starryfish Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 On 27/02/2022 at 12:19, starryfish said: Any Dons fans know when, prior to yesterday, the last 3pm Saturday sell out was? A friendly v Man Utd on 12 July 2008 seems to be the most recent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbrush1903 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 20 minutes ago, starryfish said: A friendly v Man Utd on 12 July 2008 seems to be the most recent. Ah, I didn't go to that so it didn't appear on my listing, I was at a gig (Brian Jonestown Massacre) in Leeds the Friday night before. Those noughties elite Guffball friendlies (Manchester United and Liverpool) sold out pretty quickly as armchair fans flocked to see their south of the border idols. Therefore, it doesn't really count as thousands wouldn't have been attending to see the Dons, although technically you're correct. Did Manchester United and Liverpool take up significant travelling supports for those games? I didn't go to either....Didn't a Liverpool based fan end up in court for firing an air gun or something? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 I don’t even remember us playing Liverpool at all 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: I don’t even remember us playing Liverpool at all Someone 'accidentally' shot a flare gun at Pittodrie from the Broadhill. Went across the pitch if my memory is right. I wasn't there, second hand info. EDIT: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jail-firing-flare-stadium-3545397 Edited February 28, 2022 by Merkland Red 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starryfish Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Bogbrush1903 said: Ah, I didn't go to that so it didn't appear on my listing, I was at a gig (Brian Jonestown Massacre) in Leeds the Friday night before. Those noughties elite Guffball friendlies (Manchester United and Liverpool) sold out pretty quickly as armchair fans flocked to see their south of the border idols. Therefore, it doesn't really count as thousands wouldn't have been attending to see the Dons, although technically you're correct. Did Manchester United and Liverpool take up significant travelling supports for those games? I didn't go to either....Didn't a Liverpool based fan end up in court for firing an air gun or something? From memory Liverpool pretty much sold out the away end with the one section as it is now, I don't recall there being Man Utd fans in that section for the 2008 friendly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starryfish Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 54 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: Someone 'accidentally' shot a flare gun at Pittodrie from the Broadhill. Went across the pitch if my memory is right. I wasn't there, second hand info. EDIT: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jail-firing-flare-stadium-3545397 Came screaming across and landed at the control centre between the Main Stand and the RDS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 1 hour ago, starryfish said: A friendly v Man Utd on 12 July 2008 seems to be the most recent. I remember that match for appearing to be the coldest 12th July ever. It was absolutely baltic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Merkland Red said: Someone 'accidentally' shot a flare gun at Pittodrie from the Broadhill. Went across the pitch if my memory is right. I wasn't there, second hand info. EDIT: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jail-firing-flare-stadium-3545397 I was in the RDS Lower that day. Absolutely mental. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starryfish Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 32 minutes ago, kingjoey said: I was in the RDS Lower that day. Absolutely mental. Seem to recall it was getting dark at the time so was quite vivid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 1 hour ago, starryfish said: Seem to recall it was getting dark at the time so was quite vivid. It was a 3.00 kick off in mid July, so don’t think so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Merkland Red said: Someone 'accidentally' shot a flare gun at Pittodrie from the Broadhill. Went across the pitch if my memory is right. I wasn't there, second hand info. EDIT: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/jail-firing-flare-stadium-3545397 I vaguely remember the incident, but I genuinely have no recollection of this match. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, kingjoey said: It was a 3.00 kick off in mid July, so don’t think so. Eclipse? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 28 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: I vaguely remember the incident, but I genuinely have no recollection of this match. Bit hard to remember it if you've left to shoot flares I guess. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betting competition Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 1 hour ago, kingjoey said: It was a 3.00 kick off in mid July, so don’t think so. 7pm on a Tuesday night https://afcheritage.org/matches/fixtures/mreport.cfm?fixture_id=376&season=2003-04&squad=Senior 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, betting competition said: 7pm on a Tuesday night https://afcheritage.org/matches/fixtures/mreport.cfm?fixture_id=376&season=2003-04&squad=Senior We let heskey score? Fucking hell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betting competition Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Dons_1988 said: We let heskey score? Fucking hell. Also Mellor who nearly got hit by the flare. Here is a terrible photo of it in the main stand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuraiJock Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 33 minutes ago, betting competition said: Also Mellor who nearly got hit by the flare. Here is a terrible photo of it in the main stand. Very possible i'm in that photo. Flare came from outside the ground behind the South stand, bounced off the pitch around the corner of the penalty box and shot up into the wall in the corner. White shirt in the pic did an excellent job of panicking, ran back into his office to return with a half full kettle which he tried to use as a fire extinguisher 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuraiJock Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Also, Zdrilic's goal was a peach 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starryfish Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 2 hours ago, kingjoey said: It was a 3.00 kick off in mid July, so don’t think so. Think it was a fairly warm summers evening in Aberdeen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 1 hour ago, betting competition said: 7pm on a Tuesday night https://afcheritage.org/matches/fixtures/mreport.cfm?fixture_id=376&season=2003-04&squad=Senior So sorry. I was getting muddled up with the Manchester United match which was also being discussed at the same time. My mistake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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