Stewart Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Club have announced on Facebook that Ebbe Skovdahl has died at 75. Probably the first game that's come to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_widdows Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) Personally what comes to mind for me was his celebration after Andy Dow's winnder in the 2000 Scottish cup final Managed to meet him after the 5-1 home win over Kilmarnock the week before the final and got him to sign a red-final cartoon of him as an escape artist with stewart Milne as his 'glamourous assistant too The first league goal of his management Edited October 23, 2020 by tom_widdows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Shame. Seemed like a gentleman. Had a great team for about ten games once. Gets a lot of credit for a fairly mediocre record. Brought in some imaginative signings (had a lot of backing), and had some of the best and worst performances of our recent history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Very sad news. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, tom_widdows said: Personally what comes to mind for me was his celebration after Andy Dow's winnder in the 2000 Scottish cup final I must've been very drunk to have missed that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlg1903 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Just saw this . Defo had his ups and downs as manager but he was a hell of a character. Smoking on the bench, red arrows, the interviews and quotes... His time with the club was certainly very memorable if not always for the right reasons . Loved his passion for the game though and I agree with Tom, his celebration for dows winner against hibs in the semi final is amazing. He also brought a few of my very favourite ever dons to the club. Zerouali and Stavrum in particular and bisconti was a superb player too. My best friend had a kid today, I'll be raising a glass to her safe arrival this eve but I'll be raising one for Mr Skovdahl too. RIP Ebbe, thanks for the memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDeeDon Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Sad to hear this news. Aye we were shyte for most of his time, but the club wasn't very run well either and the start of the financial cuts, but there were still some great times to be had during his reign and he was always good for a quote. I used to work in the Garthdee Sainsburys when he was our manager and I would often see him in with his Wife and he was always a gentleman. RIP Ebbe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Ah fuck just seeing this. I have to confess to being a big fan of Ebbe A real character in a game where there are far too few of them nowadays Two cup finals in a season where we finished bottom of the league, conceded seven at Parkhead and six at home to the Victims, and lets not forget that eleven goal thriller that night at Fir Park By fuck it was a real rollercoaster of a time Thanks for the memories Ebbe. And to those that wished him out of the Pittodrie hot seat, it was a classic case of be careful what you wish for given what came after him. Once a Don, Always a Don Rest In Peace Ebbe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeBass Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Big Al, I mentioned him in my book right?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Just now, SeeBass said: Big Al, I mentioned him in my book right?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_widdows Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) This was the first league point under Skovdahl's reign Love the 'lazy' finish by Jess for the first goal. Bizarre thing is the official stats give Winters goal to ricky Gilles?? Edited October 23, 2020 by tom_widdows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee toon red Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) An enigmatic man who had a very enigmatic team and some really enigmatic performances! Fondly remembered on the whole I'd say, RIP Ebbe. When you look at the lineups in the original post, if that Dons team can beat that Celtic team then there's no reason we can't beat them twice in a week now. Ebbe would lose Sunday's game 42-0 and beat them 7-6 next week, before getting scudded off one of the Edinburgh teams in the final. Edited October 23, 2020 by wee toon red 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggy89 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Sad news about uncle Ebbe. Was great time to be a dons fan, when he was manager. Loads of happy times! Sna ba’s game a particular highlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy_Don Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Very sad news - was a huge fan of Uncle Ebbe. Remember wearing my Danmark hat fondly to a game when it was 'Danish Day'! I don't remember exactly why he left but I think he got us to Europe in his final season and a couple of cup finals one year, even if we did finish bottom one year. The thing about Ebbe's reign was that although we were mostly shite we had so much talent (Kjaer, BobbyBiscuit, Jess, Belabed, Zero, Stavrum, Guntveit, Delameaux, Dadi etc) and on any given day we could beat any opposition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Sad news. Met Ebbe a few times and always came across as nice like able guy. Maybe why he got away with as many god awful performances from his teams. RIP Ebbe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeBass Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Just watched highlights of 6-5 win at Motherwell. German Maestro Andreas Mayer had FOUR ASSISTS in the game. Won tackle which set Andy Dow up for 1-0. Hit post as Robbie Winters made it 3-1. Slid pass in where Robbie's hat-trick and 5-2 concerned before then pinging the slow motion goal of Paul Bernard!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Frae Killie Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 "Statistics are like miniskirts - they give you good ideas but hide the important things!" RIP Ebbe. Absolute legend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotfree Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Sad news. To be truthful, I'm suprised he lasted as long as he did. Always had a fag in his mouth and was a shade of grey that did not look health at all. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Gave us some very memorable times and players. Gutted by this news and it’s been great reading folks stories about him. Rest easy, Ebbe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_widdows Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) On 23/10/2020 at 14:06, RicoS321 said: I must've been very drunk to have missed that! Its in this video from the club along with a few others. Don't remember him being so animatedhttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=982317055607539 Edited October 25, 2020 by tom_widdows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicoS321 Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, tom_widdows said: Its in this video from the club along with a few others. Don't remember him being so animatedhttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=982317055607539 Yes, I was just being cheeky. You accidentally put final instead of semi final. Although I was drunk at the semi final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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