The Double Cup-Winning Season Of 1989/90

[Jocky Balboa]

I'll cut straight to the chase with this one:

 

After reading the last Red Final, which contained articles on the team mentioned above, which finished runners-up in the league and won both cups (playing some of the best football in our history in the process!) I feel it merits discussion among us and perhaps even an official commemoration in the form of AFC holding an official event, a la Gothenburg Greats.

 

Your thoughts on this (and the season in general)?

[muttonhumper]

I fondly recall the pumpings of Hearts & Dundee Utd en route to the Scottish Cup win. 4-1 & 4-0 (for our younger viewers).

Probably more than the final itself which was a bit of an anti climax.

 

Hearts came to Pittodrie in the QF apparently (according to the press) ready to methodically dump us out of the competition.

We (esp Gillhaus & Nicholas) reamed them inside oot in that 2nd half shooting into the Merkland.

Was in sector Y that day. Ace celebrations & probably around 20 odd pints afterwards to top it off.

 

Semi against the Arabs was a brilliant day oot.

Drunk Edinburgh dry...in the corner terracing at Tynecastle under the roof. The bit wi the maist bio hazardous urinals known to man.

Think Irvine scored 2 in 1st half. Also an OG. The Gillhaus wrapped it up with a fearsome, bullet like strike from the edge of the box.

Marvelous.

[E-P-K]

I fondly recall the pumpings of Hearts & Dundee Utd en route to the Scottish Cup win. 4-1 & 4-0 (for our younger viewers).

Probably more than the final itself which was a bit of an anti climax.

 

Hearts came to Pittodrie in the QF apparently (according to the press) ready to methodically dump us out of the competition.

We (esp Gillhaus & Nicholas) reamed them inside oot in that 2nd half shooting into the Merkland.

Was in sector Y that day. Ace celebrations & probably around 20 odd pints afterwards to top it off.

 

Semi against the Arabs was a brilliant day oot.

Drunk Edinburgh dry...in the corner terracing at Tynecastle under the roof. The bit wi the maist bio hazardous urinals known to man.

Think Irvine scored 2 in 1st half. Also an OG. The Gillhaus wrapped it up with a fearsome, bullet like strike from the edge of the box.

Marvelous.

 

 

Just for you

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka5DLZz3gec

[muttonhumper]

 

 

Just for you

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka5DLZz3gec

 

Cheers.

 

Big Bri Irvine with a composed finish too!

Forgot aboot that een.

[Sonoftherock]

 

 

Just for you

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka5DLZz3gec

 

Gillhaus looked like such a brilliant player.

[ollie1903]

We (esp Gillhaus & Nicholas) reamed them inside oot .

[barassie_afc]

Gilhaus was borderline world class

[E-P-K]

Gilhaus was borderline world class

 

 

Some debut.

 

But hardly prolific. his beast league total with Aberdeen was 14 in 35 games.

[barassie_afc]

Not bad for a winger never an out and out striker

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

First season I properly remember is 1994/95. We finished 2nd bottom.

 

Depressing.

 

We finished 3rd the season after and have only managed top 3 once since then.

 

Nit

[elephantstone78]

was that the season we lost the league to rangers on the last day when we needed a draw at ibrox and had michael watt in goals. Hately clattered him early doors and his bottle went?

or was that the next season?

I remember that last day as i was playing football in glasgow and saw huns celebrating and didnt even need to ask the score. Even at that early age (about 11) I found them odious.

Think i found a £10 note that day too which perked me up no end managed to buy fish suppers for about half the team !

I think a double cup win is worth celebrating not like we have many other reasons

[Sandafc]

 

 

Some debut.

 

But hardly prolific. his beast league total with Aberdeen was 14 in 35 games.

27 goals in 78 not too bad at all. Quality player, oh to have him upfront with Jess, Booth etc nowadays.

[Biscuit]

was that the season we lost the league to rangers on the last day when we needed a draw at ibrox and had michael watt in goals. Hately clattered him early doors and his bottle went?

or was that the next season?

I remember that last day as i was playing football in glasgow and saw huns celebrating and didnt even need to ask the score. Even at that early age (about 11) I found them odious.

Think i found a £10 note that day too which perked me up no end managed to buy fish suppers for about half the team !

I think a double cup win is worth celebrating not like we have many other reasons

That was 1991. I was at both the cup finals as a kid. Best memory though was the 4 nil win at Tyncastle. Against Dundee utd in the semi final played them off the park that day, sea of sun hats in the aberdeen end looked great.

[elephantstone78]

it would be nice to think we would one day be able to think back to the famous cup win of 2013-2014. No better chance for journeymen to become legends and youngsters to make a proper name for themselves.

I think I would probably need to take at least a week off work to recover from the celebrating

[RUL]

I was at the semi at Tynecastle, for some reason I thought we won 1-0. My memory is clearly getting worse.

[WillemVan]

For all the fans who are too young to have seen Gillhaus..... believe all the hype, he was fucking sensational. I remember one particular game against the Tims when i was a ball boy, he ripped Paul Elliot, an England international, a new arsehole. Too think we signed a dutch international for the best part of a million quid...how times have changed.

[E-P-K]

For all the fans who are too young to have seen Gillhaus..... believe all the hype, he was fucking sensational. I remember one particular game against the Tims when i was a ball boy, he ripped Paul Elliot, an England international, a new arsehole. Too think we signed a dutch international for the best part of a million quid...how times have changed.

 

 

He was not an England international.

 

What about Williem Van der Ark, how did you rate him

[ericblack4boss]

Gillhaus. Nicholas. Jess all great players, but for me the real dynamo of that side was Mason.

He should've played for his country.

[tup]

Gilhaus was without doubt the best player ever to play for Aberdeen.

 

He had just won the European Cup when we signed him.

 

I was at the Celtic cup final, awful game, but a tremendous climax.

[tup]

Amazes me that more than one poster above cannot even spell his name correctly.

[Jocky Balboa]

Disagree. Winners=Champions of the league. Anything else domestic is window dressing. Good team, not great.

 

"an official commemoration in the form of AFC holding an official event, a la Gothenburg Greats".

 

No thanks, not for me.

 

You're more than entitled to your opinion, but I think that team should be remembered in some way. Had we not lost the league on the last day of the following season, I am convinced we would have seen the dawn of a new era in our history and Scottish Football's. I'm not suggesting European trophy winners, but by hell we would have given anyone in Britain a right game back them and more than held our own in a Europa league format (take note, JC worshippers).

 

Some of the best football of our history was played between 1988-91 and I would like to see some kind of commemoration, even if only a minor one or a commemorative DVD.

[Sonoftherock]

Amazes me that more than one poster above cannot even spell his name correctly.

 

According to Wiki, you can't spell it properly either: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Gillhaus

[tup]

Dinna care about that made up pish, it is spelled with one 'l'.

[tup]

Appears we were spelling it wrong for years then, 2 l's appears to be correct.

 

In programs I have here from that spell it has only one.

 

Bizarre, we couldna even spell our best player's name, no wonder we turned pish.

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

As a 26 year old, the best player to ever play for the Dons is clearly Stephen Glass

 

[WillemVan]

England U21 and England B International

 

 

 

He was not an England international.

 

What about Williem Van der Ark, how did you rate him

[Jocky Balboa]

Gillhaus. Nicholas. Jess all great players, but for me the real dynamo of that side was Mason.

He should've played for his country.

Mason was tremendous and along with Theo, the main reason we won the Skol Cup in '89.

[ericblack4boss]

As I mentioned Mason should've played for England. He was unfortunate to be around at the same time as Gascgoine, Beardsley, Platt, for me on his day he was an equal to anyone else England had at the time.

[King Street Loon]

Mason was a fantastic player.

My favourite back then.

 

I'd love a midfield of him , Bett, Grant and Connor again.

Would sweep all before them in this day and age.

[ericblack4boss]

What I liked most about mason was his honesty whether he was right back. Right midfield. Centre midfield. Off the front man. On the wing. Or up front. ALL positions the scouser played with 100% effort. Never sulked just got on with the job in his efficient highly effective manner. Also it was his directness always played the ball forward. Always looking to be positive he is second in my favourite Don of all time list.