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Thought Jess had left before 2000 but must be wrong. Leighton was well past his best but I suppose he should be there. Will go edit accordingly

No, not a post about the old VHS with the great theme music. Bored as fuck and after reading a bit of nonsense on the hat about Klimpl being a carbon copy of Heikkinen and for that reason someone didn't want him made me think about the best Dons team of this decade. What would your personal 11 be? GK. Jim Leighton RB. Michael Hart LB. Kevin McNaughton CB. Russell Anderson CB. Zander Diamond RM. Barry Nicholson LM. Sone Aluko CM. Scott Severin CM. Markus Heikkinen ST. Eoin Jess ST. Lee Miller. SUBS. Langfield, McGuire, Bisconti, Kerr, Booth. Honestly think we'd have 3rd wrapped up with that team easily and maybe even challenging for Champions League place.

What's the recommended footwear for playing on this car park?

Well said this man. (Except this year me and my mates have turned a weekend at T into two week in Malia )

2004 being 6 years after 1998. 2009 being 5 years after 2004. So next year do you form a new opinion? Not doubting the line up isn't as good as it has been in the past (seems to have gone downhill every year since I started going) but surely the quality of the weekend is defined by what you make of it and not by worrying about how many neds there are or which shite bands you decided to complain about while actually having no interest in or actually going to see?

Pittodrie is full of neds, doesn't stop me going. Have genuinely had no bother from neds at T.

We could give him Jamie Smiths wage.

How would you know if you haven't been recently? Clearly making assumptions.

Can remember the exact same interview and thinking the same. Sure he'd just won man of the match after a game at Ibrox.

SPL announces £23m record profit Money The 2007/08 season was the most profitable in the SPL's history The Scottish Premier League has reported a record-breaking profit, generating £23m for the 2007/08 season, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Following a decade of losses, action taken by clubs has resulted in eight clubs reducing debt, with two reporting no debt, and all but one breaking even. St Mirren are the SPL's most profitable club after the sale of their former Love Street ground for £9.2m. Celtic have the highest wage bill at £39m, a 53% wage-to-turnover ratio. Hearts are the only club in the SPL to report a loss, despite the sale of Craig Gordon to Sunderland for £9m in January 2007, while Inverness and Falkirk operated with no debt during the same accounting period. Rangers' operating figures were boosted by the sale of Alan Hutton to Tottenham Hotspur for £9m in January 2008, but the Ibrox outfit were the only club in the SPL to report an increase in net debt, up £5m on the previous season to £21.6m. The SPL attracted slightly lower crowds during the 2007/08 season with average attendance figures down 3% from the prior season to 184,297. Two thirds of the SPL teams experienced a decrease in attendance levels. The increase in profit across the league was largely driven by the success of SPL clubs on the European stage, with Celtic reaching the last 16 of the Champions League and Rangers reaching the final of the Uefa Cup, where they lost to Zenit St Petersburg. Much of the SPL's profits are derived from media rights to broadcast matches, with the television deal agreed with Setanta representing £13m per season - or close to £1m per club. For the smaller clubs in the league, the Setanta income represents 20-30% of their operating income, however, the Irish broadcaster lost the rights to broadcast SPL matches after failing to meet a third deadline to pay £3m owed to the SPL by Monday. The SPL chief executive Lex Gould insists that the league is actively seeking a new broadcasting partner in time for the 2009/10 season starting on 15 August. SPL FINANCES - KEY FACTS Most profitable club: St Mirren with £11m Highest wage bill: Celtic with £39m Highest operating loss: Hearts with £3.5m Biggest increase in net debt: Rangers up £5m http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8114799.stm

Can imagine he has at least doubled his wage if what I overheard about Don Cowie was true.

Or it shows that some fans don't have a clue?

Stolen from the hat. Scottish League: 3 clubs insolvent Governance Written by Paul Williams Monday, 22 June 2009 Hamilton Academical, Hearts and Motherwell all considered insolvent according to Equifax. Equifax, the financial information supplier, has said that it believes three of Scotland's top league football clubs are technically insolvent. Hearts and Hamilton Academical have been listed as insolvent as they would struggle if all their creditors came at once to demand the money they are owned. Motherwell Football and Athletic Club Limited is a company voluntary arrangement, so automatically given zero points and insolvency rating. St. Johnstone and St. Mirren are in the best possible financial health according to Equifax as they both scored 100% in their credit rating check. Equifax is warning that some Scottish clubs could find it hard to source new funding, based on their current credit scores. Despite preparing to splash the cash on new players, many of the top football clubs already owe more than the value of their assets. As such, Equifax External Affairs Director, Neil Munroe, believes this data could provide an important reality check for the clubs. “Our Equifax ScoreCheck review of the SPL credit ratings certainly rings some warning bells about the Scottish clubs who could be facing financial difficulty for the next season. Not even Premiership football is safe from the recession if investors decide to withdraw funds. “We have listed 3 clubs as insolvent because they would struggle if everyone came at once to ask for the money they owe. Of course, that is unlikely to happen, but like most other sectors of the UK economy it is likely to be a difficult year ahead for the nation’s favourite sport. Also, with the possibility of Setanta going into administration, the smaller clubs may find it increasingly difficult to make payments and remain solvent.†St Mirren, despite narrowly avoiding relegation this season, achieves full marks (100) in its credit score along with newly promoted St Johnstone. However, although finishing the season third in the SPL, Hearts has a score of zero and is therefore listed as insolvent. Hamilton Academical also fared badly, scoring just two points. In general, the lower the score the more likely a business is to experience difficulty meeting its financial obligations. When compared with English Premier League clubs, the performance of Clubs in the SPL is, however, quite positive. Just one team scored 100 – Manchester United. And 11 teams had such low scores that they are technically classed as insolvent. http://www.dofonline.co.uk/governance/scot...ent-060922.html

Best captain i've ever had was calm as fuck. If he made a mistake and you mentioned it he would apologise and make sure it never happened again. Encouraged everyone without screaming like fuck and managed to get his point across well. Could imagine it'd be the same for players at the top level too.

There was goal that season, Shearer against Rangers in the job that got Aitken the job. Great finish from Shearer but Doddsys vision to make the chance was nothing short of unreal. Really showed that his all round game had everything. If he'd been two inches taller and with a better hair cut he'd have made it in the Premiership.

I'm sure Doddsy (as he was affectionately known at the time) scored more than 'Deadly Dunc' that season? It was a mad bounce, don't think i've been in one like that since. Was awesome.

Billy Dodds second goal at Tynecastle in one of the last games of the 1994/95 season is another for me. Probably wasn't a great finish (although he was a very clinical striker) but I just remember the bounce. Would have been 7 at the time and there was no backs to the seats. When the goal went in 3 men fell on top of me, total squashing me. Panicked until I looked up at my dad and he's just standing there smiling then hugs some random man to his right. Appreciate it more now realising how big a deal relegation would have been. One of my earliest moments of football and probably what made me fall in love with football itself (no not the men lying on top of me, that came later).

If we're playing with wingers and keeping the ball on the deck I genuinely don't think there is a better player we could realistically aford to keep the ball and feed it to the wings. The only downside is Miller doesn't really have the pace to make a gut busting run into the box for the cross so we'd be looking at the other winger to score their fair share of goals.

**Waits for Reekie to tell us a story about Booth having one leg longer than the other**

That's a very fair shout. Would be a good role model and would likely lead by example. You don't have to be a shouter to lead. Unfortunately theres not a chance of this in reality.

If there is money to be had I may do the same....

Seves volley v Hibs a couple of seasons ago (because I scored a similiar goal this season ) or Jess v the Huns at Ibrox.

You keep crossing them in mate.

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