
Originally Posted by
sonofrgmsdad
The Dons fans not being enamoured by the great unwashed and their foul club (deceased) goes back further than that. My mother went along to Pittodrie regularly in the 50's and she said there was a definite anti Rangers feeling back then. I think she said in particular a dislike of a player called George Young as well as a notice that they had their own referees even back then.
I, as a young boy, under 10, growing up in Thurso, hundreds of miles north of Aberdeen, grew a hatred of the deceased club, because of their obnoxious fans up there. I fitted in well with Dons supporters when we moved back home in 1969.
Never forget that in the great period, in these games, the disciplinary count for them was double that of our team. They took a dislike to us then. Competition is not something they want. I was told, in a pub in a hotel in Paisley Road West, by a group of Rangers supporters that Alec McLeish should be a Rangers player. Why? Because all the best players should play for Rangers. Entitled barstewards. Should my aarse. We taught them a lesson they didn't like and never learnt.
Rant over for a few minutes.