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Panic over then. I thought this was the Aberdeenshire Cup. I stand corrected and happily so.

Oh aye. Funnily enough I sprayed that exact make of cream on the grandkids pancake at the weekend. Dog got some as well. They were both very happy.

That’s the Aberdeenshire (FA) Cup, taken seriously in that actual factual Saturdays (the Proper Mannies’ fitba day) are allocated to the competition. I did hear a while ago that the AC is the second oldest trophy still played for, just younger than the Scottish Cup. The original trophy was in the Dons’ possession after they won it a goodly number of times, and was lost in the 1971 fire. The “shire” is no longer what Aberdeenshire was. Whilst the historic county still exists with important functions, the name was mistakenly given to the local authority area after the 1975/mid-90s reorganisations. So you now have pretendy “Aberdeenshire” stretching as far as the North Esk, ignoring the culture of the Mearns (I was at the Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre on Friday night and am certain I heard the rumble of LLG’s remains as he spun in his grave in nearby Arbuthnott churchyard) and having the most perfect example of the oxymoron known to me in “Banff, Aberdeenshire”. The Aberdeenshire Cup was the first trophy, of many, that I witnessed Keith winning, in April 1967, but it’s been 17 years since I last enjoyed a Keith triumph in the tournament when we gave Huntly a cuffing in Inverurie in 2009.

Apparently the official name is squirty spray cream who knew Taste sensation along with the nutella try it

What is "schoochy cream"? I'm intrigued. If its as good as Nutella I'm in.

I'm having lots of pancakes, free ones at work then at hoem tonight too. Sugar & lemon with golden syrup and nutella & shoochy cream my favs

It should be a cherished and much valued tournament for every proud son from the best city and shire in the UK.

I canna remember if the AS date was agreed before Johnny Aqua saw the intended Scottish Cup tie postponed. The decision would be Aberdeenshire FA’s rather than the Broch’s. I worked with a number of Heelan League players who disliked the Shield games as there was no reward for winning it, and it just added to the late autumn/winter midweek fixture list.

Sugar and lemon for me. Although bacon and syrup sounds affa fine.....but I feel more suited to fluffy yank pancakes. But that's just me. Actually, maybe I'll go three courses of pancakes. Starter with smoked salmon and crème fraiche. A few chives sprinkled on top. Main with cheese and ham - maybe Emmenthal and something Parma ham like Dessert with lemon and sugar (or maybe flambé bananas and melted dark chocolate) That's dinner sorted

Odd, then, that he was interviewed by Mal Panton for Red TV - and came out well from it - in November 2025 with the chat seeming to suggest that his time at Gayfield was toughening him up and improving his fitba street wisdom with a return to Pittodrie in mind. https://redtv.afc.co.uk/en/video/s-loan-watch-findlay-marshall-trdsh

It may well have been down mostly to the bods at Fraserburgh but surely it's a ridiculous decision to play it at the same time as our Scottish Cup tie. It's a further devaluation of a trophy we really should be taking more seriously.

Who is going to be stappin their faces with pancakes today? I'll be having syrup and bacon on mine because tomorrow is lent and meat will be off the menu. Ordinarily I'd be having them with Nutella. A wonderful food stuff I only discovered late in life.

I honestly thought Robert Duvall had died years ago. I was sure it was not long after the football film mentioned above.

The Yout’ - aka the Development Sqaad - will be playing the Broch of Fraserburgh at Bellslea Park tomorrow night in the Aberdeenshire Shield final, for those with weak stomachs reluctant to watch the Scottish Cup tie at Pittodrie.

I do hope it's just that.

Interesting take. Life in a vacuum. Interesting concept.

We told Marshall to find a new club last summer. Will be interesting to see if he signs this supposed new deal on offer with us, or if he decides his future will be elsewhere. If he does sign up again, we have to give him a chance, but I do suspect the new deal, might just be to secure us better compensation, if he goes elsewhere.

I don't think Alfie has a comparable forehead though.

I don't want them to win it and honestly don't think they will, but I just can't give a shit about it. I give a shit about Aberdeen, not the rest of them and we need to get our own house in order, before we can begin to worry about what other teams are doing. For me anyway, we will always be the better and bigger club.

Whatever way you want to look at, can't help but feel sorry for Bavidge, I am nae saying he is our answer to the lack of goals, I am nae saying he is brillaint but he is at least on a par (probably even a better option) than the boy Lazetic who is getting a far bigger chunk of dosh than Bavidge would be on and yet for certain 100% we would get a better return out of Bavidge than we get out of Lazetic. Young Alfie is bound to be completely baffled by that, as I know I am and am probably not alone with this way of thinking

Does any club feature strongly for Scotland? Looking at the last u19s for example, half the players are in England and the rest belong to different clubs. Boyd is in it, as our representative in that regard. I can't find much on the u17s, I'm guessing that Masson and Carrol would be involved, with both at one point rumoured to be off down south too. It seems reasonable to say that we should be well represented, but I don't think anyone is, which suggests that young players are moving around a lot more.

If you go with three as a minimum, then you’ve got Milne and Lobban as you say, who each still have plenty to prove. Ryan Duncan was given a reasonable number of chances but doesn’t seem to have “it”. Then there’s those who fucked off for a better offer like Boyd and a couple of others. There’s also the out on loan crew, out of whom it sounds like Marshall might have a chance. That’s not a great return but similarly it isn’t nothing and suggests we do try to give out young guys a chance. At the risk of repeating myself, it isn’t necessarily the lack of chances for our own youth that’s worrying me, it’s why our own youth aren’t good enough. Look at the Scotland youth squads and we don’t feature anything like as strongly as I think a club of our size should strive to. If they’re at Aberdeen and not good enough for Scotland at age group level then that’s a real concern.

That's class BTW

Or he just follows the rule "don't go back once you've left".

Why give a fuck? Quite apart from pride and bragging rights it makes a direct competitor better off financially and more attractive to any prospective signings. I really can't understand the mindset of Aberdeen fans who want a rival to win the league. It's madness. It also would do nothing to make scottish football better as a whole. It would only improve the lot of whichever club won it. No thanks. ABH.