Really hope for a big crowd but looks like we'll be relying on a lot of walk ups and pay at the gate to get a decent attendance, sadly won't make the sell out.

 

Anyway good interview with George Adams here: http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20120807/ross-county-preview-_2212158_2874253

 

History between Aberdeen and Ross County is quite quick to summarise as we have never played a competitive game against each other at first team level and never at Pittodrie:

 

While the Dons have been frequent visitors to Victoria Park through the years, appearing in various friendly and testimonial matches, County will be visiting Pittodrie for the first ever time in competitive action against Aberdeen on Saturday. The only occasion that Ross County played at the old stadium was back in 1993 the Scottish Qualifying Cup Final. On that occasion they came up against Rosyth Dockyard and went down 4-1. The only other competitive game found in the club archive was a BP Youth Cup clash in 1991.

Full Record

 

Played 6

Won 4

Drawn 1

Lost 1

 

20 Jul 2002 Ross County 1 - 4 Aberdeen Friendly

21 Jul 2001 Ross County 2 - 3 Aberdeen Friendly

18 Jul 1998 Ross County 0 - 2 Aberdeen Friendly

19 Jul 1997 Ross County 1 - 1 Aberdeen Friendly

31 Jul 1982 Ross County 0 - 5 Aberdeen Friendly

23 Apr 1973 Ross County 2 - 1 Aberdeen Friendly

01 May 1971 Ross County 0 - 6 Aberdeen Friendly

01 May 1969 Ross County 0 - 5 Aberdeen Friendly

 

Current Competitive Form

 

Aberdeen

LOSS 0-1 Tims (A)

DRAW 0-0 St Mirren (H)

DRAW 1-1 Killie (A)

LOSS 1-2 Hibs (H)

LOSS 0-3 Pars (A)

WIN 2-0 ICT (A)

Ross County

DRAW 0-0 Well (H)

WIN 5-3 QotS (A)

WIN 5-1 Accies (H)

DRAW 1-1 Morton (A)

WIN 3-0 Jutes (H)

WIN 3-1 Ayr (A)

Overall their unbeaten league run goes back to the 13th August 2011 when they lost 5-1 to Accies

Their last competitive defeat came in the Scottish Cup Replay vs St Mirren when they lost 2-1 on the 14th Feb 2012

The important point is after nine (i hope)

 

I hope too!

 

Question for anyone who has read official rules, .. are you allowed to get on a train before 9pm (with destination after 9pm) carrying alcohol (but not drinking any of it after 9pm?)

I hope too!

 

Question for anyone who has read official rules, .. are you allowed to get on a train before 9pm (with destination after 9pm) carrying alcohol (but not drinking any of it after 9pm?)

 

I think you can, you can have alcohol in your bag so long as you don't drink it or have it visibly showing after 9pm or before 10am.

 

Scotrail tweeted me last week saying that trains before football games will have alcohol bans more often now. I wondered if that is just between cities that the playing clubs are from or any train going to any city with a game on which arrives at the time that football fans are likely to arrive.

 

 

I think you can, you can have alcohol in your bag so long as you don't drink it or have it visibly showing after 9pm or before 10am.

 

Scotrail tweeted me last week saying that trains before football games will have alcohol bans more often now. I wondered if that is just between cities that the playing clubs are from or any train going to any city with a game on which arrives at the time that football fans are likely to arrive.

 

 

 

Folk heading up on the train before us so will try and find out what happens to them.

I'm sure it will just be trains between the towns/cities of the respective teams.....hopefully

3,181 tickets left for the home end.

coyr

Very good to see, COYR!

Less than 3000 now.

However if GS is correct then they have taken a fair few off the website to sell on the day. Personally I think that would be a bit silly. Cant exactly be hard to close the Online sales 1hr before the turnstiles open and then pass on the remaining printed tickets to the sellers...can it?

In/Oot: In

Prematcher: Supplying cups of tea to Dad and Bro who are sorting some slates on my roof

Match: South Stand

Postmatcher: Few celebratory beers at hame

Prediction: 3-1 Aberdeen

2072 left on RW.

How's everyone think we'll line up? Id go for:

 

Brown

 

Osbourne

Anderson

Considine

Naysmith

 

Hayes

Rae

Jack

Milsom

 

McGinn

Vernon

Any news from the game at all

 

Wasn't able to listen or watch it. Was mcginn injured?

He was stretchered off.

 

Crowd reported as 14,010.

Same old pish.

Vernon cost us two points. Mcginn was terrible. Ozzie, hughes, anderson did well. The rest averagage.

Vernon cost us two points. Mcginn was terrible. Ozzie, hughes, anderson did well. The rest averagage.

 

Was mcginn being played as a striker? I still think that this really is something brown needs to address.

Thought McGennis was supposed to be a defender now?

 

I think we were a bit unlucky today, we were the better team. County defended really well, they will stay up easy

I thought there was lots to be enthusiastic about. Hughes looked most impressive going forward, hope he can keep that up, looked composed on the ball and had a bit of flair at times. Osboure played the best I've seen him play and if he can keep that up would solve the right back problem. Defence looked solid again for most part. Young Ryan Fraser looked good coming on, delivered the ball far better than Hayes did who was poor in that sense.

I think there was enough there to hopefully keep some fans for the next home game, on another day it was a comfortable 3-0 and everyone is happy

Hmmmm. Same players who played well against the Tims. Hope Vernon isn't settling for a mediocre season already!

There was certainly no lack of effort or passion, we're just not clinical enough in front of goal.

 

Positives ... Osbourne, Considine, Hughes and Fraser all looked great. Wasn't the best I've seen from Jack, but he has a touch of class about him and I think we'll do well to keep him for the season. Great to see Anderson again.

 

Negatives ... Bizarre first half formation.  Lack of ambition in the first half, particularly down the left where nobody was willing to have a go at that donkey Tokely - we should have been taking him to the cleaners.  Disappointed not to see Milsom.

 

We look solid, but failing to win at home against RC is really not acceptable.

 

 

We struggled going forward, so why is Milsom still missing?

 

Brown is doing my nut in. We really needed something to change, it was quite clear from fairly early on we were unlikely to score.

 

Solid but negative. I don't mind being hard to beat, that's fine and dandy but we don't much look like winning either.

We struggled going forward, so why is Milsom still missing?

 

Brown is doing my nut in. We really needed something to change, it was quite clear from fairly early on we were unlikely to score.

 

Solid but negative. I don't mind being hard to beat, that's fine and dandy but we don't much look like winning either.

 

Pretty much sums up my feelings. Board have given Brown tools to make us more attack minded but he still put the team out not to lose rather than look to win.

Magennis was more effective in the few minutes he got than Vernon was all day.

Failing to score at home against any SPL team is simply not acceptable. The odd score draw here and there is ok, but drawing a blank against this lot is just very very bad.

Failing to score at home against any SPL team is simply not acceptable. The odd score draw here and there is ok, but drawing a blank against this lot is just very very bad.

 

Against the first division champions who haven't lost a game for what? 38 games? Slight over-reaction BTR. We were extremely unlucky not to hit the back of the net.