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A AberDNA Founding Member for the inaugural season 2018-19, and continuing right up to the present.

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Graeme Watson 1977-78 - Copyright © 2022 Graeme Watson.

Graeme Watson

Owner, development and web operations

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Aberdonian by birth - life long Aberdeen Football Club supporter/member by choice.
A AberDNA Founding Member for the inaugural season 2018-19, and continuing right up to the present.

Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, I have one daughter, and numerous grandkids.
I am a Trade Qualified Pastrycook/chef (Specialising in French Pâtissier) now re-trained in Information technology, one of the reasons for this website. I have also completed a variety of other vocational education, including Micro Business and Business.
A member of two Police Citizens Youth Club's (Adult) for 11 years (2006-18).
An amateur genealogist/historian for over 19 years, tracing my family tree's connection to Aberdeen Football Club's officials, players and staff from 1881, the original team, to present, from my one personal family tree.

(Profile Photo: Me wearing my 1977-78 Joe Harper, No 9 shirt.)



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Family Family

01 Sep 2018,
My late Dad and Mum, my Sister, All from the North East of Scotland.

Match Programme - Red News
Aberdeen v Ross County, 24 Sep 2023
Daughter/grandkids Daughter/grandkids

26 Aug 2023, My daughter and two of the grandkids who are both AberDNA Jnr members.

Lest We Forget Lest We Forget

The Aberdeen War Memorial in the background, with me wearing medals of my WW I cousin. (Composite Photo)

Aberdeen FC Hall of Fame dinner 2025 Hall of Fame

30 Jan 2025,
Aberdeen FC Hall of Fame dinner, with Willie Miller.

Aberdeen FC Hall of Fame dinner 2025 Hall of Fame

30 Jan 2025,
Aberdeen FC Hall of Fame dinner, with Brian Irvine.

Aberdeen FC Hall of Fame dinner 2025 Hall of Fame

30 Jan 2025,
Aberdeen FC Hall of Fame dinner, with Neil Simpson.

Ardoe House Hotel, Willie Miller Alex McLeish and Graeme Watson, 28 Mar 2025 Ardoe House Hotel

28 Mar 2025, Willie Miller, Graeme Watson and Alex McLeish.

Trivia
Ardoe House Hotel, Alex McLeish and Graeme Watson, 28 Mar 2025 Ardoe House Hotel

28 Mar 2025, Alex McLeish and Graeme Watson.

Nick Brown, Graeme Watson and Joe Harper, 23 Nov 2023 Pittodrie Stadium

23 Nov 2023, Nick Brown, Graeme Watson and Joe Harper.

From Graeme Watson's personal collection, Coat of Arms of Aberdeen, Scotland - This digital image by Graeme Watson 2022.


Coat of Arms of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Aberdonian by birth - life long Aberdeen Football Club supporter/member by choice.

Meeting Aberdeen F.C. 1981-82


Scottish Cup QF, Sat 6th Mar 1982,
Aberdeen 4 v 2 Kilmarnock

McGhee 20', Simpson 35', Strachan 60' (pen.), 64' (pen.)

Pittodrie Stadium home home dressing room just out of view Doug Bell, then Jim Leighton, Derek Hamilton, Neil Simpson, Stuart Kennedy shaking hands with Graeme Watson, Gordon Strachan, Andy Watson, Alex McLeish, Steve Cowan, John Hewitt, John McMaster and Drew Jarvie.


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(Aberdeen went on to win the 82 Scottish Cup Final.)
Scottish Cup QF Sat 6th Mar 1982, Aberdeen 4 v 2 Kilmarnock, Pittodrie Stadium home home dressing room just out of view Doug Bell, Jim Leighton, Derek Hamilton, Neil Simpson, Stuart Kennedy shaking hands with Graeme Watson, Gordon Strachan, Andy Watson, Alex McLeish, Steve Cowan, John Hewitt, John McMaster and Drew Jarvie - Copyright © 2019 Graeme Watson.

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The Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Aberdeen, Scotland

  • Acknowledgments: To my Mum for the help she has given me in my genealogy journey and my Dad for getting me to Pittodrie and taken the photos when meeting all the players in 1982.
    To the various individual's who gave me permission to use images/content on this site, and all other individual's who have helped along the way, Thank You. If anyone was omitted from these acknowledgments, I offer my sincerest apologies.

    Insert Photo: Aberdeen Maternity Hospital, Aberdeen, Scotland, 2015 - Copyright © 2015 Graeme Watson.
    Header Background: Aberdeen Football Club, Pittodrie Stadium, The King Street End Stand (Merkland Road Family Stand), Aberdeen, Scotland, 2015 - Copyright © 2015 Graeme Watson.
    Insert Image: From Graeme Watson's personal collection, Coat of Arms of Aberdeen, Scotland - This digital image by Graeme Watson © 2022.
    (Coat of Arms of Aberdeen, Scotland - The motto of the city is Bon Accord, French for "Good Agreement".
    The supporters are two leopards, though in early depictions they are sometimes shown as lions. The three towers represent the three buildings that stood on the three hills of mediaeval Aberdeen: Aberdeen Castle on Castle Hill, the city gate on Port Hill, and a chapel on St Catherine's Hill. The latter two are no longer in existence.)

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Aberdeen F.C. - Family/DNA
An un-official compilation of the family tree of Aberdeen Football Club's official's, player's and staff from 1881 to present from one personal family tree.