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Scottish Cup Final 2035

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Aberdeen vs Celtic

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Aberdeen 3-0 Celtic
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Celtic made it a game for the first half before one of the least likely of scorers center back Silva put us ahead. With Celtic trying to go more attacking Greek God Stelios quickly had us 2 goals clear and with the game over Paulo Alexandre put the game to bed to secure our 8th Treble on the bounce. If we are still here next summer we could have done the treble treble, or treble treble treble. Im not sure haha



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End of Season 2034/35



Scotland
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The Aberdeen title is our weakest defense in a few years as we stunningly lost two games. The squad is getting old and the youth graduates have been abysmal at best so a decline from now till 2038, or when i leave is to be expected. Celtic were safe in 2nd for most of the season but Rangers needed a late charge to rescue 3rd spot from Partick while Hibs under Craig Malcolm look as good as they did in the Neil Lennon days, he left 8 seasons ago. Morton & Falkirk were not far from the top 6 both under new managers will be looking at getting back to the top 6 next season. Heart first manager change in 15 seasons saved them from relegation but a 8th place finish is well below what they should be doing. Mothwell dominated the bottom 6 games to pull clear of any relegation danger which saw Forfar go down and Hamilton in the play offs with Dundee also returning to the SPL


Just noticed the Champions League final was Grangier's 800th game for Aberdeen meaning he's played more games for Aberdeen than anyone EVER!




SPL Play-Off
Hamilton 1-5 Raith
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One season away and Raith come storming back into the SPL and Hamilton sack Peter Leven 10 years after he got promoted from a coaching job






Big League review
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Man Citys sad domination of the league continues win even Man Utd unable to keep up. Sunderland came agonisingly close to a champions league spot due to Arsenal dropping to 7th, Liverpool 9th and Leicester 14th!
Same story in Germany as Leverkusen win another title and are followed up by other youth producing mega powers Schalke & Dortmund and Bayern drop into the Europa League. At the other end Stuttgart are one of the biggest teams to get relegated in any league
Roma nicked the Serie A title from favorites Napoli by 1 point. Inter get the final Champions League spot while right on there tails were AC Milan and Juventus who go into the Europa Leauge
Atletico Madrid keep up there record of a major title every season with the League from Real Madrid. Bilbao & Villarreal are in the champions League with Valencia 5th and 6th place BARCELONA






Aberdeen
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5 of our starting players are now in there 30s but thankfully we should be able to get by till 2038 as the oldest do have solid back up. Depth may be a issue come time but were happy for now




Matthias Klein
Played 697 Scored 668 - 137 MOTM awards
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3rd most club appearances ever and Over 400 goals more than our next best scorer




At 37 year old he ends his legendary Aberdeen career but never fear he's already signed on to be a youth coach for next season


Other records
Aberdeen League Goal record 508
13 SPL Golden boots
3 European golden shoe
1 Champions League golden boot
1 Asian player of the year

Club total goals in a season 67
SPL Most goals in a season (54)
SPL Most man of the matches in a season (15)
World Club Championship season record - 7 goals
European Super Cup most goals in a game (4)


And in no question my favorite player in the save






Aberdeen Finances
£339m -£5m
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A minor drop after another season handing out many new contracts






World Rich list
£856m +£37m
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With the squad getting old i imagine this is our future




Other Competitions




Europa League
Roma 1-0 valencia AET
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Amazing season for Roma who add this to a Serie A title




Scottish Teams in Europe
Aberdeen - Champions League Final
Celtic - Europa League last 32
Rangers - Europa League Group
Hibs - Europa League Qualifier
Falkirk - Europa League Qualifier


Only Celtic in Europe after Christmas. Hibs were a mess so i'll let them off the hook but Rangers let us down!






European Rankings
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Were back on top after back to back finals. Celtic up to 33rd Rangers stay at 39th as the only sides in the top 100


No change to the Euro places. We pretty much the same and no sign of catching Portugal again in the near future






Awards




Aberdeen Fans player awards
Alan Granger
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Once again the title cant go anywhere but to the living legend




SPL Player of the year
Juan Pablo Pesce


Its been 8 seasons since Pesce last won the player of the year award after the emergence of Federico Lopez & Matheus Micael locked down the wings and pushed him onto the bench. Wont be there after this season




SPL Young Player of the year
Craig Wood - St Mirren
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Joins the list of players "who will you sign for in 2038"




SPL Top Scorer
Lewis McCann - Celtic
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Only the 3rd non Aberdeen winner in 18 seasons and the first from Celtic since Dembele in 2018




Scottish team of the year
7 Dons fill the line up
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Pre Season 2035/36




A Very quiet summer with no internationals or transfers




Season Targets
SPL - Winners
Scottish Cup - Win
League Cup - Win
Champions League - S/F


Champions league expectation is to get back to the final.






Pre Season Prices
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Our odds hit an all time low. Top 4 is as expected after the end to last season. Partick are underpriced down in 8th while Dundee are as high as any promoted team has been in a long time.






Aberdeen Squad
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Jamie Oyarzun is set ot be the starting wing back as Haskin gets into his 30s. Henrique may be in his last season starting ahead of Paulo Alexandre if he starts to drop off and Manea has the impossible task of taking Klein's No9






Aberdeen Transfers
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We get a meager £6.5m for Duarte plus a decent future fee. Booth & Campbell are moved on after failing to step up into the 1st team.






Manager Changes
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Long term bosses Phillip Cocu ends his 23 seasons at PSV as he takes the Hoffenheim job and Bruno Genesio moves on after 19 seasons at Lyon and finally Brendan Rodgers ends his 8 seasons at Villarreal and 15 years in Spain to come back to England with Nottm Forest and one of his former players Leigh Griffiths who's only previous job has been as a Scotland coach is now in his first managerial job at Sunderland




Scotland Summer games

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Two walkovers. I'll be picking my Euro 2036 squad from the finals qualifying games



Table
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We're only 3 points clear and its only 3 games in but i cant see us slipping up here.



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August






Fixtures
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SPFL Table
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We start Perfect and Dundee are up next looking for back to back league titles. But hold the phone look who is bottom!




Transfers
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Hibs and Falkirk loose there best players as Dunde buy a whole squad in the window




Champions League Draw
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EASY!! Are these guys nuts! This could be the toughest group i've seen in 15 years






Scotland

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A very dodgy performance against Azerbaijan but we came through in the end. Norway are amazingly last



And Grangier makes his 3rd return from International retirement
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September


Rangers get beaten up twice in League & cup but Napoli put the breaks on our perfect start


And worst of all the year after Klein retired our clear No1 striker is out for the season
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Fixtures
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SPFL Table
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Dundee are still best of the rest but the teams are all bunched up. Celtic found a few wins and are up to 7th as Rangers take there place in the bottom 3 with Hearts and Partick. Two of those teams fought on the final day for 3rd spot!




Champions League
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A very slow start at home to Napoli seen us drop a point and go right on the back foot before a routine win against whipping bots Dinamo. We'll need to get a result of some sort in one of the games against Man Utd or we might have to think about Europa League action




Celtic in a far easier group have made good start and might take our spot in the last 16!
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Scotland



A friendly and another easy win in the group
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A point in Ireland next time out will lock down top spot but even if we loose they need a 21 goal swing over the last two games.




In bigger news Dons Chalmers & Grangier got passed 100 caps
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And amazingly Connolly got past 100 goals
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October & November




An injury crisis makes for a tough slate of game for the back up players to come in for
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Jobs galore i just can not bring myself to be Rangers manager unless it was to push all there money to other teams and bankrupt them

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Fixtures
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Another win to nil in the Betfred cup see us into the final against Falkirk




SPFL Table
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The Dons are further clear than i can remember being New sides Raith, Motehrwell and Dundee's ability to make transfers has them in the top 6 with Celtic having won less than half there games. After the start Rangers & Hearts have made its obvious why they had to change managers






Champions League
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After a draw at Old Trafford we turned the group on its head by beating them in Aberdeen while Dinamo stun Napoli and are in pole position for a Europa League spot. In Match 5 it looked like a 92nd minute equalizer in Naples had cost us top spot until Dinamo extended the unbeaten run to 3 group games and left us in pole position for top spot.






Scotland



The 0-0 Draw at Windsor park ruined our perfect record but locked down our spot at Euro 2036 then with several changes we pumped Azerbaijan.


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Northern Ireland will also be joining us as will the Republic. Wales are the only home nation to miss the euro's in England

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December



Alan Grangier is the new record holder for club appearances in the league as well as all competitions
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Rangers have a new manager. Former Raith a Morton boss Ricki Lamie
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Busy period for managers overall as the SPL is fully stocked on managers again
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Fixtures
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9 wins in a row for December. Only Rangers scored against us



SPFL Table
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Celtic fly up the table and into 2nd spot. No sign of a Hearts or Rangers revival yet.




Champions League
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Top 2 go through with only 3 wins from the group of death.


Celtic do Scotland proud winning the group and helping last years Quarter Finalist Leverkusen out of the competition

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Last 16 Draw
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A grate draw for both Scottish teams. We could have 2 teams in the Quarter Finals






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February




Very interesting month on the job front. Dundee Utd have cash & Rangers need a hero, it wont be me!
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Celtic end our treble's in a row at 8. and with the jobs coming up there wont be another one!


Fixtures
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SPFL Table
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We secure the title again and are perfect as we speak with up to 9 games to play. Celtic are all but secured in 2nd spot then its a mess from 3rd to 9th. Hearts are in real trouble at the bottom and Rangers and St Mirren are the most likly teams to join them in the championship next season.




Champions League Last 16


1st Leg
Schalke 2-2 Aberdeen
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Dodgy 1st leg but at least we managed to save a draw and the 2 away goals will be huge for the 2nd leg




2nd Leg
Aberdeen 3-1 Schalke
Aberdeen win 5-3 on agg
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Results
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Both Manchester teams are out but Celtic join us in the Quarter Finals




Quarter Final Draw
Paris SG vs Aberdeen
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The dream was a all Scottish Quarter Final but maybe we'll have to wait for the semi finals or more likly we'll both be knocked out.




Youth intake
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This is by far our best youth intake in years. Enough to stay on? only time will tell



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Donald to stay at Aberdeen



Dundee United today confirmed talks with Aberdeen to buy out manager Darran Donalds contract has ended in failure.

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A delighted Aberdeen have already put in the first steps to extend there managers contract as he approaches 20 seasons at the club.

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HOWEVER
I may have hit a solution here

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I will be joining Dundee Utd but starting up another story on the story's page and hopefully running it side by side with the Dons save which with all the youth coming through especially my son made it impossible to walk away.


Not sure how i'll get on with this but time will tell if i have enough attention to do two saves side by side.


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March




4 Wins in the league, No more cup action for the last 2 months so plenty chances for the kids and back ups



Speaking of kids one of them broke the club record for youngest scorer from defense too
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Fixtures
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SPFL Table
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Were still perfect at the top and all eyes are on the fight for 3rd with the gap to 6th only 3 points. At the bottom Hearts are doomed, Rangers have to get results and the play St Mirren on the final day.




Champions League Quarter Finals



1st Leg
Paris SG 2-1 Aberdeen
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We were in tatters for the first half hour and when Grangier got a red card i conceded in myself that it was over. However we came out in the 2nd half and were the better team and were certainly unlucky not to pull back more than 1 goal. That goal has us set up perfectly for the 2nd leg




2nd leg
Aberdeen 0-0 Paris SG
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A dire game where we had a extra man for a hour but couldnt make it happen. Tactical mistakes on my side i can not deny that i really think i left it too late to go all out attack and cost us a semi final spot.


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Scotland
Scotland 1-0 Romania
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Our last game before the Euro's





Euro 2036 Draw
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Speaking of which We've been given a group with the defending champions




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End of Season 2035/36



With no cup finals it was all about trying out some youth players in the run in and see what the team will look like next season.



Not sure how this has only just happened but i'll take it!
CLUB LEGEND
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SPL Final Table
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We dropped points for the first and only time on the final day of the season. Celtic who were the Scottish team of the season were miles clear in 2nd. Raith, Hibs and Motherwell give a slightly differnet look to the European places. Former European regulars Hearts finish bottom and will be replaced with run away Championship winners Forfar




SPL Play-Off
St Mirren 3-3 QOTS
QOTS win on Pens
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The final SPL spot came down to penaltys and its QOTS led by former Aberdeen striker Conor Budrys moving up at St Mirrens expense





Big League review
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Utter miracle as i get all 4 leagues in one picture.






Aberdeen
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Last full season for Matheus Micael & Jose Henrique who now at 34 will be on a sharp downfall. Grangier is also 34 but will not be getting rest. Elsewhere Pesce had another great season and Langdalen showed he might be good enough to take Pesces spot in years to come. Evensen also stepped up for Grangier when required but no danger in a change there.






Aberdeen Finances
£413m +£74m

A £52m sponsorship deal in December turned the clubs profits along with having to offer our very few contracts






World Rich list
£834m -£22m
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Small drop in cash due to the squad getting old. PSG is testament to that






Other Competitions




Scottish Cup Final
Celtic 3-2 Dundee
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The Hoops best season in the save in complete by taking home there first Scottish Cup in 9 seasons.




Champions League final
Arsenal 0-1 Paris SG
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The Gunners chance of winning back to back Champions League titles for only the second time in the save went down the toilet in the 92nd minute to the Scottish conquerors. Cant help but applaud Celtic's amazing run




Europa League
Inter 2-3 Leverkusen
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What a final and a title totally deserved by the Germans who had a tough route to the final beating Barcelona the clear favorites on the way






Scottish Teams in Europe
Celtic - Champions League Semi Final
Aberdeen - Champions League Quarter Final
Rangers - Europa League Last 32
Hibs - Europa League Qualifier
Partick - Europa League Qualifier




Celtic displace us at the top team in European football for the first time since 2017/18, the 2nd season 18 years ago!






European Rankings
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Were stay on top after despite going out of the Champions League at the Quarter finals. Celtic are up to 30th, i expected more after there Champions League run but Rangers drop 12 spot to 51st after there worst season ever domestically




No change to the Euro places. We pretty much the same and no sign of catching Portugal again in the near future






Awards


Aberdeen Fans player awards
Alan Granger
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Once again the title cant go anywhere but to the living legends but it was closer than ever






SPL Player of the year
Stelios Tsaousakis
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First player of the year award for the Greek forward




SPL Young Player of the year
Martin Ramirez
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On loan from Aberdeen Ramierez will be looking for another loan move next year to keep up his development




SPL Top Scorer
Ross Douglas
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It was Douglas's 15th season at Pittodrie and with Manea out injured and Klein retired the Scotsman too what could be his only chance to win this award. It was also the 5th different winner in 5 seasons




Scottish team of the year
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6 Dons fill the line up. Some utter donkey in the defense though




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Euro 2036

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20 years on from the Magic of Bale and Hal Robson Kanu took Wales to the Semi finals & Ronaldo led Portugal to the promised land here's Scotland latest efforts to win a international trophy




The Squad
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Plenty of experance with 4 players over 100 caps to go with a few of the u21 players that have sneaked into our injury ravaged squad


Including our youngest player ever. Center back is not a weak spot but this guy has a great future
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Warm up games gives us little hope against the Czech's but a stronger team thumped Sweden.
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Euro 2036



Group Phase

Match 1
Scotland 1-0 Greece
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Prior to kick off i had totally underestimated the Greeks. They have 3 players valued over £30m and my player of the year at Aberdeen Tsaousakis is only 3rd on that list. We played to our defensive strengths and after taking a early lead shut down the Greeks who have the talent to join us in the last 16.




Match 2
Slovenia 0-1 Scotland
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If only this happened last week! But i guess this is the real Euro's and outdoing the defending champs means we only need a draw to top the group in match 3 but were already into the last 16




Match 3
Switzerland 1-0 Scotland
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Sad result where we just didnt come out to play and we drop to 2nd, Might as well had played the back ups.




Last 16 Draw
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We face the side that beat us comfortably in the warm up games the Czech Republic. Belgium were the only major nation to not make it out of the groups



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Euro 2036
Last 16



Scotland 0-0 Czech Rep
Czech Rep win 4-3 on penaltys
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Highway robbery at the Stadium of light. Having dominated the game, the Czechs didnt manage a shot on target in 120 minutes but it came down to the most dramatic of shoot outs. We missed our first penalty and nobody else did till the final Czech Penalty sent it to sudden death. Thats where it got even worse as the Czechs missed two in a row and we had the penalty to win it only to miss it ourselves. We would not score again and Pokorny put us out earlier than i would have expected. I wouldnt expect many changes in this squad as Grangier is the only starter over 31 while McIlroy had become a bit part player.



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Pre Season 2036/37





Euro 2036 Finals
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After beating Scotland on penaltys the Czech's went all the way to the final but just like 40 years earlier a major European power edged them out in the final




Three players get there testimonials
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Season Targets
SPL - Winners
Scottish Cup - Win
League Cup - Win
Champions League - S/F


Champions league expectation from the board is to get back to the final.






Pre Season Prices
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Have these guys seen Rangers last season? Never mind. In bigger news i'm not getting replys from RVP20 so there wont be any more transfer updates till the embargo ends in 2038




Aberdeen Squad
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Alexandre is now starting over Jose Henrique, Pesce will have to work hard to keep a ever improving Langdalen out of the team






Aberdeen Transfers
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disappointed with the return of £7.5m on Ba but with his contract running down he had to go. standard selection of youth that failed to break through moved on as well.






Manager Changes
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Do doubt this was the busiest summer ever




International Jobs
Didier Deschamps - Switzerland
Eugio Corini - Belgium
Vincenzo Montella - England
Cristophe Jallet - France
Roberto Martinez - Portugal



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August




Fixtures
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Celtic beat us at Parkhead ending our long unbeaten run.


SPFL Table
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That win for Celtic leaves them top of the table. How long will this title challenge last for?




Champions League Draw
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After last years horror draw this is as easy a group as i've ever seen






Scotland

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We beat Ireland in a friendly before thrashing a solid Romanian team with two Aberdeen starters by 8 goals.






Then came the most dramatic game of them all.
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October


Fixtures
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Great stuff on the domestic front. Another disastrous collapse late in the Hoffenheim game.




SPFL Table
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Celtic are the only team to remain unbeaten but are down to 2nd.




Champions League
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A strong start at home to Red Bull Salzburg was rendered worthless by defeat in Germany as we have another awful defensive display




Scotland
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We win in Romania to move top. A draw at home to Turkey would secure top spot. We also won in Romania


Our 31 year old striker Connolly breaks the cap record
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