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| 18th February - Well done to Dave Cormack and Jim Cummings for joining the Red Army on the terraces at Livingston
and getting in touch with what it's like for us mere mortals who test the vocal chords week in week out. TRF was
calling for the directors to come onto the terraces years ago, when Ian Donald was chairman. Needless to say, neither
Donald nor his successor ever bothered to take that simple step. It's so obvious that by mingling with the fans
the directors can help to foster the kind of community spirit that is going to be the key to turning AFC back into
a force to be reckoned with. Fans, directors and players all working together for the good of the Club will get
us on the right track much more quickly than if we all pull in different directions so keep it going men. Let's
see a boardroom presence all around Pittodrie, rubbing shoulders with the hoi polloi - we won't bite. Maybe Jim
and Dave can get a few appropriate choruses going to liven things up. |
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13th February - Asking
OBE to review a 'rival' Dons' fanzine maybe wasn't the best idea under the sun but he's done it so....
It's been a long while since there were two fanzines devoted to the Dandies and this one has come along in the
nick of time to give TRF a nudge into refreshed action. Mind you, I have to be honest and say it's a bit disappointing
as a first issue. When a new fanzine starts it should be full of the verve of early enthusiasm and the contributors
should have plenty to say. Not that these guys have nothing to say but they have chosen to pad it out with jokes
in the style of a student rag mag. Still, they do tackle a few relevant topics and the colour cover works well
and are probably a bit more direct in their approach than TRFers. The pocket
size will appeal to punters who have been irritated for years by the A4 TRF (and TNL before that) format but we
ain't changing now. Other than that, I don't want to dissect their writing and recommend that people take a look
at it for themselves. We have to hope that the guys behind 10MWTM gather a bit of momentum when they get more experience
of producing a fanzine because Aberdeen have always had a reputation for producing the best, principally TRF, TNL
and The Paper Tiger. This new one has a high target to aim for but there's room on the streets for two and if they
can keep it going and inject more original material then they'll probably do okay. |
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6th February - Now
that the dust's settled a bit after the latest slug fest at iprix last week, TRF would like to take a dispassionate
look back at the behaviour of hun midfielder Tugay. Naturally the press leapt on his post-match comments about
the alleged verbal abuse the guy claimed he suffered from one of our guys. Naturally the press didn't bother considering
whether Tugay might be lying in the heat of the moment - it was another chance for the West Coast Media Mafia to
belabour AFC and that was all they cared about. It couldn't possibly have been anything to do with the fact that
the lank haired hun had been hyper for most of the match? Players seldom end up involved in so much agro unless
they themselves have contributed to it and he was definitely wound up like a blue anodised clock spring. Now, who
do you suppose would have wound the guy up like that? The name Advocaat springs to mind, he seems like the kind
of guy who might just go to any lengths to get a win under his belt and after all his bleating and braying about
his under strength squad for the game he was bound to play a few head games with his lesser players to get them
clawing the dressing room door down before kick-off. Maybe he was a bit too successful with Tugay and our old mate
Ricksen (who David Preece says is innocent btw). |
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No folks, we really don't like Angus the Bull.
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2nd February - Dontcha
just hate Angus the Bull? Well, maybe not as much as the staff of TRF do. Still, as an attempt by the Club to give
us an image by way of a mascot it's pretty poor and certainly nowhere near the sheepie image that we hold dear
on the terraces. The reason that the Pittodrie overlords went for a bull was that they were and are too po-faced
to be willing to participate in the whole sheep jape. Never mind, ole Flossie is still revered amongst the fans
and they are the ones who count.
Speaking of the fans, it seems that a new idea for half time entertainment has come back from Spain after the winter
break. From this Saturday onwards Angus the Bull will have a new job - to be ritually slaughtered in the traditional
Spanish bull-fighting way. First he will be goaded and harassed and then he'll be stuck like a pig bull before a member of the crowd is invited onto the pitch to minister
the coup de grace. Afterwards, a barbecue will be held outside the Beach End and hungry punters can celebrate the
Dandies latest victory with a bit of char grilled beef marinated in football's own special sauce - also known as
Bovril. The head will be stuck up on the Dick End wall as a warning to all Pittodrie marketeers yet to come, of
what might happen to anybody who inflicts inappropriate mascots on us again. Angus the Bull is six years old. |
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1st February - So
we have to take a gubbing at iprix yet again. Not a footballing gubbing this time but a physical one. And did that
week kneed b-o-b Rowbotham do anything significant about it? Nope. Principal offender Ricksen, who is building
up a track record for brutal play, kicked just about every Don in sight and got away with it. Sure he got booked
eventually but if he'd been booked for all his offenses he'd have been red carded before he ever got his boot into
Preece's face. Wasn't that common assault? Apparently not, or did all those Strathclyde plods just happen to be
looking the other way? If David Preece believes that Ricksen's kick was deliberate he should take legal action.
If not, then he'd better come out and say so, otherwise the next time the Dons take on the huns there will be even
more reason in some people's minds for the open hostilities to go on. The burning question for Dons' fans now is
what effect the injury will have on Preece. Snelders was never the same again after McCoist kicked his face in
and of course Leighton's facial in last year's Cup final ensured that his career was promptly halted. What next
at the hands of the odious hun? |