A FORMER Aberdeen FC player once tipped as a football star of the future has been found dead. Steve Gray was found dead in a house in Irvine, Ayrshire. Strathclyde Police confirmed the death and said there were no suspicious circumstances. A Club spokesperson commented, “Steve was tipped for great things when he was a [...]
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Mark McGhee says Sone Aluko’s future at Aberdeen has not been affected by the forward’s controversial call-up by Nigeria for the Under-20 World Cup. Aluko was ordered back for a fitness test after leaving for his national squad training camp in Spain without the Dons manager’s permission. “It is not even an issue,” said McGhee [...]
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ABERDEEN FC keeper Jamie Langfield aims to be crowned the SPL’s shut-out king again this season. Langfield made it four clean sheets in a row when they beat St Mirren at Pittodrie. It’s the first time that’s happened since Jimmy Calderwood’s first four games in charge five years ago. Another shut-out against Dundee in the [...]
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ABERDEEN FC boss Mark McGhee today admitted he would rather dump Dundee tomorrow than beat Rangers at Ibrox for the first time since 1991 at the weekend. Aberdeen FC travel to Dens Park to take on the Dark Blues in the third round of the CIS Cup before heading to Govan for Saturday’s clash with [...]
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ABERDEEN FC boss Mark McGhee today hit out at the fan who launched a “cowardly” verbal attack on Darren Mackie. Striker Mackie received abuse from a fan sitting in Pittodrie’s Main Stand, near to the dug outs, as he prepared to come on as a substitute during their 1-0 SPL win over St Mirren. McGhee [...]
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Jerel Ifil rates Charlie Mulgrew as the best free-kick taker he has worked with in his career but the Englishman fears Aberdeen are going to have a hard task in holding on to the defender. Mulgrew took his goals tally for the season to three on Saturday with the only goal of a drab game [...]
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Sone Aluko’s return to Aberdeen lasted all of 48 hours before the player returned to international duty with Nigeria, this time with his club’s blessing. Dons manager Mark McGhee, meanwhile, is left with the task of deciding who is going to fill the void. Despite being absent from the club for three days, Aluko was [...]
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We squeezed a result but I am not embarrassed by it as I think we did just enough to win. Our threats came from set-pieces which was a little bit disappointing. We are not as fluid as we want to be but it’s early days and we are still tinkering with the shape and personnel. [...]
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AVISIT to Aberdeen must have left the poor Paisley punters as confused as those told their rail link to Glasgow Airport has been denied by Holyrood’s dastardly teuchters. Led to believe by Steven Purcell and Margaret Curran that infrastructure up here is grossly over-funded, they will have been baffled to find a local transit system [...]
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A late Charlie Mulgrew free-kick gave Aberdeen a narrow win over 10-man St Mirren in the Scottish Premier League. Lee Miller could have taken the lead for the hosts after 10 minutes, but St keeper Paul Gallacher parried and Andrew Considine missed on the rebound. Craig Dargo set up Stephen McGinn on 22 minutes but [...]
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