-
Richard Gordon: Worst-kept secret in Scottish football is the perfect tonic for Aberdeen ahead of Hampden
20 Apr 2024 05:46 GMT
The Dons gave themselves the perfect pre-Hampden lift this week with the long-awaited news that Jimmy Thelin is to be the next permanent manager at Pittodrie.
It might have been the worst kept secret Scottish football has ever known, but at last the saga …
-
Richard Gordon: Win over Dundee would allow Aberdeen’s planning for next season to begin in earnest
13 Apr 2024 06:34 GMT
As we all continue to wait for the announcement of the next Aberdeen manager, the team face a huge 90 minutes at Pittodrie on Saturday against Dundee which could go a long way towards determining the outcome of what has been a desperately disappointing …
-
Richard Gordon: Aberdeen managerial hunt surely can’t drag on much longer
06 Apr 2024 05:39 GMT
After what has become an interminable waiting game, the Dons are, it seems, still waiting to get their man.
Despite it now being over a week since Alan Burrows announced the search had reached its “very final stages”, there has been nothing further from …
-
Richard Gordon: The wait continues for Aberdeen fans as new manager search drags on
30 Mar 2024 06:56 GMT
There is a popular GIF that I am sure many of you have used or been sent on your phones, which features an American child actor of the 1930s called Spanky McFarland.
In it, young Spanky is sitting down, looking bored, and impatiently drumming his fingers …
-
Richard Gordon: New Aberdeen manager should have strong knowledge of the Scottish game
23 Mar 2024 07:07 GMT
I had hoped this column would be one where I could give my reaction to the appointment of the new Aberdeen manager, but after a frustrating week for all Dons fans, it would appear the wait will soon be over.
Names have popped up, rumours floated, but the …
-
Richard Gordon: Aberdeen could pay ultimate relegation price for lack of leadership
16 Mar 2024 07:48 GMT
The Neil Warnock fiasco will go down as one of the most embarrassing periods in Aberdeen Football Club’s long and proud history – and given some of what has gone on in recent years, that really is saying something!
Regular readers of this column will know …
-
Richard Gordon: The use of VAR in Scottish football continues to cause concerns
09 Mar 2024 06:35 GMT
In what has become an increasingly recurring and painful theme, VAR once again dominated our top-flight game last weekend.
This time round the main controversy stemmed from Paisley, where the Dons conceded a stoppage time spot-kick, and Tynecastle, where …
-
Richard Gordon: Neil Warnock’s jokes not so funny anymore as Aberdeen slide towards relegation
02 Mar 2024 06:21 GMT
Regular readers of this column will be well aware I had my reservations over Aberdeen appointing Neil Warnock as the replacement for Barry Robson.
Unlike some observers, I did not instantly buy into the steady stream of quips and one-liners on the day he …
-
Richard Gordon: Kilmarnock test will indicate if Neil Warnock can salvage Aberdeen’s disappointing season
24 Feb 2024 06:48 GMT
As the season moves towards its last couple of months, the signs are that Scottish football is heading for another dramatic conclusion, not just in the Premiership, but right across the SPFL.
Most attention is, of course, paid to the top-flight, and with …
-
Richard Gordon: Angus MacDonald’s lack of game time for Aberdeen this season remains puzzling
17 Feb 2024 06:48 GMT
The Dons’ first week under the guidance of Neil Warnock has come and gone with a narrow, if comprehensive, defeat at Ibrox, a run-of-the-mill Scottish Cup victory over Bonnyrigg Rose and, an at times calamitous and haphazard, six-goal thriller at home to …