Coopy100 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hearing lots of huns saying we should have been relegated twice and only survived on a technicality. Can anyone give any credence to these rumours? I know that the year we cam bottom we should have been in a playoff but due to Falkirk having a crumbling shitehole of a stadium we avoided this. I would imagine that is one. Anyone tell me what the other is because i am fucked if I know. Link to comment
Foster14 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Hearing lots of huns saying we should have been relegated twice and only survived on a technicality. Can anyone give any credence to these rumours? I know that the year we cam bottom we should have been in a playoff but due to Falkirk having a crumbling shitehole of a stadium we avoided this. I would imagine that is one. Anyone tell me what the other is because i am fucked if I know. We were the first year of the playoff. It was a rule in stipulation well before the season started, but still gets brought up as being a time we should have been relegated. By knobbers. Link to comment
adl333 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Due to Falkirk not meeting stadium criteria ............................ And Adolf in 1939 Link to comment
barassie_afc Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 1999-2000 there was no relegation due to reconstruction, so hardly a technicality Link to comment
Stoney Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 We would never in a million years have lost to falkirk in a play-off in 2000 we were very much on the up by that point! Link to comment
Coopy100 Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 1999-2000 there was no relegation due to reconstruction, so hardly a technicalityAye that was the Falkirk stadium one. We should have been in a playoff that year. i can't think for the life of me another time. Link to comment
stand_free Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 As the SPL was being expanded to 12 teams, the bottom finishing side were to face the second and third finishing sides from the first division, in a three team play-off. However, due to Falkirk's stadium not meeting SPL requirements, the playoff did not take place with Dunfermline being promoted automatically from second position. Wikipedia's take on it. I thought it was just supposed to be a straight play off between us and Falkirk? Although I noticed in Falkirk's statement that they had a dig at Rangers not paying their debts, as when Falkirk almost went bust they paid all their creditors 100% meaning they couldn't get their stadium sorted in time. Link to comment
Dynamo Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 We would never in a million years have lost to falkirk in a play-off in 2000 we were very much on the up by that point! Yep, and given cup record against lower league that season. Link to comment
Foster14 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Aye that was the Falkirk stadium one. We should have been in a playoff that year. i can't think for the life of me another time. I already said. People use the playoff one as a should have been relegated. The year before, 3 teams out of 12 had been relegated and one up to bring the league size down to 10. Season before that it had been 2 down, 2 up (in a 12 team league). Some folks use that as meaning it should have been 2 the season after or summit like that (when as I said, the league was set up as that ages before it was known Aberdeen were finishing 9th, as if we somehow got off with it). Just neeps! Link to comment
Jonty Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 We would never in a million years have lost to falkirk in a play-off in 2000 we were very much on the up by that point! We finished bottom in 1999-2000, we would have been relegated with no play off if Falkirks Stadium was up to scratch. Those were the rules at the time however so huns can do one... Link to comment
Foster14 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 We finished bottom in 1999-2000, we would have been relegated with no play off if Falkirks Stadium was up to scratch. Those were the rules at the time however so huns can do one... No, the league was being expanded, so it was to be a playoff between bottom of the SPL and second/third in the first division, with the top two teams getting an SPL place in 00/01. Link to comment
The Boofon Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 No, the league was being expanded, so it was to be a playoff between bottom of the SPL and second/third in the first division, with the top two teams getting an SPL place in 00/01. Which was a ridiculous set up. We got out of jail. Thankfully. Link to comment
Dynamo Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Which was a ridiculous set up. We got out of jail. Thankfully. Lucky season to finish bottom, would have been the same for anyone esle though. I believe Motherwell also benefited one season from a shit ground - Falkirks again? Link to comment
Foster14 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Which was a ridiculous set up. We got out of jail. Thankfully. Aye, obviously we got out of jail but the way we went that year, we kind of accepted possible last place finish and playoff to prepare for the following year (rather than getting in battlers for a relegation battle). I'd definitely say we had one escape but stipulate it with we were aware of the position at the beginning of the season, so we only avoided a relegation playoff. Link to comment
K-9 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 We would never in a million years have lost to falkirk in a play-off in 2000 we were very much on the up by that point!It was to be 3 team play off with 2 of them in top league as league went from 10 teams to 12. However from about October on it was clear that there would be no play of as Falkirk did not have and would not have stadium for SPL so we pretty much got free ticket to end up bottom with no fear of relegation whatsoever. Link to comment
K-9 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 No, the league was being expanded, so it was to be a playoff between bottom of the SPL and second/third in the first division, with the top two teams getting an SPL place in 00/01.And if any of the top 3 in division 1 didn't meet criteria then there would be no relegation - Falkirk were clear at top withing 2 months of start of season and there was never ever any danger of relegation or a play off for relegation. Link to comment
zander Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 In other words we never have been relegated regardless what the Huns say. Link to comment
ZeroTolerance Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Aye, obviously we got out of jail but the way we went that year, we kind of accepted possible last place finish and playoff to prepare for the following year (rather than getting in battlers for a relegation battle). I'd definitely say we had one escape but stipulate it with we were aware of the position at the beginning of the season, so we only avoided a relegation playoff. IIRC the last couple of games of the season we didn't try that hard and fielded a weakened team in the last game as we knew we were safe and had a cup final to prepare for. Of course that all went pear shaped when Leighton got his face smashed in. Link to comment
Crossbow Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I think the simple rule is - never believe a hun. The answer is you are wrong - it doesn't really matter what the statement is. They are not the people. They have cheated. They are bigots. They have promoted violence and intimidation as a means to an end. Link to comment
V for Vendetta Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 As others have said its just more lies to fuel the whataboutery. Clearly we can all see that they find it difficult to grasp any basic facts. Therefore I think they assume when they tell blatant lies (or print them in newspapers) that the rest of the country simply cannot determine that they are fact lies. Its as if they believe their lies are in some way difficult to disprove or check. They are mongs, the lot of them. Link to comment
Ke1t Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Did the Hun remember to point out that we almost won a treble, but the eventual winner had been cheating? I'll bet he forgot to mention that. 1 Link to comment
V for Vendetta Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 The rule of thumb if you hear any hun ever comment on any team other than his own in any context should be to laugh in his face for a good 2 mins then you say "you mongs are just fucking hilarious" Link to comment
ollie1903 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 IIRC the last couple of games of the season we didn't try that hard and fielded a weakened team in the last game as we knew we were safe and had a cup final to prepare for. Of course that all went pear shaped when Leighton got his face smashed in.By, yes, you guessed correct, a fucking Hun. Link to comment
Supersub Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I noticed a tweet using 1916/17 as a season we should have went down, we'll forget about the war that was going on then shall we? Link to comment
V for Vendetta Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 To be blunt I couldn't really give a fuck about whether we "should" have been relegated at some point or other. There were perfectly legitimite reasons why we were not relegated and the were not something concoted by Afc or the SFA to protect our club. The fact is we didn't get relegated and thats all there is to it now. The rest is history. If huns want to consider what "should" of happened then I suggest that their abomination of a club "should" have been kicked out of Scottish Football forever, about 30 or 40 years ago when the even the darkest corners of Scotland grew up and realised that bigotry and racism was the stuff of the dark ages. Except for the mirky "institution" that was Rangers football club. So "should" hasn't really got a fucking thing to do with it. 2 Link to comment
Frank Butcher Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I noticed a tweet using 1916/17 as a season we should have went down, we'll forget about the war that was going on then shall we? To quote Jack Websters book. "The 1916/17 season saw a drastic downward spiral that led the club to withdraw from all competitions. Towards the end of the season , Aberdeen were involved in several farcical situations and the decision to close down the club for the duration of the war could not have been a great dissapointment even to the largely uniformed crowds that watched them at Pittodrie" Our league record was played 34 won 7 drew 7 lost 24 and finished 20th. So we did finish 20th but never completed the season, Although we still humped the Huns 3-1 at home He goes on to say " a tremendous drain on both players and spectators was experienced and due to these factors, coupled with the extra financial burden placed on Aberdeen due to there geographical location, led to the dons dropping out of football". One game against Ayr in January had a recorded of crowd of just 250. So players/fans priorities where maybe elsewhere, proberly trying not to get shot in France I guess. Link to comment
Ke1t Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 To quote Jack Websters book. "The 1916/17 season saw a drastic downward spiral that led the club to withdraw from all competitions. Towards the end of the season , Aberdeen were involved in several farcical situations and the decision to close down the club for the duration of the war could not have been a great dissapointment even to the largely uniformed crowds that watched them at Pittodrie" Our league record was played 34 won 7 drew 7 lost 24 and finished 20th. So we did finish 20th but never completed the season, Although we still humped the Huns 3-1 at home He goes on to say " a tremendous drain on both players and spectators was experienced and due to these factors, coupled with the extra financial burden placed on Aberdeen due to there geographical location, led to the dons dropping out of football". One game against Ayr in January had a recorded of crowd of just 250. So players/fans priorities where maybe elsewhere, proberly trying not to get shot in France I guess. Hmmm... Aberdeen players and fans off fighting in France, so the club suffers dramatically. Celtic and Rangers... first and third respectively. I imagine Celtic wouldn't fight because they're no British, and The Rengurs because they wouldn't fight other Huns. Link to comment
jassb Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Never relegated and 2 European trophies. Link to comment
Ke1t Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Never relegated and 2 European trophies. And Aberdeen were allowed to parade their European trophies on the pitch right after both finals. Guess which team WASN'T able to receive their one European trophy on the pitch because their fans were rioting? Link to comment
davieb Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 I somewhat annoyed that Milne presided over the debacle that allowed us to finish bottom, and give the huns any excuse to have a gloat ... up until now that is Link to comment
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