.