Culter Football Club has been in existence since at least as far back as 1891. Several extracts have been obtained from the Bon-Accord -and the earliest one with information on Culter FC is dated 10 January 1891.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under the heading “In The Country” the article starts:

Culter drew with Stanley on New Year's Day - 2 each - and the country loons - principally juniors - on Saturday wiped out the North Lodge by 8 goals to 1. Culter open on the 17th and following Saturdays, either at home or abroad.

J.Esson, St Peter’s Terrace, Peterculter.”

 

A sad story appeared in the Aberdeen Leopard in April 1990 in an article on Victorian football in Aberdeen by Jim Rickaby: “One of the first floodlit matches took place at Central Park in November 1892. Hosts Orion met an Aberdeen-Victoria United Select in a benefit game for the widow and child of a young Culter Mill worker, William Wallace, who died after colliding with an opponent in a junior fixture at Culter. More than 400 fans packed the ground to see Orion beat the select 3 –2. “Well’s Patent Light” was not voted a success, however, and an estimated 1000 people ‘sneaked’ into the Kittybrewster ground by scaling the walls “to their eternal disgrace”, according to the local press. It was whispered that some “high-tempered” players took the opportunity of “settling their little affairs” under cover of darkness!