Draw for the first two preliminary rounds have been made. 
 

Bo’ness Athletic v Beith and Culter v Invergordon ties are this weekend. 

Finished 2-0 to Celtic who cruised through. 
 

Last game tomorrow night and draw after that 

Hibs were so frustrating to watch. Celtic played in second gear but Hibs had no idea how to lay a glove on them, hard to think of any decent ball they put into the box.

A very average side who we should be finishing above. Nicky Cadden going off injured is a blow to them too.

As for the cup, having Celtic in the last four just takes away a lot of the excitement. They are so far ahead of everyone that if you beat them at Hampden you should get the trophy afterwards, so I'd feel cheated if we actually beat them in a semi and still had a final to play.

A Hearts-Aberdeen semi would be electric, that would be my first choice. Would quite like the chance to avenge the 2014 semi-final loss to St Johnstone. Livingston, well you'd happily take that wouldn't you? 

Is there any need for a draw.

We all know the outcome anyway 🙄

2 hours ago, BigAl said:

Is there any need for a draw.

We all know the outcome anyway 🙄

Tims v Dons at 6am on a Tuesday 

Just now, RicoS321 said:

Tims v Dons at 6am on a Tuesday 

You’re assuming we are away to Ross county on the Monday night?

Wild that people still think the semi-final draws are fixed. We've got a 1/3 chance of getting any of them. We might get the winner of Livi/St Johnstone, we might get Celtic.
 

Interesting statistic though (interesting to me at least). 

In the entire history of Scottish football, Aberdeen and Hearts have only ever met  at Hampden twice, despite both reaching the latter stages of both cup competitions more than most. They met in the 86 final, and the 96 semi. (They have met in a League Cup semi, but it was at Easter Road).

Since that 1996 game, Aberdeen have reached 11 Scottish Cup semi-finals and 11 League Cup semis (22 altogether). In that same period, Hearts have made it to nine SC semis and 11 LC semis (20).

This is the fifth time they have both been in the Scottish Cup last four at the same time since 1996. They have also been in the LC semis four times together. Yet, on the previous eight occasions, they have managed to avoid each other in both the semi and final.

In those same 29 years, Aberdeen have played four semi-finals v Hibs, and they have met Dundee United in four semis (granted, only one of the four were at Hampden). They've had two semis with Rangers at Hampden, and our most popular semi-final meeting is with Celtic were we've met six times - but have actually avoided Celtic in the draw more than we've been paired with them (seven).

So is Monday night's draw the first time in 29 years, and just the third time in history, we are paired with Hearts at Hampden?

 

 

Not sure where anyone has said the draw is fixed 🤔

If your comment is directed at me then you are misinterpreting my words.

 

7 hours ago, Panda said:

Wild that people still think the semi-final draws are fixed. We've got a 1/3 chance of getting any of them. We might get the winner of Livi/St Johnstone, we might get Celtic.
 

Interesting statistic though (interesting to me at least). 

In the entire history of Scottish football, Aberdeen and Hearts have only ever met  at Hampden twice, despite both reaching the latter stages of both cup competitions more than most. They met in the 86 final, and the 96 semi. (They have met in a League Cup semi, but it was at Easter Road).

Since that 1996 game, Aberdeen have reached 11 Scottish Cup semi-finals and 11 League Cup semis (22 altogether). In that same period, Hearts have made it to nine SC semis and 11 LC semis (20).

This is the fifth time they have both been in the Scottish Cup last four at the same time since 1996. They have also been in the LC semis four times together. Yet, on the previous eight occasions, they have managed to avoid each other in both the semi and final.

In those same 29 years, Aberdeen have played four semi-finals v Hibs, and they have met Dundee United in four semis (granted, only one of the four were at Hampden). They've had two semis with Rangers at Hampden, and our most popular semi-final meeting is with Celtic were we've met six times - but have actually avoided Celtic in the draw more than we've been paired with them (seven).

So is Monday night's draw the first time in 29 years, and just the third time in history, we are paired with Hearts at Hampden?

 

 

So you don't think the draw is fixed, but then go on to show the unlikelihood of us not meeting hearts in a semi? Sounds exactly like a fix to me. I think it's clear to everyone in Scottish football that the establishment is trying to separate the dandies and the diets in order to set up the dream final. 

Being honest, I'd much rather get the Huns Without Busfares in the semi than Celtic. I'd rather we had ANYONE but Celtic.

Any Premiership team is perfectly capable of beating each other, which is what you want in a cup game. But it takes the Celtic team to have an increasingly-rare collective day off for any team to stand a chance, such is the gulf in resources 

Here's one for the pub quiz; since 1990 Aberdeen have only won three Scottish Cup semi-finals, and all three have been against Hibs.

6 minutes ago, Panda said:

Here's one for the pub quiz; since 1990 Aberdeen have only won three Scottish Cup semi-finals, and all three have been against Hibs.

You're not supposed to tell us the answer to the quiz. It doesn't make for a fun evening.

5 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

You're not supposed to tell us the answer to the quiz. It doesn't make for a fun evening.

It's for when you run your pub quiz.

You've been promising to put on a pub quiz to raise funds for Donstalk for months now. I'm beginning to think I imagined the whole thing.

 

1 hour ago, Panda said:

It's for when you run your pub quiz.

You've been promising to put on a pub quiz to raise funds for Donstalk for months now. I'm beginning to think I imagined the whole thing.

 

I held it last month, did you not get your invite? It was very well attended, from across the globe.

2 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

I held it last month, did you not get your invite? It was very well attended, from across the globe.

Were there any Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup semi-final type questions?

If not I wouldn't have been much use.

 

What a fucking ping from Carey to put St J ahead 👏👏👏👏

Brilliant strike.

9 minutes ago, tlg1903 said:

What a fucking ping from Carey to put St J ahead 👏👏👏👏

Frankly the one and only piece of entertainment in a fairly abysmal game of football 

2 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Frankly the one and only piece of entertainment in a fairly abysmal game of football 

It's not been great, livi weren't too bad 1st half 2bf 

13 minutes ago, Jute said:

Brilliant strike.

Easily goal of the tournament so far from what I've seen. 

Full time 

1-0 Saints 

Hearts it is. 

Just now, tlg1903 said:

Hearts it is. 

Fixed!

What was expected. Means East end of ground so less pubs. Trains from capital will be fun.

Get hearts pumped and prey for a miracle from the saints. 

Edited March 10, 20251 yr by redordead

Are we thinking the Saturday game cause  I defo can't go on Easter Sunday