Kowalski

Good idea though. Although no doubt any glory hunter who has only been to Madrid this season will have no problems getting a ticket for a cup final.

Bookies (Ladbrokes in this example) feel the Copenhagen game could be tight... Panathinaikos v Lokomotiv Moscow Home 4/5 Away 3/1 Draw 11/5 FC Copenhagen v Atletico Madrid Home 2/1 Away 11/10 Draw 11/5

FC Copenhagen v Atletico Madrid, 19:45 Panathinaikos v Lokomotiv Moscow, 19:45 Fingers crossed!

They've also just taken all the away international fixtures away from the BBC. Will there be any live football at all on the BBC soon? Damn shame if you ask me.

STAY AT HOME FANS MISSED A SUNDAY FEAST 12:00 - 03 December 2007 Some of you lot out there should hang your heads in shame. Little more than 10,000 of a crowd - and fair number of them Hibs fans at that - for a game like this was a disgrace. Plenty so called "fans" came out of the woodwork quickly enough when European tickets were up for grabs. But now that the excitement of Madrid and the like is by, some of you pathetic part timers decided doing the Christmas shopping or watching on the telly was a better option. Once again, it was down to the genuine die-hards to give the Dons the backing they needed. Thankfully, they were rewarded with one of the most exciting and entertaining 90 minutes seen at Pittodrie this season. The Dons went into the game under intense pressure because a defeat would see them drop 11 points behind Hibs in the SPL. They were also without several top team regulars but responded by absolutely hammering the Hibees, who were lucky to get away with a 3-1 defeat. Despite so many absentees, Calderwood still chose to rest skipper Scott Severin. Hibs weren't so fortunate, with their influential skipper Rob Jones ruled out by a knock. They really missed him. I always love clashes with Hibs, the fact there'd only been one 0-0 draw in the previous 40 meetings between the clubs gives you an idea why. You knew from the first minute, when Derek Young knocked an effort wide, that there would be goals somewhere. The only shock was the first one coming from Hibs because they got a right doing. Nicholson and Maguire both went close twice each before Hibs took the lead in the 24th minute with a classic counter attack. They broke forward at pace and Zemmama split the Dons defence with a crossfield pass to Steven FLETCHER, who wasunmarked on the left. The striker showed great composure as he side-stepped a Mair challenge then hammered a great 16 yard shot past Langfield. The Dons could have crumbled, instead they showed guts and grit. Great combination play between Foster and Clark down the left led to the 33rd minute equaliser. The move ended with Clark's excellent cross leaving Makalamby stranded and Lee MILLER powered a close range header into the net at the back post. The Dons deservedly went ahead in the 47th minute. Nicholson knocked a free-kick short to Chris CLARK and his powerful 20 yard shot took a wicked deflection off a Hibs defender and spun high past the stranded Ma-Kalamby. It was a matter of how many from then on as the Hibs keeper saw shots rain in on him. Miller's header from substitute Severin's cross was saved. Nicholson almost made it 3-1 in the 75th minute, but Ma-Kalamby denied him by flying across like Superman to knock away the midfielder's clever 22 yard free-kick. He tried again with a 20 yard shot but this time the effort scraped inches wide of the target. Aberdeen sealed their victory in style when Nicholson played a quick free-kick in from the left to Derek YOUNG and he sent a shot into the net from the edge of the area. It was a real Sunday treat for all of those who really care about the Dons.

Certainly felt like a good third of our support may have been robbed judging by the amount of folk I met who knew someone that was robbed or was robbed themselves. Not sure if Madrid is like this all the time or if there was a special effort from the pick pockets due to the number of (drunk?) fans there. My mate got pick-pocketed in Barcelona once, but it was nowhere near as bad as Madrid.

So did we!

Anyone got any amusing ones?

Good response from the club. But we definitely had people in our support who were there just for trouble.

McGhee seems to be doing a good job with very limited resources. Eric Black's stock must be increasing. He's gaining great experience in the premiership recently. Also, they are realistic appointments IMHO. There won't be many top class managers who want the Dons job.

Eric Black or Mark McGhee

I was only £4 from http://www.travelinsurance.co.uk/

Was just kidding. Its really Derek Young.

I'm Kowalski, I was on the AFC Mailing List for many years under my real name (until about a couple of years ago) and currently on AFC Chat trying to get a warning under a different username. My favourite player is Richie Byrne.

Slightly different as numerous people confirmed that they knew who he was as they posted his initials, and said that they worked with him. I really don't think they are on the wind up, have some respect. Only one person knew the story, the rest worked with him formerly. And said person is friends with the wind up merchant who was on there last week, so I was dubious about the story. I also found it strange that none of his friends posted up about this before now as he has a well kent name. And confirmed they'd heard that too... Tbh if someone I knew who posted on a chat forum died I doubt I'd post up about it. Redbrigade heard it from former collegues, he is the only source posting. Yeah I used to work with him, got passed on the email from his work saying he'd passed away, this was in early October. Turns out he had a fall which somehow led to some sort of illness, believe this happened on holiday.