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    Young dons hammer ICT counterparts

    in Aberdeen Football Club

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    Aberdeen U19s 6 Inverness CT U19s 1

     

    Carroll 26, 60 McRobbie 36 Ross 47 Meggieson 52 Pawlett 64 ; Ross 50

     

    Aberdeen U19s started the Clydesdale Bank U19 Youth League in fine style on Saturday at Balgownie. They beat their Inverness CT counterparts 6-1 in an entertaining match.

     

    Inverness started the game brightly and had a few half chances. It was therefore slightly against the run of play when Gary Carroll won Aberdeen a penalty after 26 minutes. Gary got up and took it himself, coolly putting the ball into the net.On 36 minutes Carroll set up McRobbie who finished well to make it 2-0 at half time.

     

    At the break Stephen O'Donnell was injured and substituted. He was replaced by Fraser Fyvie.

     

    Shortly after the break a Low corner was headed home by Scott Ross to make the three. At that stage the game looked safe but credit to the visitors who came back and scored through Park after 50 minutes from the penalty spot. The three goal advantage was restored almost immediately. Bolger setting up Meggieson. From then on Aberdeen controlled the game and played some good football. Fyvie in the middle of the park once again caught the eye.

     

    On the hour mark Carroll got his second, Pawlett with the assist then four minutes later Pawlett himself got on the score sheet after Nicky Calrk played him through.

     

    Neil Cooper was a happy man after the game. "The boys did very well on Saturday. It is an encouraging start to the season. I thought we did not play that well in the first half but after the break I thought we got the ball down, passed it and played some great football. We have a very young team but it is encouraging to see the way they battled. I keep stressing to them the physical side of the game is important as you need to compete at this level. Even in the pre-season games when they were playing against guys a lot older and stronger they were able to match them physically."

     

    There was some disappointing news today though. During the game Peter Pawlett landed awkwardly on his hand after about an hour, and although he was able to continue playing, and score his goal, he had to have his right wrist put in plaster over the weekend. The midfielder could be out for up to 8 weeks. It is a big blow for young Peter who has already been involved with the first team this season.

     

    Team: Bain, O'Donnell (Fyvie 45), Stir Smith, Pawlett, Crawford, Ross, Carrol, Clark, McRobbie, Meggieson (Bolger 62), Low (Gallacher 71) subs Cassidy, Fowlie, Masson

     

    And since we are talking about the under19 team

     

    FAROE TALE

     

    AFC made history today by signing their first ever players from the Faroe Islands.

     

    Gilli Sorensen and Hallur Hansson have joined the Dons U19 side from Faroese team HB Torshavn. Both players are 16 years old, part of the International set up and have signed two year deals. Sorensen is a striker and Hansson in a midfielder. A third Faroese players, Rogvi Holm could also be joining the Dons. The centre half is on trial and training this week.

     

    Head of Youth Development Lenny Taylor explains how the deals came about "The link with the Faroe Islands started two years ago when they had a team over at the Aberdeen International Football Festival. We were very impressed with the standard and two players in particular caught the eye. One of them was Gilli Sorensen.

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    P&J: Dons and Wright face anxious wait

    in Aberdeen Football Club

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    http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/793546

     

    calderwood asks forward to ‘channel his aggression’ as sfa confirm they will examine footage

     

    By Paul Third

     

    Published: 19/08/2008

     

    Aberdeen will fight any attempt by the Scottish Football Association to discipline striker Tommy Wright.

     

    The SFA confirmed yesterday it will study footage of the incident which showed the new Dons forward going head to head with Motherwell defender Stephen Craigan.

     

    Wright escaped punishment following his collision with the Well defender but was booked by referee Charlie Richmond for a foul on Stevie Hammell seconds later.

     

    A spokeswoman for the SFA said: “If the footage shows any acts of misconduct, that were perhaps missed by the match officials, we will deal with it.

     

    “The footage would have to be clear-cut – but there have been incidences in the past when players were banned on the strength of video evidence.â€

     

    Television replays of the incident, in which Wright is alleged to have butted Craigan, appear inconclusive and Dons manager Jimmy Calderwood insists he will not ask the player to curtail his aggression on the field.

     

    He said: “Tommy is a young lad but he has a responsibility to the club, to his team-mates and to himself. This game is hard enough when it is 11 against 11, but I don’t want to take the physical, enthusiastic side of Tommy’s game away from him.

     

    “It was his first game, we had a great support there and the lad was desperate to do well.

     

    “He came on and he did really well. He was very unlucky with his header as the goalkeeper made a great save, he made a great tackle after running across the Motherwell defence, then he got involved in some silly things for which he was booked.

     

    “I’ve had a word with Tommy and told him he has to channel his aggression.

     

    “If he misses games his bank balance will take a knock and he will miss games. He is here to play and he has to give himself a chance.â€

     

    While Wright waits to hear if he will be free to face Rangers at Pittodrie on Saturday, Dons vice-captain Zander Diamond has been ruled out of the match with a thigh injury.

     

    Diamond, who lasted just 20 minutes of the game on Saturday, is not expected to play again until after the international break on September 13.

     

    Calderwood said: “Zander felt a tightness in his thigh and didn’t want to take any risks. Luckily enough it is not his ankle, but it is still a blow to be without him.

     

    “He came off at the right time and hasn’t made the injury any worse. Hopefully, he should be back following the international break.

     

    “The most important thing was that Zander didn’t try to play through the pain which would have made it worse. It’s still frustrating, though, especially with Rangers coming up on Saturday as he is a strong presence physically.â€

    This weeks random Dutch trialist

    in Aberdeen Football Club

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    Found the correct spelling of his name: Quido Landzaat

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quido_Lanzaat

     

    Quido Lanzaat (born 30 September 1979) is a Dutch football (soccer) player currently (as of June 2007) playing for Bulgarian club PFC CSKA Sofia as a defender.

     

    Born in Amsterdam, Lanzaat is a product of the AFC Ajax football academy. With Ajax, he has played in the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League and was capped for his country at youth and under-21 level. In early 2000, he moved to Germany to play for Borussia Mönchengladbach and in 2002 he was transferred to Alemannia Aachen; with that team, he reached the final of the DFB-Pokal in 2004. In 2004 he was acquired by TSV 1860 München. His last team before moving to Bulgaria in the summer of 2007 was MSV Duisburg, for whom he played in the 2006-07 season.

     

    As a Borussia Mönchengladbach player, Lanzaat was involved in a drug scandal. Tetrahydrocannabinol was detected in his blood during a doping test, indicative of hashish use. As a result, he was banned from playing football professionally for three months.

     

    Hes a junkie!

     

    Jimmy’s warning to Dons hitman

    in Aberdeen Football Club

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    http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/791285

     

    Reds’ plea to Tommy

     

    By Charlie Allan

     

    Published: 18/08/2008

     

    DONS boss Jimmy Calderwood today warned bad-boy Tommy Wright to clean up his act if he wants to become an SPL star.

     

    Wright was fortunate not to be shown a red card after attempting to head butt Motherwell defender Stephen Craigan at Fir Park .

     

    The 23-year-old was also booked for an injury-time lunge at Well full-back Steven Hammell in one of the most explosive Dons debuts for years.

     

    Wright was unrepentant and claimed he has no plans to change his style.

     

    But Calderwood has laid down the law and will fine Wright if he repeats the behaviour witnessed during their 1-0 win at Fir Park.

     

    Calderwood said: “Tommy has been told to be more sensible in future.

     

    “I never saw the incident with Craigan, but the tackle on Hammell was bad enough.

     

    “We will make allowances because it was his first game and Tommy was desperate to do well for the Aberdeen supporters.

     

    “But if he does that sort of stuff on a regular basis it will cost him in fines and will lead to a lot of other problems for Tommy.

     

    “I want him to keep showing how much he wants to play for Aberdeen, but in the right ways.â€

     

    The Dons will now have to wait and see if the SFA decide to use video evidence to punish the former Darlington and Leicester player.

     

    But Motherwell boss Mark McGhee confirmed they won’t be lodging a complaint.

     

    Former Aberdeen striker McGhee said: “It’s not as if it was a proper clash of heads, no harm was done.

     

    “Those sort of things happen in games, so we have no desire to make any sort of fuss.â€

     

    Wright was also booked in last week’s reserve match against Inverness Caley Thistle and has four red cards and 31 yellow cards from his time in England.

     

    But the striker says he will be just as fired up when the Dons take on Rangers at Pittodrie on Saturday.

     

    “It’s the way I play and I will pick up yellow cards,†said Wright.

     

    “I wouldn’t be anywhere near as effective if I changed how I go about things.

     

    “I like to get in people’s faces and annoy them, I’ve always been a physical player.

     

    “My dad would slap me in the face if I went about things any other way.â€

     

    Wright’s impact took the spotlight away from what was a vital win for the Dons.

     

    Calderwood praised his players for seeing off the Steelmen, who were undefeated against them last season.

     

    Calderwood said: “That was a character victory.

     

    “It’s great news for Aberdeen, particularly with the big game against Rangers coming up at the weekend.

     

    “It wasn’t the prettiest of performances, but the win will give all of the players a big lift in confidence for that game.

     

    “The football will come though, hopefully in the Rangers game.

     

    “We know they will come and attack us at Pittodrie, which will suit us as well.

     

    “It will give us more freedom to get forward and space to improve the quality of the service to the strikers, which has been poor so far.â€

    Celeb Deaths

    in Off Topic

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    Looks like if Harcus will take the lead in a week or two as Paul Newman has discharged himself from hospital as his chemotherapy hasnt worked and he wants to die at home.

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