scotfree Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Aberdeen 6 Rangers 0. This day 1954. Scottish Cup Semi Final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 April is a good month for nostalgia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madbadteacher Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 May is better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 Aberdeen 6 Rangers 0. This day 1954. Scottish Cup Semi Final. Joe O'Neil scored a hat trick that day, which is amazing in its self but check this out: Joe had suffered a depressed fracture of the skull in a game against Falkirk only three weeks earlier but declared himself fit for the game against Rangers, against the doctor's advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madbadteacher Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Fucking pansies these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Poofs the lot of them. In my glittering 5 and 7 - a - side career I got my foot broken in two places in a tackle 10 minutes into the game. I played on because I'm a fucking committed cunt and went on to score a hat-trick before going off half an hour later. Fuck me it was sair the next day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatjim Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Poofs the lot of them. In my glittering 5 and 7 - a - side career I got my foot broken in two places in a tackle 10 minutes into the game. I played on because I'm a fucking committed cunt and went on to score a hat-trick before going off half an hour later. Fuck me it was sair the next day. You'll not be going back to those two places in a hurry then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Another belter for April: On This Day: 11 April 1970: After a gap of fifteen years the Dons win a trophy, this time it's the Scottish Cup which they lift in front of 108,464 people by beating favourites Celtic 3-1, with the goals coming from McKay 2 and Harper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 http://www.afcheritage.org/matches/fixtures/mreport.cfm?fixture_id=4931&squad=Senior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 http://www.afcheritage.org/matches/fixtures/mreport.cfm?fixture_id=4931&squad=Senior Aye, thanks for reminding us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Jesus, still one of my darkest times as a dons fan. Thanks Stewart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 http://www.afcheritage.org/matches/fixtures/mreport.cfm?fixture_id=4931&squad=Senior Well you're a bit of a cunt aren't you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Another belter for April: http://www.afcheritage.org/matches/fixtures/mreport.cfm?fixture_id=4931&squad=Senior Long time apart, very different emotions, but was at both games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted May 12, 2012 Author Share Posted May 12, 2012 22 yrs ago today :ultras: :ultras: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madbadteacher Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Was bhind the goal that day, still makes my hair stand on end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBiscuit Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Was bhind the goal that day, still makes my hair stand on end. Same, the bounce for Theo's save is up there in "Greatest Ever Bounce" and it abruptly ended as everyone realised our next taker happened to be big Irvine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlg1903 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Same, the bounce for Theo's save is up there in "Greatest Ever Bounce" and it abruptly ended as everyone realised our next taker happened to be big Irvine... I can only imagine the pessimism everyone felt before the ball hit the back of the net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBiscuit Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 I can only imagine the pessimism everyone felt before the ball hit the back of the net Nerves rather than pessimism I'd say, he took it rather superbly though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madbadteacher Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 I was more worried about Charlie's pen, after all he was off bac to the tims after that game, but he did the business too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlg1903 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Nerves rather than pessimism I'd say, he took it rather superbly though This was actually the very first football match i ever watched all the way through. Looking at it now it might actually have been better for my life if we had lost that shoot out. Potentially i could have decided that AFC were not worth the effort and saved myself years of misery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madbadteacher Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 If I remember it was a god-awful 120mins before the shootout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBiscuit Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 If I remember it was a god-awful 120mins before the shootout Yeah, not many chances. Nicholas had one cleared off the line in the first half and Gillhaus hit the side netting in the second but not much else happened. Don't remember Snelders making a save other than rogan's pen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_widdows Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Have to look at the quality of the penalty kicks and I put Theo's save as one of the greatest Penalties saves of all time. These days either the goalkeepers have dramatically improved or the top players cant handle the pressure mounted on them to score from 12 yards. Its almost a special skill It could be down to the excessive coverage of the game but I seem to recall a penalty being saved or missed as being almost headline news. Now it seems to be a regular occurrence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madbadteacher Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 I may just be being silly here, but I think as well as all of the above, keepers were smaller too? And possibly practiced saving pens less, certainly probably didn't research the opposition as much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Bobby Clark Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Same, the bounce for Theo's save is up there in "Greatest Ever Bounce" and it abruptly ended as everyone realised our next taker happened to be big Irvine... There was a lot of whispered - "oh Christ it's Dobbin next" around our section. I never used to realise just how fortunate a young man I was to be an Aberdeen fan and to see the team win so many trophies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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