Jump to content

3 Years Ago Today


Recommended Posts


Quite possibly the last time there was an atmosphere inside Pittodrie....

 

Agreed. The atmoshpere was alright that night but think Copenhagen edged it. It's confusing though - the vuvuzuelas helped boost the atmosphere at Copenhagen, might have been a little different without them.

 

Anyway, aye - three years is a long time to go without a decent atmosphere :(

Link to comment

Great night, probably the best half time i've ever experienced.

 

Also never watched a game at the corner between the Merkie and Souther, it was packed and everyone was standing - actually a great view point for the game especially with that atmosphere.

 

Special night

 

Were you not up in the cmmentary box that night? Seemed to remember you were for some reason.

 

EDIT: Actually I'm speaking shi'te, I watched the Bayern game from the Main Stand.

Link to comment
  • Site Sponsor

3 years, wow!

 

Absolutely brilliant night, it's probably my best experience at Pittodrie.

 

A couple of Bayern fans wished me a patronising "good luck" that night on King Street, it was them that needed it in the end; in the first leg anyway...

 

 

I hope your reply was "F.uck you ye Kraut K.unts"

Link to comment

Came straight from my old pal Keith "Big Jimmy" Nicol's funeral wake to the game. Not ashamed to admit I was crying when I saw the "RIP Jimmy - The Hilton Legend" tribute across the DD stand.

That result was for the big man looking down

 

Yeah was a day of mixed emotions, after the funeral quite a few of us and the Millwall lads met up in the Broadhill before going across and laying the wreath outside the RDS, was very emotional and even more so when said flag was draped over the RDS for all to see (Red Ultras take a bow) :thumbup1:

 

When the teams came out i was so pumped up and wanting a win for the big man it was unbelievable, the side didn't dissapoint and we were very very good that night, done the big man proud and even the Millwall lads were impressed by the atmosphere and the way the team went in about the big shots from Munich!

 

R.I.P Jimmy, gone but never forgotten :thumbs:

Link to comment

Came straight from my old pal Keith "Big Jimmy" Nicol's funeral wake to the game. Not ashamed to admit I was crying when I saw the "RIP Jimmy - The Hilton Legend" tribute across the DD stand.

That result was for the big man looking down

 

Yeah was the same Ollie. Had a tear in my eye as soon as i turned onto Merkland road and seen the sign. Hard to believe it has been 3 years since Jimmys funeral.

 

RIP Jimmy

Link to comment

Came straight from my old pal Keith "Big Jimmy" Nicol's funeral wake to the game. Not ashamed to admit I was crying when I saw the "RIP Jimmy - The Hilton Legend" tribute across the DD stand.

That result was for the big man looking down

 

 

Here's my pics of the night, along with some taken for us from Section Y & Paddock..... it was a busy time with all the coreography prep.

 

My missus was the inspiration for it as she said what did i want to do for valetines day, of course i said we had bayern at home and i jokingly said i only had 'one love' .....she knows that but wisnae happy all the same!!!!

 

I had planned the original display to have a heart as the card display but we decided to change it to blocks due to the early KO time change in case folk not arriving mucked up the heart outline.

Plan 2 was for the the 'one love' banner to have a heart around the badge but we did not have big enough premises to get it laid out so we had to scrap it the night before.

Plan 3 was what you see in the pics.

 

I also had a video clip of when we painted the banner in the beach end, i walked along filming it and said a few words with a view to passing it onto JN's family, i canna find it now, i guess it may have got deleted by accident due to lack of memory card space :(

I have a vid clip of the JN banner as the coreography started and the one love banner coming down over the top of it.

 

The 'Schickeria' banner in the pictures belonging to Bayerns main group seen on the advertising boards is banned at the Allianz arena as is the schickeria group itself so only a huge 'munchen' banner is present.

Many of their top members were / are still banned from the Allianz arena.

Had a great night in town with some bayern lads and met up with them again in munich and spend the 2nd half of the away match in their section

 

Bayern023.jpg

 

Aberdeen10.jpg

Bayern013.jpg

Bayern017.jpg

Bayern020.jpg

Bayern022.jpg

DSC04793.jpg

DSC04794.jpg

DSC04795.jpg

Link to comment

Very, very special night at Pittodrie. One which I, and thousands of others, will never forget with our 'One Love'.

 

Foolsgold 9.53, it was a fantastic display which I proudly contributed to by holding up my wee red bit of card! Even only 3 years later I can point out to my wee nephew where I was in the crowd, and I still have the One Love display photograph on my office wall.

 

The following morning I almost slept in for my 0630 flight from Edinburgh to Tenerife! Turned up at check-in still half-pissed!, Aberdeen top on as well as Aberdeen woolie hat (as hadn't done my hair!!) The amount of positive comments from fellow travellers was brilliant, which kept up the "high" of the result.

 

That 2 week holiday in Tenerife had been booked 9-10 months previously for my 40th Birthday. At the start of the footie season 07/08 a friend (Jute) said, but thats when the last 32 of UEFA Cup is. I laughed!! He got opportunity for "telt you"! on bus home from Copenhagen game!

 

Fortunately for me, my 40th pressie was return flights from Tenerife to Munich with 2 nights in a hotel :) Despite the score, it was a fantastic experience, with the added bonus of heading back to the sunshine in Tenerife rather than home!

Link to comment

Very, very special night at Pittodrie. One which I, and thousands of others, will never forget with our 'One Love'.

 

Foolsgold 9.53, it was a fantastic display which I proudly contributed to by holding up my wee red bit of card! Even only 3 years later I can point out to my wee nephew where I was in the crowd, and I still have the One Love display photograph on my office wall.

 

The following morning I almost slept in for my 0630 flight from Edinburgh to Tenerife! Turned up at check-in still half-pissed!, Aberdeen top on as well as Aberdeen woolie hat (as hadn't done my hair!!) The amount of positive comments from fellow travellers was brilliant, which kept up the "high" of the result.

 

That 2 week holiday in Tenerife had been booked 9-10 months previously for my 40th Birthday. At the start of the footie season 07/08 a friend (Jute) said, but thats when the last 32 of UEFA Cup is. I laughed!! He got opportunity for "telt you"! on bus home from Copenhagen game!

 

Fortunately for me, my 40th pressie was return flights from Tenerife to Munich with 2 nights in a hotel :) Despite the score, it was a fantastic experience, with the added bonus of heading back to the sunshine in Tenerife rather than home!

 

 

Great to see what can be done when everyone works together A_L :)

 

I still have my old RU calendar and would happily pay for a new one each year if they were available with the current dates as it's great to have on the office wall.

Link to comment

Wonderful memories of that day

 

Watched the game on the pay-as-you-go television monitors, with my wife having contractions a week early of due date, in the maternity hospital in the ward prior to labour rooms with 2 main stand seat tickets just above the away dugout in my wallet. I could see my empty seats every time the cameras showed the dug out areas.

 

Fantastic game, great score, wife hung on until end of game when the midwifes then insisted we proceed to a labour room.

 

Our first born - my son - born early the following morning. His 3rd birthday today!

Link to comment

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...