Match Thread [FT] Rangers 1 (Tavernier 76) - 0 Aberdeen

[yuddie 1,012]

Looking forward to it tbh, we've just got to give it f***ing everything.

[CammyF 6,787]

All we have to do is convince the players that Sunday afternoon is actually a Thursday evening, Hampden is in Spain and Aberdeen are Real Betis - job done 

 

 

 

 

[yuddie 1,012]

29 minutes ago, CammyF said:

All we have to do is convince the players that Sunday afternoon is actually a Thursday evening, Hampden is in Spain and Aberdeen are Real Betis - job done 

 

 

 

 

Who was it that said Valencia were the Aberdeen of Spain when we played them, you know, that side that reached the EC final that year? In the Scottish press or punditry?

 

That Valencia side of the early 00's really was a team that doesn't get enough credit. Players like Canizares and Pablo Aimar, jeez-o.

 

And some journo likened them to Aberdeen.

Edited December 15, 2023 by yuddie

[Scott7 5,173]

Very interesting competition, the League Cup. Some facts.

 

Little-fancied Partick Thistle and Raith Rovers both won sensational finals against a club from Glasgow’s east end and it wasn’t Clyde.

 

East Fife had won the trophy three times before that same Glasgow club had even got to the final.

 

Rangers and Aberdeen have met in the final six times, with the Famous winning five including the very first in season 1946/47. The Rangers side that notable day was:

Brown;

Young and Shaw;
McColl, Woodburn and Rae;

Rutherford, Gillick, Williamson, Thornton and Duncanson

Ever dependable Willie Rae in for Sammy Cox and Eddie Rutherford for Willie Waddell and unusually, Willie Thornton at insde-left. Jimmy Duncanson cantering about on the left wing scored twice and Torry Gillick and Billy Williamson once each for a 4-0 result.

 

I demand the same score or better on Sunday, the goals spread evenly throughout the game. No extra time and no bad starts or nervy last twenty minutes. I’m too old for that sort of nonsense.

[Uilleam 5,429]

4 minutes ago, yuddie said:

Who was it that said Valencia were the Aberdeen of Spain when we played them, you know, that side that reached the EC final that year? In the Scottish press or punditry?

 

That Valencia side of the early 00's really was a team that doesn't get enough credit. Players like Canizares and Pablo Aimar, jeez-o.

 

And some journo likened them to Aberdeen.

At the time Valencia was kind of struggling in the League, which gave rise to the comparison. 

They fielded, in addition to the guys you mention, Mendieta (a player, btw), Claudio Lopez, and Kily Gonzalez, and, yes we were schooled.

 

Anyway, are you suggesting that Aberdeen is the Betis of Scotland?

[yuddie 1,012]

15 minutes ago, Uilleam said:

At the time Valencia was kind of struggling in the League, which gave rise to the comparison. 

They fielded, in addition to the guys you mention, Mendieta (a player, btw), Claudio Lopez, and Kily Gonzalez, and, yes we were schooled.

 

Anyway, are you suggesting that Aberdeen is the Betis of Scotland?

Mate I'd go as far to say that Aberdeen are no bigger than Ipswich Town in England but I'm sure that's a howler.

[CammyF 6,787]

1 hour ago, yuddie said:

Who was it that said Valencia were the Aberdeen of Spain when we played them, you know, that side that reached the EC final that year? In the Scottish press or punditry?

 

That Valencia side of the early 00's really was a team that doesn't get enough credit. Players like Canizares and Pablo Aimar, jeez-o.

 

And some journo likened them to Aberdeen.

That Valencia team were up there with the best I've seen at Ibrox 

[26th of foot 5,836]

2 hours ago, yuddie said:

Who was it that said Valencia were the Aberdeen of Spain when we played them, you know, that side that reached the EC final that year? In the Scottish press or punditry?

 

That Valencia side of the early 00's really was a team that doesn't get enough credit. Players like Canizares and Pablo Aimar, jeez-o.

 

And some journo likened them to Aberdeen.

Big Sellik man and Sunday Mail columnist, Hugh Keevins stated Valencia were the Aberdeen of Spanish football.

 

Hugh also stated Ibrox on a Euro' evening was akin to a Nazi Nuremberg rally.

 

Hugh established his credentials in the same column by mentioning four Priests attended his daughter's wedding.

[Devil's advocaat 1,276]

2 hours ago, Uilleam said:

At the time Valencia was kind of struggling in the League, which gave rise to the comparison. 

They fielded, in addition to the guys you mention, Mendieta (a player, btw), Claudio Lopez, and Kily Gonzalez, and, yes we were schooled.

 

Anyway, are you suggesting that Aberdeen is the Betis of Scotland?

Gaizka Mendieta is the best midfielder I've seen at Ibrox, absolutely bossed us and looked as if he hardly broke sweat.

[Sutton_blows_goats 4,208]

They also had jocyln angloma(sp) who played before at Ibrox for Marseille in that famous season, Amadeo Carboni an Italian fullback who was solid. Roberto Ayala who went on to captain Argentina at the World Cup, Gerard Lopez who joined Barca shortly after, Romanian striker Adrian illie who we played in the CL in 1995 when he was still at Bucharest. And the manager was Rafa Benitez.

 

All in all the Aberdeen of Spain were a decent outfit.