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02/01/1897
 		 Elgin City 7 - 3 The Aberdeen
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Attendance: 0
Venue: Borough Briggs, Elgin
Another instance of the fluctuating tendency of the game is to be found in the defeat of the Aberdeen by 7-3 by the Elgin City. Only the previous day the Aberdeen inflicted an 2-3 defeat on the United.

Source: Aberdeen Journal, 4th January 1897
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