Dunty Posted Friday at 10:28 Share Posted Friday at 10:28 Just now, Tony Wonder said: What is Pittodrie's capacity these days? Is it about 19k? Should be a good atmosphere. Burrows said it was 18,800 a year ago, but since then they've been allowed by the council to sell out the merkland stand. However, by taking down the fence in the south stand they've also now increased the segregation between home and away fans which has lost seats. So, probably about 19,200 is my guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunty Posted Friday at 10:30 Share Posted Friday at 10:30 2 minutes ago, Tony Wonder said: Don't normally ever look at other teams forums, but had a wee look at AFC Chat to see how confident the locals were. The main match thread is overtaken by one boy telling another he knows who he is in real life, and one other boy telling a fellow fan he doesn't deserve an opinion. Single club forums really are mental I'm guilty for posting on AFC Chat, but if you stay longer than five minutes you get pulled down some mad rabbit hole. Problem is, Donstalk isn't busy enough and Aberdeen-Mad is just full of adverts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted Friday at 11:12 Share Posted Friday at 11:12 2 hours ago, Darren said: It'll be full of mainly Aberdonians, so not a decent crowd. Harsh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted Friday at 11:15 Share Posted Friday at 11:15 48 minutes ago, Tony Wonder said: Don't normally ever look at other teams forums, but had a wee look at AFC Chat to see how confident the locals were. The main match thread is overtaken by one boy telling another he knows who he is in real life, and one other boy telling a fellow fan he doesn't deserve an opinion. Single club forums really are mental I started posting on AFC Chat about 10 years ago. I lasted a month maximum. Dreadful place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted Friday at 11:52 Share Posted Friday at 11:52 On 03/10/2024 at 11:42, VincentGuerin said: You've never had to miss a game because you had a date lined up, have you? Is that it? is that all you’ve got? Must do better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeAFC94 Posted Friday at 12:21 Share Posted Friday at 12:21 You can't mention AFC-Chat and not mention this thread Where The Hell Did That Come From Last Night - Classic Threads - AFC Chat - Aberdeen Football Forum (afc-chat.co.uk) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted Friday at 12:31 Share Posted Friday at 12:31 9 minutes ago, MikeAFC94 said: You can't mention AFC-Chat and not mention this thread Where The Hell Did That Come From Last Night - Classic Threads - AFC Chat - Aberdeen Football Forum (afc-chat.co.uk) Hahahaha that is f**king gold. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted Friday at 12:39 Share Posted Friday at 12:39 Getting slightly concerned that the stars are aligning against us here with the Mpape news and a couple of late result-changing goals from Hearts. Home advantage in this fixture as well as Hearts travel exertions should go for us - but at some point one of these tight league wins we’ve had will go the other way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted Friday at 13:52 Share Posted Friday at 13:52 What I'm quite looking forward to is Aberdeen won't put men behind the ball. They'll fancy their chances and be open, we've actually played pretty well in more open games this season and maybe not had the luck, but when teams sit in we really toil to break them down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted Friday at 14:00 Share Posted Friday at 14:00 I think this will be very tight. Hearts have maybe shown signs that things are turning slowly, with two injury time goals in the last two games & a deserved win against a piss poor Minsk. I have a feeling this will be unlucky 13 for the Dons, & it may end up 1-1. I’lll have a stab at predicting the two X1’s, albeit the Hearts one may be tricky. I think a few changes for them. Dons. Mitov Devlin Rubezic Molloy MacKenzie. Shinnie Nilsen. Keskinen Clarkson McGrath. Nisbet Personally I’d play Ante Palaversa but that’s the team I think Jimmy will go for Hearts Gordon. Forrester Kent Rowles Kingsley Boateng Baningime. Spittal Dhanda Vargas Shankland 4 changes from Thursday 1-1 Nisbet for Dons. Sniper’s dream for Hearts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted Friday at 14:12 Share Posted Friday at 14:12 3 hours ago, Tony Wonder said: Don't normally ever look at other teams forums, but had a wee look at AFC Chat to see how confident the locals were. The main match thread is overtaken by one boy telling another he knows who he is in real life, and one other boy telling a fellow fan he doesn't deserve an opinion. Single club forums really are mental Some of the funniest things I have ever read online were on the hat. Unfortunately, some of the worst also. Second line became more of the norm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylish Kid Posted Friday at 14:23 Share Posted Friday at 14:23 On 03/10/2024 at 11:48, Darren said: About £25 on average, I expect. As I'm not a virgin (or bothered about attendances), I will stop flinging out bait now. I do find it incredible that Hearts have managed to sell out the away end at £32 a head, though. Mugs. For a match that we will invariably lose 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarbellaDEE Posted Friday at 14:42 Share Posted Friday at 14:42 2 hours ago, MikeAFC94 said: You can't mention AFC-Chat and not mention this thread Where The Hell Did That Come From Last Night - Classic Threads - AFC Chat - Aberdeen Football Forum (afc-chat.co.uk) This is incredible. The words gassy erotica in particular. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted Friday at 15:01 Share Posted Friday at 15:01 4 hours ago, Dunty said: Burrows said it was 18,800 a year ago, but since then they've been allowed by the council to sell out the merkland stand. However, by taking down the fence in the south stand they've also now increased the segregation between home and away fans which has lost seats. So, probably about 19,200 is my guess. Why has the capacity decreased? It used to have 21,000 odd seats. My bet is it's the f**king police reducing capacities on ridiculous safety grounds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted Friday at 15:09 Share Posted Friday at 15:09 Mind all those Aberdeen fans who think 15k-18k is an acceptable capacity for a new Aberdeen stadium? Yet here we are expecting over 19k for a league game against Hearts - and there could have been more if the current Pittodrie capacity was bigger. Can only hope after occasions like this that those people start to see sense. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted Friday at 15:14 Share Posted Friday at 15:14 Just now, jamamafegan said: Why has the capacity decreased? It used to have 21,000 odd seats. My bet is it's the f**king police reducing capacities on ridiculous safety grounds. Police/council, whoever decides on safety certificates. We’re not allowed to/ don’t sell 3/4 stands to full capacity, that includes the bottom corners in the South Stand and behind the pillars in the Merkland and Main stands. The Merkland was further reduced capacity in the last few seasons as a condition of it being unallocated standing, it’s now pretty much full capacity with seats being allocated officially at least. This has raised the capacity of that stand by around 500-1000. Segregation will affect numbers by a few hundred too. I would guess the usable capacity with a full away support is around 19,500. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenorthernlight Posted Friday at 15:48 Share Posted Friday at 15:48 34 minutes ago, lubo_blaha said: Police/council, whoever decides on safety certificates. We’re not allowed to/ don’t sell 3/4 stands to full capacity, that includes the bottom corners in the South Stand and behind the pillars in the Merkland and Main stands. The Merkland was further reduced capacity in the last few seasons as a condition of it being unallocated standing, it’s now pretty much full capacity with seats being allocated officially at least. This has raised the capacity of that stand by around 500-1000. Segregation will affect numbers by a few hundred too. I would guess the usable capacity with a full away support is around 19,500. Akan Burrows tweeted a while back it was 18,800 I think 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted Friday at 15:58 Share Posted Friday at 15:58 3 hours ago, MikeAFC94 said: You can't mention AFC-Chat and not mention this thread Where The Hell Did That Come From Last Night - Classic Threads - AFC Chat - Aberdeen Football Forum (afc-chat.co.uk) I stopped reading after the second post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubo_blaha Posted Friday at 17:37 Share Posted Friday at 17:37 1 hour ago, Thenorthernlight said: Akan Burrows tweeted a while back it was 18,800 I think Will be more than that now as the Merkland capacity has increased. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betting competition Posted Friday at 18:39 Share Posted Friday at 18:39 The first full sell-out of both home and away allocations since the Burnley match in 2018. The sooner Rangers and Celtic bugger off out of our league, the better for the other clubs. I'm expecting a really tough match against a team that I anticipate will challenge us for 3rd position. I hope we can aim a bit higher, but given the wage disparity with Rangers and Celtic, it would be truly remarkable if we manage to achieve that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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