Posts Tagged ‘Scottish Cup’
The definition of embarrassment
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Update: Scottish Cup Quarter Final draw
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
As most of you probably already know, the draw for the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup takes place at Hampden this afternoon, quite possibly behind closed doors, and right in the middle of Bargain Hunt.
With only eight teams left in the competition – including a healthy smattering of First division sides – the ‘Big Boys’ of Scottish football will be hoping to avoid a tricky away-day to some far-flung corner of the empire, where the chances of things going horribly wrong make for an exciting evening in front of the wireless. (more…)
Dancing on the streets of Raith
Sunday, February 7th, 2010So there I was, up the town, being slightly distracted by what’s going on around me as I’m trying to find out by how many goals Aberdeen are leading Raith Rovers. Checking the Sky Sports Score Center for the Aberdeen score on my phone, it was hard getting a signal, and the score took forever to appear. I believe I was halfway down the frozen food section of my local superstore when I finally got a connection. Raith 1, Aberdeen 0, it said. “Fuck” I said. Rather loudly.
Within three minutes of the final whistle having gone at Stark’s Park and the score still seemingly at 1-0 to Raith, I had an article written in my head, the title of which compared manager Mark McGhee to one of those things you find at the top of women’s legs and the rest of the squad to an assortment of items you’d find in books about reproductive gynaecology. But I calmed down when someone told me via Twitter that Gary McDonald had equalized for Aberdeen in the 95th minute. So I calmed down, came home and wrote this article instead. (more…)
The Scottish Cup Cavalcade!
Friday, February 5th, 2010Back in the day when an Aberdeen appearance in a Scottish Cup final was a reasonably regular occurrence, the prospect of playing some lower Division canon-fodder was generally greeted in the same manner that the owner of an abattoir welcomes another delivery of mangy cows and sheep to his premises. We’d hack and slice our way through our hapless opponents in a determined, if not always pretty fashion, to emerge victorious and quite often blood stained at the end of it all. Yes, football was a man’s game in them days…
But oh, how the ravages of time have made a seemingly innocuous game against a team that’s fourth from the bottom of the First division the sort of affair that would have you watching the highlights from behind the sofa through the fingers of your hands, your buttocks clenched so tight that not even the most perfectly formed gaseous excretions could get out, and cramp sets in after the first five minutes.
I realise I am being rather hard on my beloved AFC of late (ref: our previous posting), but fuck it, I feel like a right spanner walking around IKEA on a Saturday morning in my replica top being pointed and laughed at by small children; the parents are generally not much better either. Things have got to change, starting tomorrow. So, back the meat wagon up against the doorway at Stark’s Park and herd those Raith Rovers players into the whirling knives of our killer attack.
Oh, there are some other games on as well, by the way. (more…)
Common sense prevails
Friday, January 22nd, 2010So Dunfermline, somewhat against the odds, manage to salvage their Scottish Cup campaign as their expulsion from the competition is successfully overturned on appeal. A replay and a massive fine are the end result, one which, given the circumstances, is probably the correct one. For Dunfermline, preparations for the replay can begin but the club must feel the pressure as the stakes where raised considerably once the verdict was announced. (more…)
