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Trust me Bernie I`m no plank. Winning trophies would be nice but it`s not end of the world if we don`t. Maybe I`m different to a lot of supporters worldwide because I don`t support The Dons to be a winner all the time. Just read my book you`ll understand what kind of role the club`s played in my life this past nineteen years.

If we were to win nothing again in my lifetime then it wouldn`t bother me. They are and always have been the greatest team the world has ever seen....just don`t show it very often!

Can I just throw something into the melting pot? Having seen first hand the kind of performances against Bayern and Copenhagen as a result of a full house`s backing....is the lack of silvarware or a decent season this past fourteen years not our fault yes the fans for not turning up to the week in week out mundane home league matches? Maybe if we did and got behind the lads wouldn`t have diabolical results like Saturday throughout the campaign on a regular basis.

The story with John Inglis starts with my step-father pointing him out walking towards the players entrance at Firhill. I ran to get his autograph with that hideous blue and yellow stripped A-Fab jersey on, "Smith 6" plastered round the back. My Home Northsound top has "Inglis 5" printed on the rear which is key to the tale. Start to say hello to the guy and realise don`t have a pen to get his scribble. Being quite rude I interupted what he was saying to me to run towards my step-father shouting for a biro. Then this random old lady out of nowhere digs into her bag gives me a small bookie type writing instrument telling me to keep it. She probably wasn`t even attending the game. As he`s signing my programme I say to him; "John your my favourite player. Thanks very much for doing this", to which he replies. "So why have you got Gary Smith`s name on your back?" and my answer is; "Well my mum didn`t wash it in time!" The programme was black so you can`t even see the JJ signature very well. Match finished 2-2 after we were 2-0 up at the break. I`m sure Stephen Wright scored that day.

For my sixth choice I couldn`t omit me running onto the hallowed Pittodrie turf from The Merkland Family Stand with this other blonde lad to see Joe Miller in the centre circle and get his autograph. Was about 14 or 15 and it might have been Stewart McKimmie`s testimonial against Blackburn Rovers I`m not sure but what a thrill friends! Our right winger gave us a stern dressing down about how we`d broke the stadium safety policy before signing my programme lent across my back for the hard surface he needed. Waved at my younger brother and step-father then ran like the wind so not to get caught by the stewards, almost kicking a ball into the net as I jumped the advertising boards. Never did I see this lad again who dared me to open the fire exit gate to begin this mission plucked out of the air. Have a really stupid story about me and John Inglis outside Firhill which can wait for now.

Swaddon, Cheers for the info! Some would say The Jamboes were in a Group Of Death themselves eh? Sides from Germany, Holland, Hungary and Switzerland are no mugs. It`s amazing what you forget! SeeBass

Was watching Jamie Smith`s two goals against FC Copenhagen a couple of nights ago and totally forget he picked up a little knock from Atiba Hutchinson`s tackle seconds before his amazing first goal. Makes the strike even more impressive knowing he might not have been fit enough to carry on. Anybody else do this? SeeBass

Good to see the European stuff up and running again. Another £2 four team accumalator secured last night! FC Haka (4/5), Dinamo Zagreb (10/11), Sparta Prague (10/11) and FK Suduva (17/10) thanks very much! Only wish I`d stuck Artmedia Bratislava in on Wednesday at (2/1) but hey shouldn`t be greedy eh?

FATJIM, Of course I would have liked to see us go further but Aberdeen rarely string two wonderful performances together in order to compete in a competition with the big boys as hard as the UEFA Cup is.

Do you think Europe would stop becoming a treat if we qualified each year for the competition?

Apart from disagreeing with Champions League third place finishers joining at the knock out stages I think the current UEFA Cup set-up is more exciting than the older one. No more losing at the first hurdle to a Skonto Riga or Bohemians and the adventure being over before it`s even started. To watch six different sides from Europe like we did makes all the hard work in the previous season worthwhile. OK we`re not winners but the memories are more important right?

Is Rob McLean not a fan?

Can we compare both visits Bayern Munich made to Pittodrie? Of course I wasn`t around for that 3-2 epic and never did I think we`d ever play them again and I`d be there but to reunite with old friends 25 years later on the same day my book was officially released...for me is totally down to fate. It seems I was meant to support Aberdeen from the moment I was born and OK there was no repeat of the 80`s fairytale, yet it felt like we`d won 3-2 because personally I too had scored a "goal" prior to kick-off." Can tell me if I`m bonkers! SeeBass

Just thought does anybody know if Mr Aluko has a female relative playing professional football? I`m sure a few years ago there was an "Aluko" playing in the Woman`s FA Cup Final for Charlton if memory serves me right. SeeBass

In my book I wrote about how unreal the atmosphere was that game in which Stavrum and Mayer scored.

Do any of your ladies actually enjoy going to see the team play or just do it to put a smile on your face? SeeBass

The thing which really annoyed me about the coverage Rangers got on their way to the UEFA Cup Final was the fact they were only in the competition for failing in a more prestigious tournament. Why was that any more of an achievement than us going through a qualifying round, getting out of the Group Of Death and then putting up a good show against the seventh richest club in the world? In terms of the resources they have compared with us I think we did the country proud if not prouder than those idiots in Govan. SeeBass

I got to 15 before my illness in late February and 17 the season before that. A lot of my trouble stems from not being able to get back to Duns on my own accord and financial restraints. As I`ve said before it`s not that I don`t want to attend 30 plus games a year just I enjoy the away matches more because of the atmosphere although it has to be said the four home Europan ties gave them a good run for their money. Really want to get up to Inverness one of these days. Hamilton and St.Mirren will be another new experience once the opportunity arises.

Can anybody work out how far I`ve travelled? I`m a little confused on how to do it. LEAGUE GAMES: Duns-Berwick-Dundee and back again (x2). Duns-Berwick-Edinburgh and back again (x4). Duns-Motherwell and back again. Duns-Berwick-Falkirk and back again (x2). Duns-Glasgow-Kilmarnock and back again (x2). Duns-Berwick-Edinburgh-Aberdeen and back again (x4). Would have been more had I not been ill for the last three months of the season. And if there was any decent travel services to Inverness from Berwick without having to stay over in Aberdeen I`d have made my first visit there before now. Never seem to get a ticket for Rangers or Celtic away and probably wouldn`t make the trip on my own in fear of being targeted for abuse. Especially with the odds stacked against me because of my disability. Looking forward to watching us play in Paisley and Hamilton next season to add to all the other grounds I`ve been to. Just too expensive for me to come to Pittodrie every second week and enjoy the away fixtures more than the home ones as it is. Having said that the experience of all four Euro nights in the Granite City totally gobsmacked me. Do these totals include walking from train stations to stadiums and similar related stuff? I know a silly question!

Next comes from The Centenary Bar in Dundee on the opening day of last season just before playing The Arabs. It was the first time I`d ever mingled with The Red Army prior to a game. Always just made my way to the ground in the past. To witness 5,000 plus people just having a ball without a care in the world brought a tear to my eye. Realised later what an amazing group of individuals I`d missed out on these last nineteen years. Everything else that morning, afternoon and night made up for a poor result too.

My fourth most memorable moment came at Easter Road again. I believe this was a game in which we lost 4-2. The Cow Shed was being renovated and with the rain lashing down and no cover to protect us police officers were handing out yellow binbags to keep us dry as possible. Plonker here couldn`t understand why mine didn`t fit. I`d only put my arms through the leg holes and legs through the arm holes eh?!!! The look on the Chief Superintendant said it all folks!

Back in November 2000 I think. We played Hibs off the park at Easter Road with Arild Stavrum and Andreas Mayer grabbing the goals in a 2-0 win. When the second went in during injury time the relief at not throwing away the three points showed with what felt like the stand about to crash to the ground. Spine tingling folks. Left leg wobbled like jelly and my right did it`s best impersonation of being under anasthetic! Don`t drink because of my Epilepsy but I still learned that evening what it`s like to be legless!

I think for my second selection it`d have to be the 6-5 thriller at Fir Park in October 1999. This was my first game for two years with my first step-father after the break-up of my mum`s marriage to him (her now third husband is a Celtic fan and has no interest in going to any games nevermind Aberdeen ones.) The thing which always sticks out like a sore thumb about that night was how loud we were despite relatively few of us there were. I have all eleven goals on DVD which BBC Scotland kindly sent to my door. Nice visual memories to have friends. Moment Number Three will be posted soon.

Can anybody tell me who we played on Saturday 29th January 2005? I`m sure it was Hibs??? What was the score? I got this girl to write her email address down on my train ticket that day so I could send the lady some the of my writing.

What are everybody`s top ten personnal moments from their time as a Don? Not got long left at the library so I`ll give you my first then the rest at at a later date. April 1991: Walking down Gorgie Road as a ten year old after my very first match and being surrounded by what seemed thousands of Dandies celebrating a 4-1 Tynecastle success with a chorus of; "We`re by far the greatest team the world has ever seen, and we`re ABERDEEN!" So cool at the time but as I got older I realised how WE WEREN`T the best team in the world, yet we still sing it nevertheless! SeeBass