G31DON Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Euro millions jackpot is £105 million on Friday night. Everyone buy a ticket. Link to comment
redone Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 The DD stand fkd our playing budget for well over a decadeRDS was built during 92/93 season. The transfers in the following years included :- 1994 Ray McKinnon £300K1995 Paul Bernard £1million1996 Kiriakov £400K1996 Tzvetanov £600K1996 Kombouare £400K1997 Brian O’Neill £850K1997 Ricky Gillies £460K1998 Robbie Winters £700K (plus Billy Dodds)1999 Zerouali £450K1999 Jim Hamilton £300K We also signed John Inglis and Peter Hetherston in 1994. Haven’t found details of the transfer fees we paid , but £500K rings a bell for Inglis and £250K for Hetherston. I’m sure I’ve read that the RDS has generated enough income over the years from increased corporate sponsorship to have pretty much covered its own costs. But it clearly didn’t fuck up our playing budget 6 1 Link to comment
strachanmcgheegoal Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Holy fuck, that’s a list and a half for so many reasons. Mainly shite ones. Link to comment
davieb Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 RDS was built during 92/93 season. The transfers in the following years included :- 1994 Ray McKinnon £300K1995 Paul Bernard £1million1996 Kiriakov £400K1996 Tzvetanov £600K1996 Kombouare £400K1997 Brian O’Neill £850K1997 Ricky Gillies £460K1998 Robbie Winters £700K (plus Billy Dodds)1999 Zerouali £450K1999 Jim Hamilton £300K We also signed John Inglis and Peter Hetherston in 1994. Haven’t found details of the transfer fees we paid , but £500K rings a bell for Inglis and £250K for Hetherston. I’m sure I’ve read that the RDS has generated enough income over the years from increased corporate sponsorship to have pretty much covered its own costs. But it clearly didn’t fuck up our playing budget I'm sure Hetherston cost £100k Link to comment
Hewitt a the pies Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 RDS was built during 92/93 season. The transfers in the following years included :- 1994 Ray McKinnon £300K1995 Paul Bernard £1million1996 Kiriakov £400K1996 Tzvetanov £600K1996 Kombouare £400K1997 Brian O’Neill £850K1997 Ricky Gillies £460K1998 Robbie Winters £700K (plus Billy Dodds)1999 Zerouali £450K1999 Jim Hamilton £300K We also signed John Inglis and Peter Hetherston in 1994. Haven’t found details of the transfer fees we paid , but £500K rings a bell for Inglis and £250K for Hetherston. I’m sure I’ve read that the RDS has generated enough income over the years from increased corporate sponsorship to have pretty much covered its own costs. But it clearly didn’t fuck up our playing budgetKABOOM! Link to comment
Kiriakov33 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 RDS was built during 92/93 season. The transfers in the following years included :- 1994 Ray McKinnon £300K1995 Paul Bernard £1million1996 Kiriakov £400K1996 Tzvetanov £600K1996 Kombouare £400K1997 Brian O’Neill £850K1997 Ricky Gillies £460K1998 Robbie Winters £700K (plus Billy Dodds)1999 Zerouali £450K1999 Jim Hamilton £300K We also signed John Inglis and Peter Hetherston in 1994. Haven’t found details of the transfer fees we paid , but £500K rings a bell for Inglis and £250K for Hetherston. I’m sure I’ve read that the RDS has generated enough income over the years from increased corporate sponsorship to have pretty much covered its own costs. But it clearly didn’t fuck up our playing budgetJeez , that’s a sobering list. Not the players but the cost... we can only dream about spending 500k on a player these days... no wonder we were 15 million in debt Link to comment
leftside Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 RDS was built during 92/93 season. The transfers in the following years included :- 1994 Ray McKinnon £300K1995 Paul Bernard £1million1996 Kiriakov £400K1996 Tzvetanov £600K1996 Kombouare £400K1997 Brian O’Neill £850K1997 Ricky Gillies £460K1998 Robbie Winters £700K (plus Billy Dodds)1999 Zerouali £450K1999 Jim Hamilton £300K We also signed John Inglis and Peter Hetherston in 1994. Haven’t found details of the transfer fees we paid , but £500K rings a bell for Inglis and £250K for Hetherston. I’m sure I’ve read that the RDS has generated enough income over the years from increased corporate sponsorship to have pretty much covered its own costs. But it clearly didn’t fuck up our playing budget From memory most of those numbers are on the high side. Although you did miss Nigel Pepper £400KThose transfers were funded by a share issue around 1995 where fans bought around £3million worth of shares, in the same period there were the sale of Jess to Coventry and Wright to the dead club, which brought in around £4million. The RDS was not a good project for the club, either in execution or long term use, even on a good day its half empty, and worst of all its too close to the pitch. 1 Link to comment
Torry Tosser Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Too close to the pitch?Where do you want it to be back on the links? Link to comment
leftside Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Too close to the pitch?Where do you want it to be back on the links?about 2 or 3 metres further back, most of the seats in the RDU can barely see the by-line or are looking through the Perspex. Link to comment
V for Vendetta Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 RDS was built during 92/93 season. The transfers in the following years included :- 1994 Ray McKinnon £300K1995 Paul Bernard £1million1996 Kiriakov £400K1996 Tzvetanov £600K1996 Kombouare £400K1997 Brian O’Neill £850K1997 Ricky Gillies £460K1998 Robbie Winters £700K (plus Billy Dodds)1999 Zerouali £450K1999 Jim Hamilton £300K We also signed John Inglis and Peter Hetherston in 1994. Haven’t found details of the transfer fees we paid , but £500K rings a bell for Inglis and £250K for Hetherston. I’m sure I’ve read that the RDS has generated enough income over the years from increased corporate sponsorship to have pretty much covered its own costs. But it clearly didn’t fuck up our playing budget Good point, so maybe the RDS wasn't quite such a burden after all. Although not sure it proves it didn't fuck up our playing budget as a lot of the spend above incurred debts we just couldn't pay down - we really shouldn't have been buying all these guys. Either way, for the moment I'm given a bit of optimism about the stadium funding by Cormack and Crotty and hopefully they will put more money in as well as find other partners to invest. Ideally when they do Milne's hand is forced and he has to match whatever Cormack or Crotty puts in - if he doesn't pay his share I think he may be under a lot of pressure to release the control of the club. Link to comment
RUL Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 The RDU is dreadful but in grim times the views of the city made the game seem more interesting. Link to comment
strachanmcgheegoal Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Used to think the same when they were building it. Well this is utter shite.....oh look, a boat. Link to comment
robbojunior Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Good point, so maybe the RDS wasn't quite such a burden after all. Although not sure it proves it didn't fuck up our playing budget as a lot of the spend above incurred debts we just couldn't pay down - we really shouldn't have been buying all these guys. Either way, for the moment I'm given a bit of optimism about the stadium funding by Cormack and Crotty and hopefully they will put more money in as well as find other partners to invest. Ideally when they do Milne's hand is forced and he has to match whatever Cormack or Crotty puts in - if he doesn't pay his share I think he may be under a lot of pressure to release the control of the club.Cormack is not as rich as some folk think. Link to comment
Ramandu Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Didn't remember that we had paid money for Ricky Gillies. What a terrible way to spend £460k. Link to comment
Ten Caat Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Inglis was £400k and Hetherston £150k Link to comment
ericblack4boss Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 I thought Jess returned after coventry failed to pay the transfer fee. And instead we got jess back Link to comment
Redstar Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Fucking hell...£400k for Jingles... Link to comment
Reliablesource Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Cormack is not as rich as some folk think.How rich do some folk think he is? Link to comment
Guest the shepherd Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 RDS was built during 92/93 season. The transfers in the following years included :- 1994 Ray McKinnon £300K1995 Paul Bernard £1million1996 Kiriakov £400K1996 Tzvetanov £600K1996 Kombouare £400K1997 Brian O’Neill £850K1997 Ricky Gillies £460K1998 Robbie Winters £700K (plus Billy Dodds)1999 Zerouali £450K1999 Jim Hamilton £300K We also signed John Inglis and Peter Hetherston in 1994. Haven’t found details of the transfer fees we paid , but £500K rings a bell for Inglis and £250K for Hetherston. I’m sure I’ve read that the RDS has generated enough income over the years from increased corporate sponsorship to have pretty much covered its own costs. But it clearly didn’t fuck up our playing budgetFactor £800,000 for Billy Dodds in 1994 from St. Johnstone (pretty sure John Inglis was circa. £350k) and there was not much return for the monies spent by Willie Miller (in his last year in charge) and Roy Aitken. All things considered, we did bloody well remaining in the league, considering done of the mercenaries and imposters we signed. Link to comment
Guest the shepherd Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 I thought Jess returned after coventry failed to pay the transfer fee. And instead we got jess backYou may be right min but I thought we got him for a fraction of the fee that Coventry promised to pay. Gary Smith returned around the same time from Rennes but I don't think a fee was involved. Link to comment
StandFree1982 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 My favourite transfer was when someone paid £200k for Chris Clark Then I remember we paid £100k for Wright. Link to comment
robbojunior Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 How rich do some folk think he is? Fucking rich Link to comment
strachanmcgheegoal Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Like James Wilson rich? Link to comment
slippers Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 How rich do some folk think he is?Low 8 figures Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 If we have a huge loan/mortgage on it then yes.I may be delusional but I think we might actually do it without too big a mortgage for the club. I'm positive on that.Biggest challenge is getting the stadium and transport right for fans and making sure the backing is there from us to make it work. hope so From memory most of those numbers are on the high side. Although you did miss Nigel Pepper £400KThose transfers were funded by a share issue around 1995 where fans bought around £3million worth of shares, in the same period there were the sale of Jess to Coventry and Wright to the dead club, which brought in around £4million. The RDS was not a good project for the club, either in execution or long term use, even on a good day its half empty, and worst of all its too close to the pitch.+1 that kind of counters the completely one sided view posted earlier that everyone seemed to take as gospel, denying that the DD cost the club a fortune & contributed vastly to our debts we struggled to cope with for decades. The DD was built during a time when all clubs were massively over spending.To blame our debts on just buying players & completely discounting the selling of players is totally one sided. Link to comment
fine-n-dandy Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 RDS was built during 92/93 season.The transfers in the following years included :-1994 Ray McKinnon £300K1995 Paul Bernard £1million1996 Kiriakov £400K1996 Tzvetanov £600K1996 Kombouare £400K1997 Brian O’Neill £850K1997 Ricky Gillies £460K1998 Robbie Winters £700K (plus Billy Dodds)1999 Zerouali £450K1999 Jim Hamilton £300KWe also signed John Inglis and Peter Hetherston in 1994. Haven’t found details of the transfer fees we paid , but £500K rings a bell for Inglis and £250K for Hetherston.I’m sure I’ve read that the RDS has generated enough income over the years from increased corporate sponsorship to have pretty much covered its own costs.But it clearly didn’t fuck up our playing budgetRDS was built during 92/93 season.The transfers in the following years included :-1994 Ray McKinnon £300K1995 Paul Bernard £1million1996 Kiriakov £400K1996 Tzvetanov £600K1996 Kombouare £400K1997 Brian O’Neill £850K1997 Ricky Gillies £460K1998 Robbie Winters £700K (plus Billy Dodds)1999 Zerouali £450K1999 Jim Hamilton £300KWe also signed John Inglis and Peter Hetherston in 1994. Haven’t found details of the transfer fees we paid , but £500K rings a bell for Inglis and £250K for Hetherston.I’m sure I’ve read that the RDS has generated enough income over the years from increased corporate sponsorship to have pretty much covered its own costs.But it clearly didn’t fuck up our playing budgetSee above. Whilst I am sure you went to a lot of effort to research all that. It is a completely one sided view & in complete denial of the massive costs of the DD. A stand that was said by many that even its namesake would have been against Link to comment
strachanmcgheegoal Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 The problem with the DD was always the lack of long term vision (ironically - absolutely agree with the shite view in the RDU comment). The DD was fine if the intention was to build another 3 the same on site. Even then that was never the case. Yes it paid itself short term because of the increased commercial operations but long term it was always just going to be a deadweight. And it took little heed of changing football politics in Scotland and further afield. Link to comment
ericblack4boss Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 The rds is and was a total carbunkle of a construction. Link to comment
redone Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 See above. Whilst I am sure you went to a lot of effort to research all that. It is a completely one sided view & in complete denial of the massive costs of the DD. A stand that was said by many that even its namesake would have been againstDidn’t take much effort. I remembered most of the players and it was just a case of looking up their Wikipedia page or the transfer market website. And this article that came up from a simple Google search https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/aberdeen-fc/five-dons-deals-failed1/ If it’s one sided then that’s because I was focusing solely on dismantling and rubbishing your claim that the RDS fucked our playing budget for a decade. Mission accomplished. I wasn’t denying the costs of the RDS because I didn’t know how much it cost. Not a fuckin clue on that score, much like yourself , I suspect. And as for your comment that Dick Donald would have been against the stand being built ...... he was still the Chairman when the decision was made to build it. Link to comment
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