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Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord is the result of a football match between Arbroath and Bon Accord which took place on 12 September 1885. It holds the largest margin of victory in an unrigged professional football match.
Bon Accord Football Club was a football team from Aberdeen, Scotland who suffered the worst defeat in any Scottish senior football match, losing 36–0 to Arbroath on 12 September 1885 in a first round match of the 1885–86 Scottish Cup. Thirteen goals were scored by centre-forward John Petrie, a Scottish Cup and joint world record.
In September 1885, Arbroath played Bon Accord in the Scottish Cup at Gayfield and won 36–0, which remains a British record score for a senior football match. [2] Arbroath joined the Scottish Football League in 1921, with the first League match at Gayfield being against Johnstone. The club's plans to construct a "Greater Gayfield" led to the ...
Arbroath Football Club is a semi-professional Scottish football club based in the town of Arbroath, ... 36–0 vs Bon Accord, 12 September 1885, Scottish Cup ...
Arbroath set a world record in the first round when they defeated Bon Accord 36–0 on 12 September 1885. The score remains a record in British senior football and globally for a match that was not fixed or thrown.
The match was part of a four-team round-robin play-off to determine the national championship.The league crown went to Adema after the reigning champions at the time, SO l'Emyrne, was held to a 3–3 draw by DSA Antananarivo in their penultimate match, during which the referee awarded a late and disputed penalty to Antananarivo, resulting in a draw.
Petrie signed for Arbroath from local club Strathmore. On 12 September 1885, Petrie, at the age of 18, scored 13 times for Arbroath in a record 36–0 win over Bon Accord. [3] In 1891, Petrie signed for Distillery, playing in the Irish League for a season, before returning to Arbroath.
A new harbour was created in 1839; by the 20th century, Arbroath was one of Scotland's larger fishing ports. The town is notable for the Declaration of Arbroath and the Arbroath smokie . Arbroath Football Club holds the world record for the number of goals scored in a professional football match: 36–0 against Bon Accord of Aberdeen in the ...