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CHAMPIONS!

It's official! RedMatchday is the best read in the whole of Scotland!

Having dominated the SPL awards for the last seven seasons now (2002-08), the Dons have finally nudged Clyde off their perch as Programme Monthly's Programme of the Year in Scotland after they have held the trophy for a dozen seasons.

For Aberdeen, it's the fifth time we have won the overall title, adding to wins in 1981, 1985, 1990 and 1992.

The Programme Monthly judges made particular mention of the fact that RedMatchday caries a greater volume of text than any of the competition, which means you get more to read for your hard earned cash - there's value for money!

RedMatchday is lucky enough to have some of the best writers in the country providing material. Contributors include AFC Club historian Kevin Stirling, Richard Gordon, Jimmy Calderwood, Ally Begg, Scott Severin, Andrew Morrison, Dave Macdermid, Red Final Editor Chris Crighton, researcher Colin Massie, English correspondent Bill Thomas, US correspondent Ian Thomson and European Expert George Rutherford. 

The magazine is designed and produced by Chris Hallett at Cre8, edited by the Marketing team at Pittodrie - Lisa Sheran, Alan Hay and Malcolm Panton.

The photography is provided by Newsline Scotland and SNS Picture Agency. Photos are also provided by Andy Convey, Ray Smith, Kara Griffiths, Action Images and big thanks also to the Aberdeen Journals Library.

Premier League (Marks out 100)

1 Aberdeen 82.57

2 Hearts 80.50

3 Inverness CT 76.00

4 Dundee Utd 72.86

5 Rangers 72.43

6 Falkirk 72.29

7 Celtic 70.17

8 Gretna 69.00

9 Kilmarnock 68.00

10 Motherwell 67.86

11 St Mirren 65.50

12 Hibernian 63.17

First Division

1 Clyde 82.25

2 Partick 68.17

Second Division

1 Queens Park 63.00

Third Division

1 Montrose 75.67

what a match

The only disappointment was not seeing Duncan-fucking-reject receive his red card

The train journey was mental and those kids from Aviemore were great banter..along with the random hun.

Fingers crossed killie do us a favour

Jimmy must go.

where?

bring your jackets lads:

Easy 2 or 3 goal victory.

who for?

I think we'll play out a drab 0-0 draw.

oh it will be a shit game

I don't think there has ever been a good ict v aberdeen game

Cant wait for the day out, but I am a bit worried we wont get the result 

 

seems most folk can't even be bothered with the day out

apparently only 1200 sold and 800 returned to ICT for sale tomorrow!

fuckpigs owe me £60 edit actually it's £80 edit2 aww for fuck sake it is £120 :hammer:

that is all

The SFA needs to take control of the whole Scottish League and get proper support from the Scottish Government as to how to sell the game properly.

and we come to the crux of the problem.

It is farcicial for a country the size of Scotland to have 4 national bodies governing the sport (SFA, SFL, SPL and SJA), never mind the myriad of senior leagues.

This conversation talked started talking about removing the fear and letting teams relax more, only to then go on and advocate 2 relegation spots.

The whole senior set up needs streamlined, but tbh the top 12 as it is, is probably the best we're going to get at present.  The only immediate change I would make is a 2nd relegation/play off spot.  We simply don't have enough fans or sufficient quality of teams to go increasing the league to 14 or 16 and leagues of this size are just as likely to require contrived compromises such as playing each team 3times or "group stages" in the league cup.

I would have an SPL1 and SPL2 then regionalise everything below it. Incorporate Highland League, South and East of Scotland leagues and the Junior set up and have the SFA control the lot, disbanding the SFL, SPL and SJA.

It may happen one day but with some much self interest in the football it won't happen any time soon

Was going to say the same thing. Never heard of this sort of thing before.

I have tried emailing afc but no reply as yet (although to be fair I did send it after 6pm)

Bit reluctant to start collecting money for our supporters club until I know roughly where I will be sitting

That took far too long. Domestic distances are from the AA route planner and European ones from the site The Chimp linked.

 

Away games from when staying in Aberdeen = 1647.8 miles (there and back)

Away games from when staying in Dundee = 880.8 miles (there and back)

Home games from when staying in Dundee = 1356 miles (there and back)

 

European games:

Aberdeen - Amsterdam - Kiev - Dnipro = 3570.95

Dundee - Glasgow - Brussels - Madrid = 2759.43

Aberdeen - London - Munich = 1942.62

= 8273 miles (there and back)

 

which is about a total of about 12,158 miles

part time supporter

actually it must be more than that as that shitty website has just drawn a straight line between my flat and pittodrie

By my calculations I have travelled 3120 miles just to watch games at pittodrie this season

Now where can I work out how much I have helped bump up global temps because of afc

Pie and Bovril is usually the home of some decent debate but looks ike some window licker slipped through the net

I am a rangers fan and find the attitude of aberdeen fans completely unacceptable' these idiots behave in such a way it makes it a risk to your safety to wear a rangers top in aberdeen - i have been the victim of mindless violence a number of times in aberdeen and think the behaviour of there fans goes largely unreported due to the press being more interested in what the old firm fans are doing - has anyone else come across these morons that call themselves the "casuals"?

http://www.pieandbovril.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=79336&st=0&start=0

I hope any of you lads up the road make any rangers fan walking about the granite city in a rangers top welcome

The problem I'm worried about is getting some where to drink before 11, can we come to your flat with a carry oot?

 

Party in town afterwards 

fucking alcoholics

I am on night shift that weekend so will be trying to catch a couple of hours sleep before heading up to the ground for kick off

It should be at hampden, not least because we haven't been there for 8 years and I don't want most the players first hampden game to be vs the hun in the final.

In anycase Queen's are talking of taking 10,000 which doesn't seem unreasnable given it is their first cup semi since....well fuck knows when.

We took 7000 to a midweek semi in the middle of winter so I would hope we'll have atleast 10,000 there too.

There is no stadium in the country that can accommodate that size of crowd apart from the 3 glasgow stadium.

Yes the 1215 ko is a pain but it a million times better than the 1830 Sunday KO we had last time we played a hampden semi

fucking night shift that weekend

hope it's quiet as I'm going to be fucking knackered after watching aberdeen in a cup semifinal

Also it's the 3rd time in a row we've won mid-week at parkhead!

 

Also, after 10 years, i've finally seen us beat the old firm in Glasgow 

but abergreen only raise their game against the super rangers

 

Gie it tae Johnny, he's clean thru!!

strangely enough in their QF he was clean thru and got the ball passed straight to his feet........

he hit it straight at the keeper

good ol' Johnny

I fucking hate JC

But he's our JC and at the moment I love him to bits....well almost

quite frankly I couldnae gie a fuck

The sorry saga continues:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/gretna/7300296.stm

 

Will this ever end???

The sooner gretna fuck off back to the hole that they came from the better!

 

what the fuck would be the point of a strike?

They don't play

Gretna get no cash from the tim game and go bust.

That's hardly gonna help the players get paid is it?

GET IN TAE TIMMY!!

I really hate the huns. The hun scum 'fans' were hardly celebrating, some clapping here and there 

looked out my window just after the last pen and there were already hordes streaming past my window.

fuck-pigs

The corresponding fixtures have brought us a reasonable haul of points so there is reason, however scant, to believe that we can do it.

 

First set - 7 from 9 points

Second set - 7 from 9 points

 

Only draws with Falkirk have stopped us from getting all 9 on both occasions. If we do what we have done twice already and take full points from ICT and St Mirren then the Falkirk game is likely to be a 6 pointer which I'm sure we will take care of at Pittodrie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like your optimism sir