Bologna won the cup for the first time in 51 years. Can we beat 51?
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Bologna won the cup for the first time in 51 years. Can we beat 51?
So Lewis Ferguson captained Bologna to the Italian Cup.
Well done loon and good too see how well he has done in Italy.
Stevie May scored bestial Livingston?s second goal in tonight?s play-off.
Sakes.
Hear, hear, first time that I saw him playing was in the Burnley home game and he was so impressive at such a young age. Well done and great career choice.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDeeDon
JET admits trying to smuggle ?600k of ching into the country
This weeks P&J feature on an ex don, features 1970 cup winner, Jim Hermiston.
Maddison gets a Europa League winners medal despite not playing in the worst final in history
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Originally Posted by TheDeeDon
EXCLUSIVE: Aberdeen legend Jim Hermiston on wrecking Celtic?s treble dream in 1970? and confiscating beer from Hoops fans
Pittodrie great Hermiston also reveals how the shirt he wore in the 1970 Scottish Cup final win against Celtic will return to Hampden this weekend.
Having destroyed Celtic?s domestic treble dream in the 1970 Scottish Cup final, Jim Hermiston had to inflict further misery on Hoops fans? by confiscating their beer as a police constable at Pittodrie.
Former defender Hermiston was a Hampden hero when Eddie Turnbull?s Aberdeen side shocked Celtic 3-1 in the final.
Fast forward to 1975 and Hermiston was pitched in at the deep end when instructed by the officer in charge to police the Celtic away fans at Pittodrie.
Hermiston had shocked Scottish football when retiring from the game while Aberdeen captain to take up a career in the police force.
Taking beer from Celtic supporters
Instead of harassing the ex-Don, who wrecked their domestic treble bid in 1970, the Celtic fans bought him Bovril.
Now based in Brisbane, Australia, Hermiston explained: ?For my first game in the police I was in the Celtic end at Pittodrie.
?The officer in charge said ?you go in amongst the Celtic supporters?.
?I had to take the beer off them when they were going into the ground.
?As the game progressed fans came down to say there?s a Bovril at the top of the stairs for you.
?I had about 30 odd cups of Bovril waiting for me during the game.
?I said to them ?remember you used to call me names, now you?re getting me Bovril?.?
When the Dons won the League Cup in 1976, Hermiston was on duty as a police constable.
He proudly walked in front of the open-top bus, clearing a path down Union Street.
In 1970 Jock Stein?s Celtic were red hot favourites for the final, having already secured the league title and League Cup.
Hermiston?s fitness battle for final
The Parkhead club also had a European Cup final looming after the showdown with Aberdeen.
Celtic would lose the Euro final 2-1 to Dutch club Feyenoord.
The first of a double cup final heartache was delivered by the Dons.
Hermiston admits his involvement hung in the balance due to injury.
Hermiston, affectionately nicknamed ?The Hermit?, said: ?There was a real fear I wouldn?t make the final.
?I got a bad injury against Morton about six weeks prior to the final.
?Eddie Turnbull said there was a reserve match at Pittodrie on Tuesday night before the final.
?He told me to run my legs off in that match and if I came through unscathed I would be in the team for the final.
?No-one else knew about that.
?My old determination kicked in for that reserve match.
?I ran and ran and fired into tackles.
?When he said I was playing in the final the manager said my job was to mark Bobby Murdoch, who was a great player.
?Thankfully it worked out alright.?
Hermiston signed for Aberdeen from Bonnyrigg Rose in 1965.
Aberdeen had no fear of Celtic
He made 270 appearances from the Dons before joining the police force.
Hermiston, 77, said: ?Celtic were the odds-on favourites but we didn?t have any fear as we were such a young team.
?Before the final Eddie Turnbull told us to enjoy the game, play for each other and do our jobs.
?We had a good defence.
?And we knew if we defended well and got the ball up to Joey (Harper) we would have a chance of winning.
?We got stuck in and didn?t have any fear.
?I came from a country village so to play in front of more than 100,000 in a final was unbelievable.
?At the end of the game I could hardly talk.
?I didn?t realise I had been shouting so loud and was hoarse.
?The homecoming was brilliant.
?When we got to Aberdeen it was unbelievable, just wonderful on that double decker bus.?
Hermiston?s cup winning shirt returns to Hampden
Hermiston will stay up late to watch the final, which kicks off at midnight Australian time.
Son James will wear his shirt from the 1970 final when cheering on Jimmy Thelin?s side at Hampden.
Hermiston said: ?I hope my 55-year-old Scottish Cup jersey my son will wear will send good vibes on to the pitch.
?It is only 11 v 11 on the pitch.
?I?m sure Aberdeen will be really pumped up for the final and ready to give it their absolute all.?
At least he got one , they'd run out by the time Son came up for one :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ByeByeScum2012
It was only for the initial presentation of the cup that they ran out, the were all given their medals after trophy thr presentation.Quote:
Originally Posted by GASC1980
Both winning team and the runners up got 50 medals each!
To think Doug Bell only got a Cup Winners Cup medal a couple of years ago, as only medals given to the players and subs in the final. I don't think managers got medals back then either.