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| 26th May - TRF Towers is closing down
for a short summer break so there won't be any further updates to this site until after the 8th of June. Enjoy
the brief respite and come back full of energy for the next campaign. See ya Redz! |
26th May - It's looking like the same
well oiled recruitment machine as last summer is in operation at Todders. A cheap and nasty easy-payments offer
for Richie Foran will almost certainly reap no reward and now Nathan Lowndes has found Livingston a more attractive
bet than the Dons. Still, there are lots of people out there who think that the AFC board are doing a peachy job,
so that's all right then. Who will we fail to sign next? Which Highland League club will beat us to the mystery
target's signature? This ain't Ebbe's fault, he is hamstrung by a virtually non-existent budget. Any votes for
how many more kids he'll be forced to blood next season? How many? |
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| 25th May - TRF is greatly saddened to learn of the death
of Gentleman George Hamilton, one of the true greats in the pantheon of Aberdeen FC heroes. Hamilton was Aberdeen's
third top scorer of all time with 153 goals in 281 games. On top of that he was only booked once in his inspirational
senior career. Hamilton was amongst a squad of Dons who brought the satisfying taste of success to Pittodrie and
they did it for the love of the game and the club. There were no big money rewards open to players in Hamilton's
time, yet they provide a fantastic example to the young Dons of the present era. Let's hope there are new Gentleman
George Hamiltons working their way through the ranks to earn the love and respect of the fans and let's hope that
AFC will remember George at the start of next season with a supremely deserved minute of loud applause before the
first home match begins. |
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| 25th May - The comedy of errors that is
Stewart Milne never ceases to amuse and entertain the staff at TRF Towers. That our multi-millionaire chairman
managed to cause a traffic jam on the Forth bridge the other day came as no surprise whatsoever. We have long suspected
that the reason for some of the senior management's survival at Pittodrie was their eagerness to wash the wigless
one's car. Now we have to wonder if if they have been servicing it as well. Communication not being a strong point
on the old stadium's office block, when they told Mr. Milne that they had lost some points he probably thought
that the season was still dragging on rather than loose leads dragging under the bonnet of his freshly valeted
Range Rover. Where next will he hit the headlines we wonder? |
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| 19th May - The latest TRF - Issue 44 - will be on sale outside Pittodrie on Sunday. It is also
available by post for £1 from P.O.Box 369, Aboyne AB34 5LZ or from One Up in Belmont Street, Aberdeen. |
19th May - FOOT AND MOUTH CRISIS LATEST
After an anxious wait The Red Final's Inverurie based Sheep farm 'Flossieland' has been given the
all clear by Government agricultural ministers. A clearly emotional TRF Spokesman Fray Bentos choked back tears
as he gleefully shrieked, "Our 1,000 strong prized flock of Beulah speckle faced ewes are safe! Our staff's
state of enforced celibacy is now over." Bentos also announced that Aberdeen FC directors who ordered sheepskin
jackets in advance will be refunded in full.
When asked to comment, AFC Chief Executive Davy Donny Cormack quipped, "I've nothing to say as I've put my
foot in my mouth often enough in the past." |
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| 15th May - It has been wafted to the attention of TRF by a regular
snout - who has a nose for these things - that a certain AFC director is known aromatically in local business circles
as 'Pongo'. If any of our regular readers gets a whiff of information on this little gem, please get in touch at
with us here at TRF Towers. Right! C'mon Everybody... after three... 1, 2, 3, "The answer my friend, is blowin'
in the wind... sniff..." |
11th May - TRF can't let this date slip past without a tip of the hat
to times past - good and bad. The best of course was in Gothenburg in glorious '83 where we watched a team of largely
home grown talent and all Scots, wiping the floor with the finest that Spain could muster. A great event to look
back on, but not to the only memory of this date. The gloom and doom version was that league play-off match at
Ibrox in 1991 when what should have been one of our greatest victories on the back of a fantastic league run turned
into a sorry rout. Where would we be now if we'd won that one?
Back top business tomorrow at Paisley and let's hope the Redz slap down the Buddies to keep up the winning run.
TRF is still hoping that Stavrum will get up to his 20 goals and send Pieman Charlie off down the running track.
Get right in there Redz! |
9th May - Congratulations to the Dandies' under-18's for their Youth
Cup victory at Hampden. Aberdeen 2 Celtic 0 has a nice ring to it at any level. let's hope that our senior side
can start turning the Tims over at Hampden or anywhere else before too long. There's a winning mentality amongst
loads of our young players nowadays and instead of the usual filter down from the top, we seem to be a club where
it is welling up from below. All the better for the future eh? Come on you
Redz! |
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The most venerable of all Scottish fanzines - the founding faither of the Scottish movement,
indeed, is back and as bouncy and opinionated as ever. Full of material about all aspects of Scottish Football
from the sublime to the ridiculous, TAG is a must for anybody who loves our great and glorious/inglorious game.
Issue 56 is out now and there'll be another one any day now. Don't hesitate, rush down to One Up or Grouchos or
Avalanche Records, or send off for a subscription from: The Absolute Game, P.O. Box 303 Edinburgh EH14 1YW - 4
issues for a mere £6 in the UK, £8.50 in Europe including Eire or £12 for the rest of the world.
It's worth every penny. Cheques payable to Avalanche Records. |
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1st May - It's nae a tale o' tripe but it is mighty offal - a taster
of the forthcoming TRF 44 - jist folly me... |