glasgow sheep Posted January 31, 2012 Report Posted January 31, 2012 ...those were the days: On This Day: 31 January 1962: Having drawn 2-2 at Clyde four days earlier, Aberdeen destroy their Rutherglen opponents by a whopping 10 goals to three at Pittodrie. Bobby Cummings gets five in what is one of Aberdeen's highest ever scorelines. http://www.afcheritage.org/main.cfm Quote
Kowalski Posted January 31, 2012 Report Posted January 31, 2012 BigAl was there for his 18th birthday. Quote
BigAl Posted January 31, 2012 Report Posted January 31, 2012 BigAl was there for his 18th birthday. Not this time mate, even this one is before my time. Wasn't til later in the year that I made my first appearance Quote
glasgow sheep Posted February 7, 2012 Author Report Posted February 7, 2012 Not a new thing having problems breaking teams down: On this day: 1920: For the only time in their history, Aberdeen host Gala Fairydean for a Scottish Cup tie, winning 2-0 in front of 15,000. Gala Fairydean's Account of the Match A Day Trip to Pittodrie Having qualified for the main draw in the Scottish Cup in 1914, Gala Fairydean had to wait until 1920 to play their opponents. The wait was ultimately worth it when they were drawn at home to the mighty Aberdeen in the second round at windswept Mossilee, where they were based at that time. The club took the pragmatic approach of conceding home advantage in favour of gate receipts and travelled to the Granite City to face their lofty opponents. The Fairydean side was D. Nicol, Mabon, Richardson, Borthwick, Frame, Mercer, Wilson, Eckford, Forrest, Sinclair and Heard but within minutes of the kick off they were reduced to ten men when goalkeeper Nicol was injured in a collision with Aberdeen's Wyllie and had to leave the field. Indeed the injury was so serious that Nicol did not play again that season. Forrest went between the posts and was faced with an Aberdeen onslaught although they were inclined to be a bit too fancy and found it hard to score or even get a shot on goal. It took Fairydean twenty minutes to break into Aberdeen territory such was the home side's superiority. Frame played a magnificent game in defence and as a result of his and the rest of the teams' efforts the score was amazingly goalless at half time. The situation remained the same at the start of the second period with the Aberdeen attackers unable to break down the resistance of the heroic ten man Fairydean team. After ten minutes the Aberdeen half backs lost patience with their forwards and took a hand in proceedings and it was Wright who sent in a fast ground shot that gave stand in keeper Forrest, no chance. Aberdeen continued to hold the upper hand and although leading could not subdue the Fairydean team that played a terrific defensive game and cleared their lines again and again. Forrest, the stand in goalkeeper, made some remarkable saves and was cheered by the home fans as his antics provided much amusement. Playing almost the entire match with only ten men it was not surprising that the Fairydean players eventually began to tire but the Aberdeen forwards continued to squander chance after chance. The Fairydean forwards made the occasional break away but were never of any danger to the home goal. With only a few minutes remaining Conon, who had taken up a central position, scored a fine goal for the home side who although victorious were never able to truly subdue the heroic ten men from the Borders. This was the Fairydean's first foray into the main draw of the Scottish Cup producing an astounding display and a creditable result but this was only the first of many ventures into this great cup competition. Interesting selection of teams we've played on the 7th Feb: Aberdeen Results on 7 February Year Result Competition Venue Att. 2004 Falkirk 0-2 Aberdeen Scottish Cup R4 Ochilview Stadium, Stenhousemuir 4,747 1998 Aberdeen 3-0 Hibernian Premier Division 12,043 1996 Aberdeen 1-0 Raith Rovers Premier Division 6,628 1993 Aberdeen 2-0 Dundee United Scottish Cup R4 14,500 1987 Aberdeen 1-0 Motherwell Premier Division 10,000 1981 Aberdeen 0-1 Morton Premier Division 11,000 1977 Aberdeen 2-0 Kilmarnock Premier Division 7,650 1976 Rangers 2-1 Aberdeen Premier Division 30,000 1973 Motherwell 2-0 Aberdeen Div 1 (Old) 4,000 1959 Aberdeen 4-1 Stirling Albion Div 1 (Old) 6,000 1953 Aberdeen 2-0 St. Mirren Scottish Cup R2 22,294 1948 Nithsdale Wanderers 0-5 Aberdeen Scottish Cup R2 Crawick Holm, Sanqhar 2,600 1931 Aberdeen 3-1 Ayr United Div 1 (Old) 12,000 1925 Armadale 1-1 Aberdeen Scottish Cup R2 7,000 1920 Aberdeen 2-0 Gala Fairydean Scottish Cup R2 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 15,500 1914 Aberdeen 4-1 Albion Rovers Scottish Cup R1 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 15,000 Quote
mizer Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 Nithsdale wanderers is the team that fairly jumps out, back in existence playing in the South of Scotland league. Quote
dave_min Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 Interesting selection of teams we've played on the 7th Feb: Aberdeen Results on 7 February Year Result Competition Venue Att. 2004 Falkirk 0-2 Aberdeen Scottish Cup R4 Ochilview Stadium, Stenhousemuir 4,747 1998 Aberdeen 3-0 Hibernian Premier Division 12,043 1996 Aberdeen 1-0 Raith Rovers Premier Division 6,628 1993 Aberdeen 2-0 Dundee United Scottish Cup R4 14,500 1987 Aberdeen 1-0 Motherwell Premier Division 10,000 1981 Aberdeen 0-1 Morton Premier Division 11,000 1977 Aberdeen 2-0 Kilmarnock Premier Division 7,650 1976 Rangers 2-1 Aberdeen Premier Division 30,000 1973 Motherwell 2-0 Aberdeen Div 1 (Old) 4,000 1959 Aberdeen 4-1 Stirling Albion Div 1 (Old) 6,000 1953 Aberdeen 2-0 St. Mirren Scottish Cup R2 22,294 1948 Nithsdale Wanderers 0-5 Aberdeen Scottish Cup R2 Crawick Holm, Sanqhar 2,600 1931 Aberdeen 3-1 Ayr United Div 1 (Old) 12,000 1925 Armadale 1-1 Aberdeen Scottish Cup R2 7,000 1920 Aberdeen 2-0 Gala Fairydean Scottish Cup R2 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 15,500 1914 Aberdeen 4-1 Albion Rovers Scottish Cup R1 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 15,000 Al was at all 17 of those games. Quote
mizer Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 Al was at all 17 of those games. Theres only 16 Quote
dave_min Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 Theres only 16 Aye - he is losing him mind with age. Quote
Kowalski Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 Aye - he is losing him mind with age. Fuck me min. You can't count and you can't string a sentence together. Students today eh? Quote
dave_min Posted February 7, 2012 Report Posted February 7, 2012 Think it's about time I bowed out on this thread! Al is a young, young man. Quote
glasgow sheep Posted February 10, 2012 Author Report Posted February 10, 2012 That's more like it: On This Day: 10 February 1923: In the teeth of a dreadful rainstorm, a club record 13 goals are whacked past Peterhead at Pittodrie in the Scottish Cup with Grant claiming four. Quote
manc_don Posted February 14, 2012 Report Posted February 14, 2012 I've already been depressed all morning thinking about it! What a cracking day! Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted February 14, 2012 Report Posted February 14, 2012 no pics of Aluko's goal...? Quote
Jute Posted February 14, 2012 Report Posted February 14, 2012 Anyone any idea where Josh Walker playing these days? Quote
Azteca1903 Posted February 14, 2012 Report Posted February 14, 2012 no pics of Aluko's goal...? Who? Quote
CzechSheep Posted February 14, 2012 Report Posted February 14, 2012 Anyone any idea where Josh Walker playing these days? Somewhere in League Two... How many games he played for us? Quote
scunnered999 Posted February 14, 2012 Report Posted February 14, 2012 Anyone any idea where Josh Walker playing these days? Scunthorpe United Quote
manc_don Posted February 14, 2012 Report Posted February 14, 2012 Scunthorpe United From memory, he was doing quite well for Boro until he got an injury. TF will be able to confirm. Quote
fatjim Posted February 14, 2012 Report Posted February 14, 2012 Scunthorpe United What a coincidence. Walker is playing for Scunthorpe and Aluko is a cunt. Quote
BigAl Posted February 14, 2012 Report Posted February 14, 2012 What a coincidence. Walker is playing for Scunthorpe and Aluko is a cunt. Quote
BigAl Posted February 21, 2012 Report Posted February 21, 2012 Bayern Away in 2008 Anyone able to spot themselves in that clip Quote
TENEMENTFUNSTER Posted February 21, 2012 Report Posted February 21, 2012 Anyone able to spot themselves in that clip Nope, and that's probably a good thing. I was under a lot of that beer and I was also the drunkest I have ever been at a football match later. Quote
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