Aberdeen Back where it all began

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November


6 games for Aberdeen 6 wins and 6 clean sheets




Fixtures
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SPFL Table
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Dundee's ability to make transfers see them go ahead of Celtic into 2n. The bottom half is a disgrace with 5 teams stuck on 2 wins at the 1/4 stage




Champions League
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The two wins in Basel combines with Salzburg thrashing Hoffenhiem in Germany was enough for us to go top of the table. Hopefully we'll get a routine result in Austria before what looks like a deciding game at home to the Germans






Scotland


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Friendly against Spain seen in win convincingly by 3 goals but its there manager and his route to the role that stuns me

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We end up top of the European League group and will join Russia, Spain and Portugal in the semi finals. Belgium are no longer a world power as there 2nd tournament failure in a row shows.

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We get to face Spain once again in the Semi Finals next summer
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League Cup Final 2036
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Aberdeen vs Celtic

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Aberdeen 2-0 Celtic
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Two first half goals. One from a Celtic defender, one from ours




This takes us to the landmark of 20 seasons and 82 games unbeaten in the League Cup winning the last 12 and 19 of the clubs total 24 League cup wins. We've also won a record 48 games in a row since we last drew with Hibs in 2025, 11 seasons ago

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Motherwell scored the 2nd goal in the past 5 season against us.



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December


Rangers Sack Lamie after over a year in the bottom 4
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We sold one of our club legends
Jose Henrique
Played 554 - 150 Goals
View attachment 80520Had hardly played this season and had hoped to keep him till the summer due to our lack of depth in the middle but he wanted out and it saves £200k a week and lets him fill out a dream of his to be a club manager


Fixtures
A very solid festive period where we go unbeaten in Scotland and EuropeView attachment 80519


SPFL Table
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We played Dundee a few times and also caught up with games in hand to move 14 points clear at the top and ruin any hopes the league had for battle. You might get one for 2nd if Celtic can get there finger out and catch Dundee, failing that they may fall into the Raith trap. At the other end Morton & Queen of the South.


Its a very busy month for my fellow managers
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Champions League
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We were VERY lucky that after drawing with Salzburg Basel managed to hold Hoffenhiem giving us the edge for the final game which we won with ease. Hoffenheim stumble into the last 16 just holding off the late Salzburg charge




Last 16 Draw
Porto vs Aberdeen
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The Portugese Champions helped put Celtic out of Europe now they turn there attentions to the Dons



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January


Tsoausakis falls just short of being the best in the world again
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But he does make the team
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2037 Most capped players
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I was looking through some former players and noticed Ali Msakni my former keeper had reached 199 caps before retiring from International football so i wondered if anyone had cleared 200 caps? Only 1 man




Gianluigi Donnarumma
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Must be the last real player left in the game. Anyone know how to check?






Fixtures
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We stumbled into February. Probably the shock of loosing to Celtic again.




SPFL Table
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The extra game makes no real difference. Celtic's win was part of there annual rush up the table once the European games are out of the way. Rangers and Hibs are back in the top half but at the other end QOTS look doomed already with Morton only a few defeats away from getting lost in 11th themselves



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February




Fixtures
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All well in the League but we rested players for the Champions League which led to a draw at Raith Rovers forcing a rare replay




SPFL Table
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Dundee return to 2nd spot free from playing Aberdeen every week. Looks like a great battle for 5th & 6th while the bottom 2 look set.




Champions League Last 16

1st Leg
Porto 1-2 Aberdeen
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Going down to 10 men after 17 minutes was not how i planned for the day but taking 2 weeks wages off him and getting the result from 2 wonder goals from Manea gives us the leg up for the second leg




2nd leg
Aberdeen 3-0 Porto
Aberdeen win 5-1 on agg
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We had total control of the game literally from kick off and although the tie was over by half time any hope Porto had was killed with Ayo Eze's red card




Results
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Real Madrid shock the defending Champions and with Barcelona also falling out i suddenly feel really good about the rest of the competition, but English teams are to be avoided




Quarter Final Draw
Atletico Madrid vs Aberdeen
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A team we have often played in the knock out stages with a mix of failure and success



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March





Fixtures
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We beat Raith to secure a spot in the Semi Finals






Youth Intake
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Two stand outs for the youth team




Champions League Quarter Finals



1st Leg
Atletico 2-1 Aberdeen
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We went to Spain to try and shut them out and when we took the lead one minute after Chalmers saved a penalty i was on cloud 9 but Atletico turned on the turbos and two goals in 6 minutes as we made subs gave them the edge for the first leg but we do have the away goal


2nd Leg
Aberdeen 1-1 Atletico
Agg Aberdeen 2-3 Aberdeen
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This is as heartbreaking a result as i've suffered in years we obliterated them in the first half and it looked like a rousing half time team talk led to Tsaousais giving us the lead on the night and on away goals. It barley lasted 10 minutes before Jose Ramon made up for his missed penalty by scoring the goal that would put them into the Semi Final and once again ended early


First half domination
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All Results
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Real Madrid and Man City are upset




Scotland


A Thrilling draw in what should be our toughest match in Switzerland before our back up team demolished Gibraltar
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These results led to Scotland having the longest unbeaten run in European World Cup qualifying history
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Finally Sylvain Lenfant he's reached 50 caps for Scotland having played 53 games for Aberdeen
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Scotland Summer Fixtures




We start off with a huge personal landmark
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World Cup 2038 Qualifiers
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A mess of a performance in Macedonia saw us almost loose our unbeaten record till a late own goal saved the day. Despite this scare i had to play a back up team in the second game in Moldovia with the international league fixtures coming up and whatever way you look at the group its a mess. Three teams tied on 8 points at the top and recent European champions Switzerland down in 4th with only 5 points

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European league Finals




European League Semi Finals
Scotland 1-0 Spain
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Home advantage and a early Jack Connolly goal prove to be all that was between the clash of Scottish managers at Hampden






European League Final

From Hampden park
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Scotland 1-0 Portugal
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We can FINALLY burn that bridesmaid dress as we win our first competition after falling at 3 finals before today its as close to tears as this save has brought me to have won a competition with Scotland. Now onto a Major tournament

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End of Season 2036/37






SPL Final Table
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Aberdeen win there 19th title in a row but only by 18 points as Dundee close the gap at the top as Cetic who like 7th place Rangers drew 13 games were a distant 3rd. Raith, Motherwell and Hibs round out the top 6. At the other end QOTS go down lost at the bottom and will be replaced by St Johnstone returning after almost 20 seasons in the Championship and League 1




SPL Play-Off
Morton 6-4 Hamilton
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The SPL team got the better of a crazy 1st leg to retain there spot in the tp flight




Big League review
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Aberdeen
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As Stelios hits his prime he is clearly now the best player at the club. After that only Jamie Oyarzun, Federico Lopez and Manea have a locked down future based on this seasons form & there age




Aberdeen Finances
£388 -£25m
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A bad season for Contracts and not selling players was the hold back. This will all change in a years time






World Rich list
£796m - £35m
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Another loss see us drop over £50m in valuation in two seasons. Were in desperate need of the transfer ban ending to turn this around without the Premiership TV money






Other Competitions




Champions League final
Benfica 1-1 Dortmund AET
Dortmund win on Penaltys
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For the first time since 1997, the first Champions League final i remember watching Dortmund win the big one




Europa League
Nottm Forest 3-1 Sevilla
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And if a 40 year wait was not enough its been almost 60 years since Forest won the European cup and a sign of there revival is winning the Europa League






Scottish Teams in Europe
Aberdeen - Champions League Quarter Final
Celtic - Champions League Group
Raith - Europa League Group
Hibs - Europa League Qualifier
Motherwell - Europa League Qualifier



Celtic's nightmare league season transfer into Europe. Raith were the overachievers this year






European Rankings
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Wer edown to 3rd after loosing the last points for winning a title. Celtic fall back to 36th, while Rangers drop a further 11 spots to 62nd after another bottom half finish and no Europen football




No change to the Euro places. We pretty much the same and no sign of catching Portugal who are now closer to the top 5 than ourselves and Holland and Russia are sneaking up behind.






Awards




Aberdeen Fans player awards
Stelios Tsaousakis
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Not a shock as he's by far the best player on our team but sad to see Grangier free fall totally off this list.






SPL Player of the year
Frode Langalen
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Where did this come from? a back up winger even now might turn out to be the long term answer i never thought he was




SPL Young Player of the year
Karl Kavanagh
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The Gers best prospect in years.




SPL Top Scorer
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Amazing to think this is only Cosmin's 2nd award in the 6 seasons since he started getting games




Scottish team of the year
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6 Dons fill the line up. Make that 7 with Ross Allen on loan at Dundee




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Pre Season 2037/38






Only 1 club legend get a testimonial this summer


Lee Chalmers
482 Games
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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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A resurgent Rangers are expected to be back in the top 3






Aberdeen Squad
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Left back is the clear weakness and will need addressed the minute the transfer window opens, Que a top DL regen in March






Aberdeen Transfers
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Loosing Andrew Miller was not part of the plan but with 3 decent players in the u20s i can loose him and a starting DC next summer.






Manager Changes
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August





Fixtures
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SPFL Table
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Top of the table looks more like it used to with Rangers joining us with 4 wins from 4. Celtic are just 2 points behind and thats who we play next




Champions League Draw
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Were spending time with Leverkusen. CSKA will do well to avoid bottom spot but Sunderland will be a wildcard after a top 4 finish in the Premiership last year.






Scotland
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We dropped our first points at home to Northern Ireland who we play in the last game. A win over the Swiss keeps us top but only just.




Table
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After beating the Swiss we join Macedonia at the top of the table. Northern Ireland are right on our tails with 4 games to go only Gibraltar is out of the running.



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September




Fixtures
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It was all going perfect till we went to Motherwell with our strongest 11.


SPFL Table
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Rangers also slipped up, twice in fact to move us top alone. Morton & Forfar jump Celtic who capitulate ending the month win less. Recent top 6 teams Falkirk & Raith are tied at the bottom.




Champions League
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We win both our games but one kinda stands out


Aberdeen 10-0 Leverkusen
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1 goal away from equaling the record






Scotland


Two big wins should see us across the line and into the world cup
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Table
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Beating Macedonia puts us clear at the top and one more win should see us secure top spot but with Macedonia and Switzerland are not far away.



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October




Sunderland feature my former lead striker from Scotland Leigh Griffiths
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Fixtures
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SPFL Table
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Were now miles clear at the top as Rangers and Celtic just to the top. Falkirk despite having the best keeper in the league are bottom




Champions League
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A win and a draw against Sunderland have us in the last 16. If we beat CSKA then we'll secure top spot






Scotland
With a team full of kids we win our last 2 games
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Macedonia shock everyone to finish 2nd with Northern Ireland down in 4th



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December


I've now managed as many games in total in this save as Sir Alex Ferguson did at Man Utd alone
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Fixtures
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SPFL Table
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Aberdeen are 17 points clear as we pass the half way stage unbeaten. Rangers have a gap back to Forfar who are ahead of a struggling Celtic who just lead the pack fighting to get into the top 6.


Falkirk change manager getting rid of the toxic Ricki Lambie and like Raith start to pull away from St Johnstone who suddenly look in big trouble.
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Champions League Final table
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A win at home to CSKA secured top spot and in our final match only a penalty split Leverkusen and our back up and youth team.




Champions League last 16 draw
Monaco vs Aberdeen
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We got lucky. Looks like the 1st and 2nd seeds got mixed up






Scotland World Cup Draw
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Belgium as usual will be a familiar foe. The group could have been better as we dropped 4 sports down to 12th before the draw needless to say jumping back into the top 10 at the next rankings review



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January




Stelios is the best in the world once again
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3 Forward players and my DR make the team
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Fixtures
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5 wins, cup progression and only 1 goal let in while playing mainly u20 CB's




SPFL Table
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Celtic are the other form team of the moment as they try to peg the gap to Rangers




Transfer Window
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Three players are moved on non of which i wanted to but Gunciu was leaving for free in the summer so happy to save wages and take £1m rather than pay him for 6 months and hardly ever play him




Ross Douglas AT
Played 413 - Goals 273
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Douglas has wanted out for the past 2 seasons and with the embargo coming to a end, Waddell up to a good SPL player and a few talents in the u20s. The transfer embargo would have been a death sentence for him so i let him go now before the value dropped any further




Matheus Micael ML
Played 450 - Goals 149
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The 35 year old winger has only played 2 games for Aberdeen in over 2 seasons and at his latest coach review he was a good Championship player. So with a player coaching position already in the bag it was perfect timing to offer him a coaching deal to take another whack off the wage bill for a player who was not playing.



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February



Injurys! Injurys everywhere! with Manea and Oyarzun missing the month and even worse Tsaousakis and my poor son Jay Donald's season may be over


Fixtures
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One blip in the road results wise with Dundee holding us to a point


SPFL Table
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Rangers are looking stronger for 2nd spot as the season goes comes towards the split. with Celtic secure in 3rd at least. Nice to see the embargo's effect coming to a end before the embargo ends!. Still top 6 and 11th to fight for but St Johnstone who are 10 points behind 11th place and hold a -50 goal difference its just a matter of time.




Champions League Last 16


1st Leg
Monaco 1-5 Aberdeen
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We dominated the game getting another 3 goals in the last 15 minutes will give kids a shot in the 2nd leg



2nd Leg
Aberdeen 0-1 Monaco
Aberdeen win 5-2 on Agg
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All the work was in the 1st leg


Results
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As i said the Group winners were very poor with only ourselves Aja and PSG going through. Ajax and Dinamo's progression to the Quarter finals is a victory for the Embargo




Quarter Final Draw
Real Madrid vs Aberdeen
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A team amazingly we have not faced in the save. In the real world we won the 1983 European Cup winners Cup against real, which is sounds less realistic than anything i've posted so far!





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March




Fixtures
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Motherwell hand us our first domestic defeat of the season as we had back to back 1-0 defeats if you include the Monaco match


SPFL Table
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We secure the title with plenty time to spare as we go to the split in as boring a situation as you could believe. Top 3 all look fixed to there positions and at the bottom its the same problem St Johnstone 11 points behind Falkirk and Falkirk 10 points behind Motherwell.




Champions League Quarter Finals


1st leg
Real Madrid 1-2 Aberdeen
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After destroying the Spanish giants in the first half but only scoring once you just knew they were going to equalize. Thankfully we won a 88th minute penalty which was tucked away by Federico Lopez to give us 2 away goals heading into the 2nd leg




2nd Leg
Aberdeen 2-1 Real Madrid
Aberdeen win 4-2 on aggregate
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The coaching team were happy enough that we went in 0-0 at half time, i was not and with a dose of hairdryer had them out for the second half all fired up and none more than stand in midfielder Chris Main and a quick 2nd from Lopez had us 4-1 up overall and we managed to give some kids a run out and although Real managed to pull one back our semi final spot was never in danger




Results
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Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona in the biggest game of the round and Ajax win the youth recrutement final as i like to name it




Semi Final Draw
Atletico Madrid vs Aberdeen
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Clearly Ajax was the team we wanted but unfortunatly we get Madrid the last 4 times we've met each other its either been the final or a knock out game and we have alternated eliminations each time round. So by logic its our turn this year.






Scotland
Scotland 2-1 Slovenia
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April




Perfect in the SPL even with back up players against Celtic and Rangers. We also seen off Hearts with a total back up & reserve team


And get rewarded with Queen of the South in the final
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Fixtures
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SPFL Table
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Rangers and Celtic played in the final game for 2nd spot and Champions League football and Rangers did enough to secure 2nd, but Celtic had to win by 4 goals. Hibs and Forfar secure European football by 1 point. St Johnstone were down ages ago and Falkirk have been in the Play Off for a while




Champions League Semi Finals




1st Leg
Atletico Madrid 2-3 Aberdeen
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We went into the game looking to keep it tight and nip a goal. All that went out the window within half a hour as we went 2 away goals clear. Atletico won the second half 2-1 but have a a lot to overcome in the 2nd leg




2nd Leg
Aberdeen 1-0 Atletico Madrid
Aberdeen win 4-2 on agg
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With the lead in our hands we just had to play it tight and wait for our chance and as the second half got going Frode Langalen the right winger i never wanted but has worked out great scored the winning goal on the night that puts us back into a 6th final and first since 2035




Final
Aberdeen vs Paris SG
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The French side also won 4-2 actually both games had identical scores over both legs



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