tom_widdows

Yes it was

Maynard robbed I see

Would be so sweet if they managed that

Looks like Hibs are 'Hibs-ing' it tonight. If they don't get at least a point they kiss goodbye to 2nd and the only way they can get 3rd will be to beat Sevco 6-0.

84 - MBT 83 - Nellie The Don 82 - EdmontonDandy 81 - rocket 80 - Ten Caat 79 - Big Al 78 - Rico 77 - Oxford Don 76 - Wee Toon Red 75 74 - Tyrant 73 - Tom Widdows 72 - Elgindon 71 - manc 70 69 - Jute 68 67 66 - Wi_09 65 Pulling a 'Rico' here

Neither of those are fully enclosed. The only current fully enclosed stadiums in scotland are celtic park and hampden

Crowd was only 5610. Tickets were priced at £15, £10, & £5 for the under 12s but I wonder if more would have turned up had it been £10,£5 & free?

Stage 1 Building warrant for Phase 1 was registered on 25th April Be interested to see if this one jumps the queue at the Council Building Control Office

Arabs currently 3-2 down at home to Livingston. Livi scored in the 2nd minute only for the Arabs to equalise instantly then go in 2-1 up at half time Livi then scored 2 goals in 3 minutes. Willo Flood just been sent off for the arabs too I know there are the arguments that its better for Scottish football to have the arabs in the top league (seems those arguments are never quite as vocal for their city rivals) and I'm no fan of Livingston but I am enjoying their current exile

Will just go ahead and give 'fate' a kick in the balls and say a draw was actually a great result for the prospect of denying Sevco Euro football. IIIIIIFFF the dons finally grow a pair and put Sevco to the sword on Tuesday followed by Hibs winning the Edinburgh Derby then Gerrard's future showbiz 11 will be pushed down to 4th. The Dons will be guaranteed at least 3rd place and hibs will only need a draw on Sunday to take 3rd but will know a win will potentially see them nick 2nd given the dons parkhead record. Sevco will have to win to take 3rd place. Of course a better result would be for Avril to snatch a point on Wednesday as provided the dons take all 3 points will mean 2nd place is guaranteed and Hibs will have to go all out for the win on Sunday. Well thats me jinxed it now...

I wonder if Giovanni De Stefano is due for parole soon?

Calling all gloryhun....Optimists to steal it from Jute. 84 - MBT 83 - Nellie The Don 82 - EdmontonDandy 81 - rocket 80 - Ten Caat 79 - Big Al 78 - Rico 77 - Oxford Don 76 - Wee Toon Red 75 74 - Tyrant 73 72 - Elgindon 71 - manc 70 69 - Jute 68 - Tom Widdows 67 66 - Wi_09 65

I know its not a 'current' dons topic but I felt it was best to start the thread here Seems hes had emergency surgery https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44019175

Went to the Ross County Partick match tonight. There were some terrible moments (as with any scottish match) but for once I didn't begrudge shelling out £22 for a ticket. Just under 350 county fans showed up too. Got a soft spot for both so for me its a shame that one or both will probably go down. Would personally like to see Dundee dragged straight down and the other teams stay up via the playoffs (preferably denying the arabs for a second season in a row).

Because the transport/ access infrastructure for a 20000 seater stadium is completely different to that required for a residential development. A residential development is highly unlikely to suddenly have 20000 turn up therefore does not have issues such as emergency evacuations, crowd control, commercial servicing. Soon as the 20000 seater stadium is removed that entire area can be remodelled as the majority use has changed. I have mentioned this several times and yet it always seems to fall on deaf ears. Just also want to add (again) the residential proposal for the pittodrie site only has 'outline' planning consent. If you are not familiar with this term it basically means the council have agreed to the idea of x number of flats/ houses being built on the site. It is actually possible to get outline planning consent by simply submitting an application form with a short general description, appropriate fee and an ordinance survey plan with a redline around the site. The 3d scheme is an added bonus designed to tempt prospective developers. Anyone who purchases the site will have to go for a full detailed planning application in which the subject of modifying existing roads will be discussed and the planners could say 'leave pittodrie street alone'. Then the building control team will get their hands on it.

Wolves redevelopments were in effect forced upon them due to new safety standards brought in firstly after the Ibrox disaster and then again following Bradford & Hillsbrough. The first stand may have brought them to their knees but so did poor attendances, bad performances and I would not be surprised if financial corruption had a part to play. The Ricoh is a disaster and had England not gone for the 2006 world cup I think it would have been a different story especially given Coventry were relegated 4 years before construction started. Moving from a 24000 seat stadium to a 32500 seat stadium when you are still paying off premiership contracts but not getting Man United/ Arsenal & co turning up I reckon their board got a major shock when they found out the core fan base wasn't that big. There was a also a fairly big fuck up in the construction/ design which as I understand it screwed up the safety certificate form the start. As for scotland I must correct you and also chastise you for pedalling the west coast media myth about Falkirk's stadium keeping the dons in the top league. When the Dons fininshed bottom back in 1999-2000 there was no automatic relegation from the SPL due to league expansion. The top 2 from division 1 were promoted (St Mirren & Dunfermline) and the 3rd placed team went into a playoff with the team who finished 10th in the spl. Brockville did not meet the stadium criteria so the playoff with the Dons was cancelled. HOWEVER Brockville kept motherwell in the SPL in 2003 as Falkirk's new stadium was not ready so they had to groundshare at Ochil view the following season meaning there was no relegation at all. Essentially GG's statment's statment that no club in britain got into trouble building a new ground is a bit generic as it is never that straight forward The spectre of what happened to Darlington springs to mind but my understanding of that was not so much the stadium but more the absolute fuckwittery of how their board's plan to turn a small north eastern club with an average attendance of 7000 into premiership regulars by building them a new stadium 3 times the size of their old ground on the cheap and with extremely poor planning. Doesnt help when your chairman goes bankrupt and gets sent down for 3 years for tax evasion. I've recently heard someone saying they would rather stay are a delapitated pittodrie and more money be put into the playing squad. This statement is pissing me off as it does not actually engage in the debate about how the stadium issues are resolved. Its classic head in the sand thinking I stupidly put together a rough sketch of how pittodrie could be redeveloped under current regulations and came up with the 12-13k figure. This was promptly stuck on Twitter by a pro kingsford group and met with comments along the lines of 'that prick has no imagination' as if the laws of physics do not apply to the area around merkland road. Pittodrie is a shithole but it can be redeveloped all be it to a much reduced capacity. This will be an expensive and time consuming process and given safety regs get stricter it will leave pretty much no room for future expansion. If the club can find a way to rework the business model on only having 13000 seats (of which 9000-10000 are snapped up as season tickets) then it could be a goer but it seriously restricts their revenue stream. If 90% of the seats are with season ticket holders you could end up with a half empty ground when they can't make it or get pissed off and turn their backs. Reduced food & merchandising sales follows etc. Then of course there is still the training facilities issue. Alternatively there is the new stadium (slightly smaller capacity) which is flawed at the moment but as with lots of large developments I reckon it will take about 3 years and the teething issues will have been resolved. For me something has to be done and its either reduced capacity (and debt), or new stadium (and debt). Simply doing nothing is not an option.

Given the bullshit that has gone down in Spain's economy and their construction industry I would not rush to compare it to whats going on Westhill way. The mismanagement of funds in Valencia's stadium debacle reeks of corruption and/or absolute incompitence to me (Edinburgh Trams eat your heart out). Also the price of a 70000 seater stadium dwarfs that of a 20000 seater stadium especially when you get Arup involved and start messing around with silly claddings, wooden interiors and tensile canopy roofs.

Would not be surprised to see a certain Mr Hayes back in a red shirt come August

Spartans 2-1 Cove Cowdenbeath have a trip to Harlaw Park. Possibly the best outcome as I really don't like the idea of a 4th Edinburgh team in the league

Amber Rudd just jumped ship http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43944988

The cops will love that if its true. Theres a serious bus crash on the clydeside expressway and a large chunk of glasgows emergency services have been dealing with it since 7pm.

I believe Dundee sold out the away section twice in the same season. Once for Cannigia's debut and the second time as a win would take them into the top 6. I found the latter to be really strange as their fans had radios with them and big cheers went up whenever their 'challengers' (I think it was Dunfermline) went a goal behind. For me such behaviour should be reserved for your team winning the league or avoiding relegation, not for the 'honour' of a guaranteed 6th place fininsh. They won both games 2-0 too Given how shit the away section at pittodrie is I'm personally not surprised it rarely sells out.

Cove Rangers 4-0 Spartans Don't imagine Spartans finding 4 unanswered goals in the 2nd leg so looks like Cowdenbeath will be welcoming Inverurie's 2nd team to Central park. The prospect of future Aberdeen Suburb Derby in the making?

clingin on as 4th place is guaranteed. 84 - MBT 83 - Nellie The Don 82 - EdmontonDandy 81 - rocket 80 - Ten Caat 79 - Big Al 78 - Rico 77 - Oxford Don 76 - Wee Toon Red 75 74 - Tyrant 73 72 - Elgindon 71 - manc 70 69 - Jute 68 - Tom Widdows 67 66 - Wi_09 65

Currently Alloa 2-0 Ayr The Bin Man's team have been top of the league for as long as I can remember this season and yet if they don't get their act together the league title and promotion is out of their hands. Saturday Raith are at home to Alloa who basically have nothing to play for so can rest players in preparation for the playoffs. Ayr on the other hand have to face Albion who need at least a draw to stop automatic relegation.