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An Aberdeen fan marrying a hearts fan? Bit sick. Should the BBC really be showing that sort of thing?

There won't be segregation outside. Just steam through them. Rotate your arms in helicopter fashion, and if any Jambo gets hit then they've only themselves to blame.

That's fine though. Hibs have done the right thing; increased the tickets available to Hibs fans, but are still setting out fair allocations of just under 1,500 for the away team. It's the normalising of away allocations of 600 and 800 that's the issue. It's not a healthy thing for Scottish football.

Aye, I think it could have a huge effect on tomorrow. However, I'm wouldn't say we bottled it all. The frustrating thing was that they didn't do anything to us the entire game. We didn't sit in, and they didn't pressure us at all, it was just complete slackness at the back. Dorrington was probably the only player that looked slightly jittery, but even then they were still riding their luck with plenty of good chances for us, and a goal correctly disallowed by an incorrect rule. It was just unadulterated slackness, which I think that, if dwelled upon, could lead to plenty of bottling in the coming weeks. Clarkson, for example, who miss controlled for their equaliser, was still looking for intricate passes and making runs with the ball well into stoppage time (I actually think he fucked it because he was already looking for the pass before he'd got it under control). There were no nerves, just slackness, but that will lead to nerves if the manager doesn't get on top of it. But aye, raging at how complacent we were.

Accies got 12 point deduction for licence rules breech while Bonnyrigg got 6 point deduction. Accies are also getting 3 for player payment issues.

I dunno about anyone else but I'm still raging we bottled this game.

Ah, I see. 2bh i think you're probably right, most fans do think far more about the prestige etc. They will go because they want the club to be in europe for the games and the excitement. Don't for a second think I don't as well, even more so after my circumstances changed quite significantly recently (my mum died and she had been quite dependent on me the past 5 years and I've not really been able to go anywhere) and I am now looking forward to my first ever European away trip with the dons assuming we get there. I probably tend to think about the finances a bit more mainly due to playing football management games for so long and more money is defo good!!! I don't agree it's fucked up though because, truthfully, my ultimate goal is all about the prestige. I want to see Aberdeen win the league just once before I die. Unfortunately the only way I can see it happening is by somehow getting into the champions league. Realistically that is the only way that we could develop the necessary funds to be serious contenders for the league. To get in the league phase of the CL is very unlikely but it's more likely than going toe to toe with Celtic for 38 games at the moment. This season was a perfect opportunity and it's the reason I'm most gutted about our collapse. Second was there for the taking and second gets you a shot at the CL. I mean, we probably wouldn't have got through to the money spinning league phase as it's a big ask to get through the qualifying process but sometimes the draw can be kind.

I cannot remember there being segregation outside the stadium for non bigot semi finals in the past. Been looking to see if there is anything on scotrail website to see if there is anything about the trains from Central for tomorrow but can’t see anything. ETA - Now found it Aberdeen fans to use Kings Park which is shite as less trains than Mount Florida. https://www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail/news/upcoming-sports-events

Agreed. It's Scottish fitba's tariff war.

I thought they'd removed the fence? Hilarious jokes aside, I am not on the fence, I don't think it's a good call. They should get the same as the Tims*. We know they'll sell their allocation, and we shouldn't use their last crowd as a barometer, just as we shouldn't use our semi crowds for final tickets ever. It's completely normal for different fixtures against the same team to have a bigger draw, depending on what is riding on it, or form of one team. I don't know how you get to a satisfactory position on this though. For Pittodrie, it should be straight forward enough to give the away fans reduced allocation, but if they sell that allocation in the first few days, then that seat gets shifted over (rightward if you're facing the South), opening up another section for away fans. The seats/tickets are then issued at that point, which means that those buying first get the better seats (in theory). If the allocation is not used within three days then the allocation goes to Dons fans, with the option to swap seats to be closer to the away section for those with limited sense of smell. *Or whatever their normal allocation is