BigAl Posted December 17, 2010 Report Posted December 17, 2010 David McNamee was 10 minutes away from becoming Craig Brown's first signing for Aberdeen last night before the blizzard conditions in the north east put his ambitions on hold. The former Scotland full-back was about to land at Aberdeen Airport but the state of the runways meant he was forced to return to the Midlands, putting his move to Pittodrie on hold. "I'd flown up from Birmingham and we were 10 minutes outside Aberdeen when the pilot was told that we wouldn't be able to land until 4.10, which was half an hour later," said the 30-year-old. "So we circled the airport for half an hour and then the word came through that the airport wouldn't re-open until five o'clock. "It turned out that our plane didn't have enough fuel to wait that long so we had to return to England. Once we got back we discovered that they'd postponed the re-opening of Aberdeen until 7pm." McNamee had been due to undergo a medical this morning before signing a deal until the end of the season. He'd played in two bounce games for Brown and Archie Knox at Motherwell last week and was under consideration for a place in the squad to face the Steelmen tomorrow. "It's incredibly annoying to have got so close and then to have everything held up by something as unavoidable as snow," said McNamee, a League Cup winner with Livingston in 2004. Quote
BigAl Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Posted December 17, 2010 Why did it go all the way back? Show of hands among the passengers, land at edinburgh and make your own way north, or go back to where we started Quote
BigAl Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Posted December 17, 2010 Is that how its done? Yep Quote
Kowalski Posted December 17, 2010 Report Posted December 17, 2010 My arse. They normally just divert to Edinburgh and bus you up. Quote
BigAl Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Posted December 17, 2010 My arse. They normally just divert to Edinburgh and bus you up. is the correct answer Quote
Ptayles Posted December 17, 2010 Report Posted December 17, 2010 Would the weather not have been the same in Edinburgh...But it could be to save the company money no? Quote
Guest ally s Posted December 17, 2010 Report Posted December 17, 2010 Would the weather not have been the same in Edinburgh...But it could be to save the company money no? No. Hasn't snowed down here......yet So this means we'll be signing a full back when the weather improves? At last! Quote
dave_min Posted December 17, 2010 Report Posted December 17, 2010 I'd assume the plane was due to fly back to Brum after it'd been to Aberdeen, so just went back so it could then go complete it's next sector. Doesn't really matter anymore though, we've no game this week, so if we sign him next week instead we save a whole weeks wages! Quote
Ajja Posted December 17, 2010 Report Posted December 17, 2010 Not enough fuel to circle Aberdeen airport for 50 minutes but enough to fly back to Birmingham from Aberdeen. Mmmmm. Quote
dave_min Posted December 17, 2010 Report Posted December 17, 2010 Not enough fuel to circle Aberdeen airport for 50 minutes but enough to fly back to Birmingham from Aberdeen. Mmmmm. Not so much. They would have needed enough to circle Aberdeen Airport for 50 minutes and fly back to Birmingham if they were gonna stay and circle the airport. Quote
Sandaldinho Posted December 17, 2010 Report Posted December 17, 2010 Doesn't really matter anymore though, we've no game this week, so if we sign him next week instead we save a whole weeks wages! Milne will be delighted with that! Quote
Ajja Posted December 17, 2010 Report Posted December 17, 2010 Milne will be delighted with that! Even though we will lose a good few thousand off the gate receipts with it now moving to midweek. Quote
octavion Posted December 18, 2010 Report Posted December 18, 2010 Edinburgh was closed to my back to back had to spend night in Amsterdam Quote
tom_widdows Posted December 18, 2010 Report Posted December 18, 2010 Radio scotland saying he will be signed by Monday Quote
Reekie_Red Posted December 19, 2010 Report Posted December 19, 2010 Where was he gonna sign? In Aberdeen Airport arrivals lounge? Anyone who thinks travelling from Dyce Airport to Pittodrie can be done in 10 minutes has obviously never heard of the Haudigan Roundabout Quote
tom_widdows Posted December 19, 2010 Report Posted December 19, 2010 Where was he gonna sign? In Aberdeen Airport arrivals lounge? Anyone who thinks travelling from Dyce Airport to Pittodrie can be done in 10 minutes has obviously never heard of the Haudigan Roundabout Clearly you've never heard of the route via kingswells which cuts out the haudigan roundabout Quote
Madbadteacher Posted December 19, 2010 Report Posted December 19, 2010 Fuck it. I drove from London "through lots of snow" yesterday, not a flake in englandshire. Quote
manc_don Posted December 19, 2010 Report Posted December 19, 2010 Its been snowing in southern England since early Friday afternoon? Anyway fingers crossed he signs on Monday. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted December 19, 2010 Report Posted December 19, 2010 Fuck it. I drove from London "through lots of snow" yesterday, not a flake in englandshire. So they just cancelled the majority of their football card just for the sheer hell of it? Quote
Kowalski Posted December 19, 2010 Report Posted December 19, 2010 Clearly you've never heard of the route via kingswells which cuts out the haudigan roundabout Clearly you've never heard of the haudagain roundabout Quote
Harcus Posted December 19, 2010 Report Posted December 19, 2010 Fuck it. I drove from London "through lots of snow" yesterday, not a flake in englandshire. How apt. Quote
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