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March


Short month with the international break but no change to the established order.


Fixtures

Scottish Cup Q/F
Aberdeen 2-0 Hibs
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Goals in either half from the Frizzell & Klein strike force


Aberdeen 4-0 Celtic
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Serge Gnabry almost played a full game of football but like most comebacks he went off injured after doing the damage. He's putting our physio's kids through collage


Hibs 1-3 Aberdeen
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Shared the glory with Klein last time but with the Aussie striker already off on International duty Frizzell did all the work himself




SPFL Table
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Title will be in town by early April. Despite Celtic's efforts to loose the title asap. Celtic themselves look set for 2nd while the fight for 5th stays between Rangers, Hibs and Falkirk. Hearts have done enough for 6th. The bottom 4 finally get some separation as Inverness pull away from Raith and Ross County while Morton fall 4 points behind them at the bottom.




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Scotland
March Fixtures




Squad
All injured players from November are back


World Cup Qualifyer Match 1
Russia 5-2 Scotland
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This was the worst half of football the Scottish nation has possibly ever been treated too. Back at Aberdeen were used to being 5 goals ahead at half time but not 5 goals behind! Griffiths restored some form of dignity with 2nd half goals but were in a hole right off the bat in this campaign


World Cup Qualifyer Match 2
Scotland 2-2 Switzerland
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Just when it couldnt be worse we drop points at home after leading 2-0. We even had 30 minutes to get the win but never really looked like doing so.




Table
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This is maybe looking much harder than i anticipated. Were 4th of the teams that have a shot of winning the group and already well 5 or 3 points behind the other teams.



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April




Fixtures

Aberdeen 4-0 Dundee
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This result secured a third in a row and easier title so far with no European action to interfere


Falkirk 0-3 Aberdeen
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Time has come to start giving youth players and the back up players a shot. Frizzell and Klein went off injured to make sure i'll be even more cautious while trying to remain unbeaten


Scottish Cup S/F
Rangers 2-3 Aberdeen
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We threw away a 2 goal first half lead as Jamie Walker & Peter Grant forced extra time. Serge Gnabry was sent off as all the momentum moved to Rangers until captain Ryan Jack struck a priceless winning goal with only 3 minutes of extra time to go to put us in another Cup Final


Aberdeen 2-1 Rangers
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Once again we were two goals clear at half time and Rangers pulled one back and it all felt like dejavu. Thankfully neither team scored again and we won our final game against Rangers this season.




SPFL Table
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We race towards a points record, Playing the youth may put a stop to that. Falkirk look to have fallen out of the race for 3rd but still an amazing season. Raith Rovers are the form team of the league and will probably secure a spot in the league next year. Inverness are only 4 points clear of Ross County while Morton need snookers to survive now 5 points off 11th placed County



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May


Fixtures

Hibs 0-0 Aberdeen
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Celtic 1-1 Aberdeen
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Klein and Griffiths lead there teams to a point as for the second game in a row a player is sent off near the end to almost cost us the unbeaten run


Hearts 0-2 Aberdeen
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A preview of the Scottish Cup final although we'll have a far stronger team on that day


Aberdeen 1-0 Falkirk
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Was there any other way to end the season than Klein scoring the winning goal?




SPFL final table
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Aberdeen finish 1 point off Celtic's all time record. Ross County had an abysmal run in the bottom 6 and go down. Morton fight to force a play off



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Just wanted to say I've been a silent reader full way through (catch up on lunch breaks) but thought I'd post a message of congrats after doing 2 seasons unbeaten in the league, truly incredible.

Hope you keep this save going, would love to see you win Champions League.
 
I love that lopsided Top Goalscorer tally :P Congrats on another great season - domestically anyway, hopefully next season you will do better in Europe too
 
toddzy said:
Just wanted to say I've been a silent reader full way through (catch up on lunch breaks) but thought I'd post a message of congrats after doing 2 seasons unbeaten in the league, truly incredible.

Hope you keep this save going, would love to see you win Champions League.
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Thanks. Thats how i first got into using this site almost 10 years ago! Winning the Champions League is the ultimate target. Hopefully next year we'll be back in the knockout phase at least

PatrickLFC said:
I love that lopsided Top Goalscorer tally :P Congrats on another great season - domestically anyway, hopefully next season you will do better in Europe too
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TheLuckDuck said:
54 league goals :O
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It was good but he'll be back next year to take on the best season's ever. Last years 54 goals would only be enough for 8th on the all time league scorer's list
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And there's a lot of work before he joins the 27 players with more than 500 career goals
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Scottish Cup Final 2021

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Hearts Vs Aberdeen
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Line ups
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I wonder who inspired Hearts formation?




Hearts 0-3 Aberdeen AET
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We seen one of the most boring first 90 minutes in this or any save. Both sides had chances but it felt more like a warm up than a cup final. Extra time belonged to Aberdeen however Klein scored two more goals to add to his record total and a 3rd Borja Garcia goal secured the treble treble and second unbeaten Scottish season




Domestic Season Record
P47 W41 D6 L0


Past Two seasons unbeaten
P94 W82 D12 L0


Yep the last 2 seasons have been identical. amazing stuff




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Scotland
June Fixtures


Squad


World Cup Qualifier match 3
Kosovo 2-1 Scotland
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Our nightmare start shows no signs of improvement as the newest team in the European qualifying stages. Kosovo hd a 2 goal lead before a second half goal from Griffiths gave us hope but no points.


World Cup Qualifier match 4
Estonia 1-4 Scotland
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We finally get our first win. against the basement dwellers. Griffiths got his hatrick and is now on 55 goals for Scotland. Now in his 30's we need to find his long term replacement




Table
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Were almost at the half way stage and were 5 points from the top 3. Next seasons defense will have to up there game several levels to make the 2022 world cup.


Darren Fletcher retires
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End of Season 2020/21


Scotland


Last season i said our record of 32 wins would be nearly impossible to match. Well so much for that. Still not hit Celtic record points haul so that plus Hearts 132 goals in one season, our best is 125 and finally Celtic's 25 wins in a a row are the three records we will have our sights on for next season while keeping our amazing unbeaten run going. Were now at 78 SPL matches and 97 games overall in all Scottish football competitions without defeat. The 78 league run is the second best in European history behind Steaua Bucuresti's 106 game unbeaten run from 1986-1989 although we dont have a commie government controlling our players. Paul Hartley can consider his first full season at Celtic a success as he matched Brendon Rodgers best season total points with a weaker squad. Rangers, Falkirk and Hibs had there private battle over the Europa League places. Hearts were the final team in the top 6 and had a great end of a season. Dundee were not good enough for the top 6 but too good for bottom 6. Partick were also stuck in no mans land but tied with Raith who finished the season on fire pulling well clear of the other bottom sides. Inverness tied with Morton on 29 points but Morton's significantly worse goal difference had them in the play off spots which proved to be vital as Motherwell thrashed them in the final. while Ross County went right back to the Championships.

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Hamilton are another team returning to the SPL winning the championship comfortably leaving behind Dundee Utd, Kilmarnock & St Johnstone but not Dunfermline who suffer back to back relegations. Berwick avoided following them thanks in large part to the league's top scorer Bob McHugh. Forfar won League 1 and are the only team coming up from there this season while Queens Park and Hampden return to League 2 finishing 1 point clear of bottom spot and then won there play off game to survive. The most dramatic league by a long way this term was League 2. The two remaining promoted sides Hawick & Brora fought out a season long battle for the title with Hawick taking the trophy home. Elgin City fell out of the league loosing to Vale of Leithen

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Big League review
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Atletico once again win a tight La Liga a point clear of Barcelona gaining revenge for getting put out of the Champions league by them again. Real Madrid were 4 points back while Real Socidad shocked the league by taking the Champions League spot while Villarreal miss out of Europe.
Man City won one of the closes Premiership's in a while with Tottenham one point behind and Arsenal only 3 off the title. familiar teams taking the European spots while Chelsea take there first FA Cup trophy in the save.
Juventus are back on top in Italy in a thrilling 4 way fight with Roma, Inter and defending champions Napoli missing out on the Champions league
Bayern won the Bundasliga by 13 points, Usual suspects Dortmund & Leverkusen are joined by the ever improving Hoffenheim in the Champions League while Stuttgart are the biggest team in Europe to be relegated so far.
Monaco fell 2 points short of last years total but still outscored even Aberdeen with 105 points with a comfortable gap to PSG who were even further clear of Lyon. PSG did win there 6th French cup in 7 seasons to save face




No Early Summer Manager changes




Aberdeen 2019/20
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At this stage it may be time to say bye to Ryan Jack as a starting player while Ali Msakni also has a questionable season. Chambers had a great first season while Frizzell secured his place as the second striker in the team while Klein is nothing short of a monster




Aberdeen Fans player awards
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Klein romps to the player of the year but im shocked that under 70% of fans voted for him despite all his scoring records

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So here's the artwork behind what had to be by far my greatest single season performer from a striker. 54 league goals and 60 in totals. Unbeatable records.






Aberdeen Finances
Final Balance £39,7M -£3m


Our first Loss of money over a season. Most of that is down to the £18m of Champions league money we missed out on as well as ticket money from those games. Higher spending on wages will be addressed this summer.





Other Competitions


Champions League
Tottenham 1-0 Barcelona
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Harry Kane thought it was 1999 with a stoppage time winner


Europa League
Schalke 1-3 Man City
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Its a double for Man City, Sacking Pep is the best thing they ever did.




Scottish Teams in Europe
Aberdeen - Champions League Group Phase
Celtic - Europa League Group Phase
Hearts - Europa League Group Phase
Rangers - Europa League Group Phase
Hibs - Europa League Play Off



European Rankings
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Aberdeen move up 1 spot despite a champions league horror show. Celtic & Rangers in the top 100






Awards




SPL Player of the year
Matthias Klein
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A Aberdeen attackers benifit. All under 24 too.


SPL Young Player of the year
Isaac Pereira
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3rd in the overall player of the year the 20 year old have been a revelation and will have pole position for holding onto the stating spot next year.


SPL Top Scorer
Matthias Klein - 54
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Klein wins with a insane 54 goal haul, more than his last 2 winning total combined! A former Aberdeen striker Scott Wright finished 2nd. Maybe i shouldnt have let him got for free!


Scottish team of the year
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Only 8 Dons players. This is because they used Frizzell as a right winger. Which he was until this season rather than a striker possibly costing us 2 spots. Joe Dodoo got on the left wing as i couldnt keep one fit but that will be different next season Trust me! Then Musonda at Celtic was far better than Ryan Jack in the midifield. Strangly it was back up player Henriksen not starter Roca that got in the team of the year.



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Pre Season 2021/22




A summer that can only get 10/10 when it comes to keeping players, buying players and sorting out contracts. On the flip side we had to gamble on stocking our side up with a stacked first team, lots on loan and a overflowing under 20s including a few players without work permits.


A very strange summer with far more players leaving than joining. The EU ban is causing chaos to my transfer plans but we picked up a stunning French midfielder on a free and possibly the best regen DR in the save at almost double the record fee for a Scottish team.






Manager Changes
Cesare Prandelli - Seville
Igor Denisov - Spartak Moscow
Liam Fox - St Mirren
Laurent Blanc - Anderlecht
Fernando Hierro - Napoli






Season Targets
SPL - Winners
Scottish Cup - Win
League Cup - Win
Champions League - Last 16


We've cut back our spending and will spend less time trying to find a set starting 11 s we'll have a settled side going into the Champions League games.






Pre season friendly's
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Amazingly we beat Wolfsburg, Arsenal and Barcelona but lost to French 2nd Division side Red Star FC! The final game against Barcelona saw me loose Scotland star CB Callum Dickson for 6 months & our new record signing for 2 months! Wantaway midfielder Fernando Rey was the stand out player in pre season.






Pre Season Prices
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Looks like its the top 4 then the rest. Hearts end of season form last year reflects in there middle of the road on there own price. Motherwell, Hamilton and Raith are favorites for relegation






Transfers
Transfer records for a single deal and total sales are smashed but it came at a cost as several key players move on






Aberdeen Transfers
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Axel Hock - DR
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Our only major signing of the summer He's been on my "unrealistic" short list for years and when his team Mainz were relegated a realistic fee of £21.5m was the buy out clause but the expected offers from Bayern and the like never came and we had a unchallenged run at him. Thankfully the usual twats at the work permit office must of had a day off as we add a 3rd career player to our defense. IF We can convince him to stay long term at the end of his contract in 2026! Buy out fee is £60m


Thierry Richard - MC
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Our only other 1st team signing in the window so far come from France on a free transfer. Had a promising start in his mid teens but never developed with Caen in the French 2nd division. Hoping to get his chance at Pittodrie




3 More players joining our a ever weakening u20 team
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Out
5 regular starters from last seasons team move on. Last years record transfer Calum Chambers goes back to England with Southampton with our £11.25m immediately returned with another £4m to come over the next two years. His right wing man Isaac Pereira had £8m buy out clause that he was unwilling to negotiate so he moved on to Napoli. For £1m less the man that i expected to change the teams fortunes around Serge Gnabry went back home to Arsenal with £7m almost covering his medical bills. Most controversial move of the summer was long term captain Ryan Jack. He had a awful season compared to the rest of the squad and felt like he had not grown with the squad and its time to give others a chance. Jack can at least say he's now in the top 10 for overall Aberdeen appearances with 399 and still has a good few years to go down south and prove himself. Former starting player Christoher Jullien. He had sank to the depths of being a squad player so £4,5m cheque from Sunderland was enough to turn my head. Final major player on the move was Oussama Tannane. Never broke into a starting spot and with other wingers coming back from loans another £4m total return was not to be sniffed at. Two youth player's i couldnt get into the first team and was not willing to sign contract extensions were Karl Sveinsson & Miroslav Hora. One went to Dundee the other went to Real Madrid.....






World Transfers
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This summer has been mental. The oil rich teams have spent huge sums while Man Utd spent £30m on Lewis Cook and another £30m on Wayne Walker who my Aberdeen players ran rings round 2 seasons ago when he was at Celtic on loan.






SPL Transfers
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Take out Aberdeen and it a poor summer for the SPL with Celtic loosing a few key players. Hibs make less profile additions but the best of the youngsters that moved south Alen Brtan, Jack Munro and Joe Page all join there champions League challenge. Rangers biggest addition was 33 year old Adam Lallana.






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The starting team looks to have improved from the rest of the squad. Only the center of the midfield is up for questions. Ross Macauley will also be on a short leash as with him and Adam Smith the worry for this is this could be too soon?




Youth team
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This is the weakest u20s team i've had since the first season thanks to Brexit




Starting 11
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I've kept changes to a minimum. Hock was bought in as a once in a save addition. Smith gets the first shot at replacing Ryan Jack in the midfield while our star play Lozano finally has a work permit and is joined on the wing by u20 star Ross Maccauley who's name i never spell right



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Great work as always. Another fine read. After 4 seasons all thats left to do in the save is win a european trophy
 



August


5 games, 5 wins all comfortable including thrashing Rangers on flag day




Fixtures



Aberdeen 4-0 Rangers
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A quiet first half where Rangers held there own and knocked back our advances. The second half seen us return to last years form. 2 of the players returning from loans Lozano and 3rd choice right back Stephen got goals. Back up striker Lars Skutelis & Adam Fizzell got the other goals as we get the season off to a perfect start.


Betfred Cup 2nd Round
Aberdeen 6-1 Hamilton
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With only two regular starters this had the potential to be a disaster against a fellow SPL team but the youngsters show our u19s are still a team with quality running through it especially since half of the goals from the u20s.


Raith 1-5 Aberdeen
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Klein finally got his first goal of the season but was quickly cancelled out by there worst player Ricki Lamie. Borja got us back in front before the break and the scoring went mad once Raith went down to 10 men.


Aberdeen 2-0 Inverness CT
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Klein got both goals


Aberdeen 3-1 Hearts
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Hearts were the only other team to top the table at all this season as they scored the first SPL goal of the season. They showed no threat of doing so again as Klein got 2 and right back Landi pulled another one back




SPFL Table
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Top 3 already look like they will soon run clear of the rest. Rangers start was abysmal as they only got there first win against winless side Motherwell




Champions League Draw
Group of Death
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It couldnt have been much worse. There's a real chance we'll end up bottom again.




August Transfer Window




Aberdeen
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Three u20s Join





World Transfers
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SPL Transfers
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Celtic have mini clear our and bring in youths and loans to plug the gaps, Hibs too loaned 3 more players as well as buying Rangers best wing back. Rangers buy Hamilton and Hearts back up players....



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Scotland
September Fixtures




Squad
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A few changes. Hibs wonder kid Ben Mcllroy is apparently the best in Scotland so he'll take over from Fletcher. Both my center back Hanley & Dickson are out injured




World Cup Qualifier Match
Scotland 6-1 Liechtenstein
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This was nothing but a warm up fo the Russia match


World Cup Qualifier Match
Scotland 3-0 Russia
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This game was win or bust for our qualifying chances and thanks to the big win with 3 second half goals were right back in the playoff battle




Table
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That massive result combined with Estonia beating Kosovo has us right in the mix for that playoff spot. Snookers required to catch Switzerland in top spot.



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September


Aberdeen are unbeaten in all competition taking there domestic form into a solid start in Europe




Fixtures


Falkirk 0-2 Aberdeen
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Incredibly dirty game. Didnt realise the relations were so bad


Champions League Match 1
PSV 0-5 Aberdeen
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An amazing start to the campaign that puts us firmly in pole position for 3rd place. Klein's hattrick is his announcement that this year he wants the Champions league golden boot as well


Celtic 1-1 Aberdeen
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We drop points for the first time this season with all the action going down in the first 6 minutes


Betfair Cup Q/F
Aberdeen 3-0 QOTS
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with only 3 regular starters we win convincingly against lower league opposition


Aberdeen 4-1 Dundee
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Klein's two early goals were almost nulled by a Dundee fightback that lasted till early in the 2nd half


Champions League Match 2
Aberdeen 1-1 Juventus
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We outplayed the Italian giants for most of the game but have to share the points once Klein pulled us level after Juventus hit us with a suckerpunch in the half hour






SPFL Table
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Aberdeen lead the way but to the shock of us all Partick are in 2nd spot ahead of Celtic and Hibs. Rangers still looking to find some form in 7th only just got there 2nd win. Very bleak start for Motherwell & Falkirk who are still yet to win.




Champions League
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We came very close to getting 6 points out of 6 but still i cant complain abut 4 points heading into our double header with Arsenal which will decide if were fighting for top 2 or 3rd place.



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Scotland
October Fixtures




Squad
Same problems as last month. Both starting CB's are out




European Championships Qualifier Match
Switzerland 2-1 Scotland
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The Swiss are a better team and won out in a tight game that leaves us having to win our last 3 games just to make the playoffs


European Championships Qualifier Match
Scotland 3-1 Kosovo
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We HAD to win this game and despite a scare from Kosovo in the second half we won out, And the Swiss beat Russia to close the gap.




Table
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We still need Russia to mess up one of there final games to get us into the 2022 world cup



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Been keeping up to date with this in the background as I had forgot my login details. Brilliant read so far and well done on your achievements with Aberdeen.
 
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