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Aberdeen Football Club have played their home fixtures at Pittodrie since forming over 100 years ago in 1903, with the stadium’s usage dating back four years prior in 1899 when it was home to the original Aberdeen Club who were a precursor to today’s Dons. As a ground which dates back as early as the 19th century it’s no surprise that numerous renovations have been made over the years with Aberdeen owning the second all-seating football stadium in Great Britain. Renovated in 1978, the club followed the initiative of Glasgow Rangers who rebuilt three out of four stands at Ibrox in order to improve spectator safety after a stadium disaster killed 66 fans and injured over 200 more in 1971. Pre-dating the Taylor Report by just over 12 years, newly promoted side Clydebank converted their ground two seasons prior after being promoted with Aberdeen being wise to follow. With Sir Alex Ferguson yet to move to Old Trafford, the club were about to enjoy their greatest spell of success when the famous manager guiding The Dons to no less than three league titles, four Scottish cups, The European Super cup and League Cup all across a remarkable period of 7 years. Most famously, Ferguson defeated Bayern Munich in the quarter final of the Cup Winners Cup final in a legendary encounter at the Pittodrie – a game which is probably regarded by fans as the most magical night in the club’s history. Still riding on a financial wave after the triumphant period in the prior decade, the early 1990s saw the most recent development of the stadium take place when the club demolished the east stand and rebuilt the new Richard Donald Stand during the 1992-1993 season. Now ageing somewhat, the club have long proposed plans to move to a “New Aberdeen Stadium” which has been advised by the local council but with Scotland’s failed bid to host Euro 2008 and purse strings becoming tighter all plans are a long way off from happening.

DRIVING The address for satnav is as follows: Aberdeen FC, Pittodrie Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5QH Car Parks Parking within the immediate vicinity of Pittodrie is problematic as there are no spaces available to the general public on matchdays, and on-street parking isn’t recommended as there are various restrictions in place to protect the residential area. BUS The Dons have launched a Park and Ride service which allows fans to easily catch a bus from the centre of town on matchdays from over three locations. The three park and ride services depart from Bridge of Don (50p), Souterhead Road – Altens (£1.00) , and Kingswells (£1.50) with each bus clearly marked with the AFC logo. Failing this, or if you are visiting the stadium on a non-matchday you can catch a bus from Union Street which will take you to Pittodrie. Number 13 (Seaton) will drop you off where the golf club is, with numbers 1 and 2 dropping you off at King Street Bus Depot which is less than five minutes from the stadium. TRAIN Aberdeen railway station is located just under 1.2 miles from Aberdeen F.C’s stadium with the resulting walk likely to take no more than 20-25 minutes by foot for any fan like me with average fitness.