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Hopefully Dundee United won't survive the next week either.

First of 5th round ties is tonight with Airdrie v St Mirren. Live on BBC Scotland Channel.

I did wonder with it being so soon since he left St Ettiene if there would be something still to sort out with them; either compensation or a payoff etc. Scott Burns appears to be hinting at that being the hold up. Good job we've got no games any time soon. Can't see the Tannadice pitch surviving the expected rain next week either.

He would have been a team-mate of Fergie's at Falkirk in 1972-73. My dad told me once that he attended the 1970 cup final, and many Celtic fans stopped to congratulate him on Aberdeen's victory on his way home. I don't want to get all maudlin, but I wish I had asked him more about following the Dons in the 1960s and 70s. Cannae now.

I’ve just seen the club announcement. I think only Bobby Clark, Chalky (Tam’s best pal), Jinky, and Jimmy Wilson from the 1967 cup final team are still on the right side of the turf. Of the 1970 cup-winning team, Bobby Clark, Jim Hermiston, George Murray, Martin Buchan, Joe Harper, Bumper, and George Buchan are still extant. Tam was also Inverness Thistle (RIP) player-manager, and when he came back to the city as a taxi driver was aye good for a pint in the cricket club at Mannofield. I was at a Football Memories session at Pittodrie about 3 years ago, and it was sad to see how dementia had affected him. Ach.