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Aberdeen matchday, fan first

Aberdeen guide: official ticket route, Pittodrie Stadium, Pittodrie / Aberdeen, food and drink options, hotel bases, supporter leads, videos, images and FanChants songbook hooks.

Image: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — via Wikimedia Commons; final site use needs attribution/licence sign-off.

The answer-first version

Understand the club, get a ticket, pick a stand or route, plan food and a hotel, and find the fan culture around Aberdeen.

Founded1903-04-14
CapacityUse official stadium/club source for the live capacity shown to fans.
Official tickets firstUse the official ticket route first; membership, resale and ID rules can change by fixture.
Ground-area baseBuild the matchday route around Pittodrie Stadium and Pittodrie / Aberdeen, then re-check live gates and transport.
Capacity needs live sourceCapacity and redevelopment claims must come from official or dated stadium sources.
Away allocation changesAway allocation and routes are safety-sensitive and fixture-dependent.
Family seating careFamily and accessibility copy should follow the official ticket map and access guidance.
Food and hotels are optionsFood, drink and hotel rows are option sets with live checks, not single ranked recommendations.

Club facts and honours

Aberdeen profile uses official, Wikidata/Wikipedia and local map sources for stable facts, with live checks before publishing volatile ticket or venue details.

CompetitionResultYears / seasons
Scottish Leaguewinner (4)1954–55, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85
Scottish Cupwinner (8)1946–47, 1969–70, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90, 2024–25
Scottish League Cupwinner (6)1955–56, 1976–77, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1995–96, 2013–14
UEFA Cup Winners' Cupwinner (1)1982–83
UEFA Super Cupwinner (1)1983

Tickets and stadium map

Pittodrie Stadium is the working matchday ground/ground-area for this guide; use live club and map sources for exact gates and routes.

AddressPittodrie Stadium, Pittodrie Street, Pittodrie, Castlehill and Pittodrie, Aberdeen City, Alba / Scotland, AB24 5QH, United Kingdom
Postcode
CapacityUse official stadium/club source for the live capacity shown to fans.
Google MapsOfficial ticketsOfficial stadium/access map

Use the official ticket route first; membership, loyalty, resale and ID rules can change by fixture. General sale is not assumed. Check the live fixture page before promising availability, delivery method or away allocation.

Ticketing rules to show clearly

  • Ballot or priority windows are fixture-dependent.
  • Use the delivery and ID rules shown on the official ticket page for the match.
  • Avoid informal resale. Use official ticketing and current supporter liaison or police guidance for away fixtures.
  • Use official resale or customer-service routes where the club provides them.
Official seating plan ↗
Pittodrie Stadium — where to go N↑ PITCH Home endlower · upperBlocks Exact blocks by live ticket map.Away allocation (away)lower · upperBlocks Exact blocks by live ticket map.Opposite stand (mixed)Main stand (hospitality) HomeHospitalityMixedAway Find your stand, then your tier and block. Approximate areas — not seat-exact · capacity Use official stadium/club source for the live capacity shown to fans..
FanChants stand map — find your stand, tier and block area; the away end is marked. Click to enlarge. For your exact seat use the official plan.
Stand / areaWhat to sayStatus
Home endhome atmospherepartly verified
Main standpremium and mixed seatingpartly verified
Opposite standmixed seatingpartly verified
Away allocationvisiting supporterspartly verified

Aberdeen chants

98 chants in the FanChants catalogue.

Aberdeen chants on FanChants [verified]

Top chants

  • ACAB
  • Come On You Reds
  • De De De De De De Ross McCrorie
  • You Let Your Club Die
  • Who's That Lying at Pittodrie
  • I Am an Aberdeen Supporter
  • Take Me Home Merkland Road
  • De de Ultras Aberdeen
  • The Boys from the Granite City
  • Graeme Shinnie's One of Our Own
  • The Dons!
  • You Are a Weegie

Search hooks

  • Aberdeen chants
  • Aberdeen songs
  • Aberdeen fan chants
  • Aberdeen lyrics
  • Aberdeen anthem
  • Aberdeen player songs
  • Dons chants
  • Pittodrie Stadium chants

Food, drink and nights out

Option rows, not a single winner — different lanes for different fans.

near ground drink

The Red Lion

Pittodrie / Aberdeen · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: The Red Lion

near ground food

Shakes 'n' Cakes

Pittodrie / Aberdeen · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: Shakes 'n' Cakes

near ground drink

Saltoun Arms

Pittodrie / Aberdeen · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: Saltoun Arms

near ground food

Peri-Peri Original

Pittodrie / Aberdeen · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: Peri-Peri Original

near ground food

Kilau Coffee

Pittodrie / Aberdeen · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: Kilau Coffee

near ground drink

The Mither Tap

Pittodrie / Aberdeen · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: The Mither Tap

near ground food

New Big Wok

Pittodrie / Aberdeen · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: New Big Wok

near ground food

Gio's by La Lombarda

Pittodrie / Aberdeen · neutral · unknown

Named food, drink or entertainment option near the stadium area.

Use as one option in the wider food set; menus and opening hours need a live check.

keep with caveat: Named venue option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.

Sources: Gio's by La Lombarda

Hotels

Area and fit, not prices. Prices and availability stay live-check fields.

HotelFitWhy it belongsSource
Sure Hotel by Best Western Aberdeennear ground · station accessPractical hotel option for a ground-first football trip.
keep with caveat: Named hotel option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.		Sure Hotel by Best Western Aberdeen
Britannia Hotelnear ground · station accessPractical hotel option for a ground-first football trip.
keep with caveat: Named hotel option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.		Britannia Hotel
Constancevillanear ground · station accessPractical hotel option for a ground-first football trip.
keep with caveat: Named hotel option found from public map/source data around the ground; use as one option, not a ranking.		Constancevilla
Aberdeen ground hotel mapnear groundHotel map option lead for the football trip.
keep with caveat: Hotel map option lead for the ground/city area. Use to choose current named places after live review; do not publish as a ranked recommendation.		Aberdeen ground hotel map

Itineraries

Ground-first matchday

  1. The Red Lion
  2. official gates/ticket map
  3. Pittodrie Stadium

Food-first route

  1. The Red Lion
  2. Shakes 'n' Cakes
  3. Saltoun Arms

Night-out after football

  1. Peri-Peri Original
  2. Kilau Coffee
  3. The Mither Tap

Football plus hotel

  1. Sure Hotel by Best Western Aberdeen
  2. The Red Lion
  3. Pittodrie Stadium

Away or tourist safety route

  1. Shakes 'n' Cakes
  2. official away guidance
  3. Pittodrie Stadium

Supporters and fan media

GroupTypeGeographyPublic page
Aberdeen official supporter informationofficial branchofficialPublic page
Aberdeen fan media and supporter-group searchfan mediapublic webPublic page

Video leads

Creator/research leads only — no embedding, cropping, transcription or clip extraction until permission and platform terms are cleared.

Social content seeds

stadium · qa_hold

Ground guide

Aberdeen matchday starts with Pittodrie Stadium and the surrounding Pittodrie / Aberdeen area.

Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video

Sources: stadium, Google Maps route search

food · qa_hold

Food options

Build a Aberdeen food card from several named options near the ground, not one ranked pick.

Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video

Sources: The Red Lion, Shakes 'n' Cakes

night out · qa_hold

Night-out options

Use the city and stadium-area rows to split pre-match, post-match and late-night plans.

Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video

Sources: Saltoun Arms, Peri-Peri Original

songbook · qa_hold

Songbook hook

Use the FanChants Aberdeen songbook for chant-count, top-song and search hooks.

Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video

Sources: FanChants team songbook

supporters · qa_hold

Supporter lead

Treat Aberdeen supporter groups as public organisation leads, not private fan data.

Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video

Sources: Public supporter/fan-media search lead

video · qa_hold

Video lead

Fan videos can help check chants, routes and food, but stay lead-only until permission is cleared.

Channels: website · X · Facebook · short video

Sources: YouTube public video search lead

Image candidates and rights

ImageLicenceCreatorState
Aberdeen Football Stadium on Pittodrie Street - geograph.org.uk - 2079699.jpgCC BY-SA 2.0Iain Leescandidate cc
Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 01.jpgCC BY-SA 4.0Braveheartcandidate cc
Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 03.jpgCC BY-SA 4.0Braveheartcandidate cc

QA holds before publishing

  • AI writing pass: page stays answer-first and avoids marketese.
  • Writing-for-the-web pass: short titles, scannable rows, numerals where facts are specific.
  • FanChants voice pass: no AI-isms, no inflated single-best recommendations.
  • Homegrown fact-checker pass: no stadium-recording claim, no absolute clearance claim, no tune/source-work leakage.
  • SIFT/CRAAP pass: stable facts are source-backed; volatile tickets, venues, hotels and routes require live re-check before production.
  • Recommendation QA: food, drink and hotel rows are options with caveats, not rankings.
  • Video QA: fan videos are lead-only until permission/embed/use terms are cleared.
  • Image QA: exact Commons file pages must carry licence, creator and attribution before use.

Sources

  1. Official club/team site or Wikidata official URL
  2. Wikidata entity
  3. Aberdeen F.C. honours reference
  4. Google Maps route search
  5. OpenStreetMap/Nominatim ground or area result
  6. Official ticket route or club site
  7. Public supporter/fan-media search lead
  8. YouTube public video search lead
  9. Wikimedia Commons image manifest
  10. FanChants team songbook
  11. OpenStreetMap copyright and source policy
  12. The Red Lion
  13. Shakes 'n' Cakes
  14. Saltoun Arms
  15. Peri-Peri Original
  16. Kilau Coffee
  17. The Mither Tap
  18. New Big Wok
  19. Gio's by La Lombarda
  20. Sure Hotel by Best Western Aberdeen
  21. Britannia Hotel
  22. Constancevilla
  23. Aberdeen ground hotel map

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