Editing Aberdeen (section)

===Football===
The first ever recorded game of football, was outlined by teacher [[David Wedderburn (writer)|David Wedderburn]] in his book "Vocabula" written in 1633, during his time teaching at [[Aberdeen Grammar School]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/5076326.stm |title=Aberdeen nets football invention |date=13 June 2006 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=24 July 2020 |archive-date=15 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060815093100/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/5076326.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Pittodrie Stadium viewed from Broad Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1573187.jpg|thumb|[[Pittodrie Stadium]] viewed from Broad Hill]]
There are two Aberdeen-based football clubs in the [[Scottish Professional Football League|SPFL]]. [[Aberdeen F.C.]] (The Dons) play in the [[Scottish Premiership]] at [[Pittodrie Stadium]]. The club won the [[European Cup Winners Cup]] and the [[European Super Cup]] in 1983, the [[Scottish Premier League]] Championship four times (1955, 1980, 1984 and 1985), and the [[Scottish Cup]] seven times (1947, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 and 1990). Under the management of [[Alex Ferguson]], Aberdeen was a major force in British football during the 1980s.<ref>{{cite book| title=Managing My Life| last=Ferguson| first=Alex| publisher=Coronet| year=2000| isbn=0-340-72856-6 |author-link=Alex Ferguson}}</ref>

After 8 seasons in charge, the most recent of Managers Derek McInnes, was relieved of his duties, the club's failure to achieve anything more than 1 trophy in 24 competitions during his tenure and a recent run of games which saw 1 goal in ten matches ultimately proved costly for the Manager and his Assistant Tony Docherty. Under the management of McInnes the team won the [[2014 Scottish League Cup Final|2014]] [[Scottish League Cup]] and followed it up with a second-place league finish for the first time in more than 20 years in the following season. But it was over the last few seasons that results stagnated and McInnes was replaced by former Aberdeen and Newcastle player [[Stephen Glass (footballer)|Stephen Glass]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56494598 |title=Aberdeen: Stephen Glass named new Pittodrie boss |first=Tyrone |last=Smith |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 March 2021 |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323214507/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56494598 |url-status=live }}</ref> The current manager is [[Jimmy Thelin]].

[[Cove Rangers F.C.|Cove Rangers]], as of [[2024-25 in Scottish football|season 2024-25]] play in [[Scottish League One|League One]], at the [[Balmoral Stadium]] in the suburb of [[Cove Bay]]. Cove won the [[Highland Football League]] championship in 2001, 2008, 2009, 2013 and 2019, winning the League Two play-offs in 2019 and earning [[2019–20 Scottish League Two|promotion]]. At the point at which the 2019/20 League Two season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cove were sitting top of the [[Scottish League Two|League Two]] table and were promoted as Champions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52297066 |title=Dundee Utd, Raith & Cove win titles & reconstruction talks start after Dundee vote |publisher=BBC Sport  |date=15 April 2020 |access-date=15 April 2020 |archive-date=20 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220090223/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52297066 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other local teams include [[Banks O' Dee F.C.|Banks o'Dee]] who play at [[Spain Park]] in the [[Highland Football League]] and members of the [[Scottish Junior Football Association|SJFA]] [[Scottish Junior Football Association, North Region|North Region]]; [[Culter F.C.|Culter]], [[Dyce F.C.|Dyce]], [[Stoneywood Parkvale F.C.|Stoneywood Parkvale]], [[Glentanar F.C.|Glentanar]], [[Sunnybank F.C.|Sunnybank]] [[Hall Russell United F.C.|Hall Russell United]], [[Bridge of Don Thistle F.C.|Bridge of Don Thistle]] and [[Hermes F.C.|Hermes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clubsportaberdeen.org/clubs/football|title=Football|publisher=ClubSport Aberdeen|access-date=8 October 2022|archive-date=8 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008164329/https://www.clubsportaberdeen.org/clubs/football|url-status=live}}</ref>