Throughout the 2018/19 season over 500 season tickets have been issued through the Aberdeen For All supported season ticket initiative and now a number of those supporters will be making their first trip to Hampden this Sunday!

The Aberdeen For All initiative is facilitated by the club, in close partnership with AFCCT, providing local charities, families and individuals in our local community who would otherwise not be able to attend matches the opportunity to do so.

Thanks to the support of the AFC Board, the Red Army, Burness Paull, Simmons Energy, Swire Oilfield Services and Standard Life Aberdeen, many supporters have enjoyed access to football at Pittodrie creating many happy memories and inspiring the next generation of AFC supporters.

Thanks to further support from Simmons Energy, Stewart Milne Group and The Cormack Foundation, 75 Aberdeen For All recipients will be heading to Hampden on Sunday for Aberdeen’s Scottish Cup Semi-Final with Celtic, receiving a free ticket and transport.

Nick Dalgarno, Managing Director of Simmons Energy, who first brought the proposal to the club last month explained the inspiration behind the idea, “I have been fortunate to attend just about every semi-final and final that Aberdeen have played in since I started following the Dons and there is nothing like that big occasion for a supporter.”

“We have supported the Aberdeen For All initiative since its inception and felt that it was only right that the fans who have been using the season tickets to support the team at Pittodrie get to experience the Semi-Final and the big day out to Hampden.”

A number of the tickets for the Semi-Final have been issued to local children’s charity, Charlie House who also benefit from season tickets through the Aberdeen For All initiative.

When asked about the impact that the big day-out would have Beth Hopkins (Activities Co-ordinator, Charlie House) commented, “We were thrilled to be offered tickets and transport to the Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden. The North-east families we support make such great use of the season tickets for home games and for them to also be offered the chance to go to Hampden and experience a semi-final is amazing.

“We would like to take this opportunity to thank the ‘Aberdeen for All’ initiative for their continued support. Everyone’s really looking forward to the big game and the special memories this is going to create for them.”

Supporters can donate online at afc.co.uk/etickets and selecting the #AberdeenForAll tab or by calling the Pittodrie Ticket Office on 01224 63 1903

If your business is interested in supporting this initiative, please contact the AFC commercial team via email commercial@afc.co.uk

Looking to find out more information on behalf of a local organisation?

Please contact the AFC Ticket Office directly aberdeenforall@afc.co.uk or by calling 01224 63 1903 and provide the name of your group, the number of tickets you would wish to receive and a brief explanation of the type of work that you carry out in our community.

All requests for season tickets under this initiative should be addressed to aberdeenforall@afc.co.uk or Aberdeen For All, Ticket Office, Aberdeen Football Club, Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen, AB24 5QH. For more information please call 01224 63 1903.

Throughout the 2018/19 season, tickets have been issued to the following organisations as well as a number of local families and individuals who have been identified by our partner charity Aberdeen FC Community Trust:

Aberdeen Cyrenians

Aberdeen Foyer Outreach Team

Aberdeen Multicultural Centre

Aberdeenshire Council

ACC – Wellbeing Team

Action For Children

Adult Mental Health

Aberdeen Sports Village

Banff Day Services

Barnardo’s Connect Service

Barnardo’s Residential Unit

Barnardo’s Works

Befriend A Child

Charlie’s House

CLAN Cancer Support

Cornerstone

Craigielea Children’s Centre

Cummings Park Centre

Edenholme

FC Brave Eagles

Fersands & Fountain Community

Grampian Autistic Society

Inchgarth Community Centre Service

Inspire PTL

Lighthouse Support Centre

Mastrick Community Centre

Match Day Buddies

Nepalese Culture & Welfare

NHA-Scotland

Northfield ASG

Northfield Lodge

Penumbra

Plusone Mentoring

Police Scotland (Community Police)

Quarriers

Roxburgh House

SAMH

Seaton Community Church

Sheddocksley Baptist Church

Social Bite

Sport Aberdeen

Street Soccer Scotland

StreetSport- Denis Law Legacy Trust

Sudanese Scottish Football Associaton

The Activities Group

Tillydrone Community Flat

Torry Youth Group

UK Oil & Gas Chaplaincy Trust SCIO

VSA – Westerton

Williamson Family Resource Centre

Willows Throughcare Home

Woodside Junior Club