Aberdeen Book - Help Required

[Nick Brown]

Hello everyone, I am currently writing a book about Aberdeen throughout this season called ‘Former Glories And New Beginnings’ – it should be available round about September time – and am also in the planning stage of something about the Dutch players that the Dons have had, ie: Snelders, Ten Caat, Gillhaus, Van Der Ark, Van De Ven, etc, but also including the, dare I say it, less heralded ones such as Touzani, Bus, etc.

Does anyone have any particular memories of any of the Dutch Dons, any stand-out moments, funny anecdotes, feelings of what they brought to the club, etc?

Please feel free to be as expressive as you like if you would like to share. Probably best not to reply on here, though – my email is: books.nickbrown@gmail.com

I thank you so much for any help, memories, thoughts, you might share.

Cheers all !

Nick

[Roberto]

Touzani bossed Atletico Madrid in Madrid.

Just a pity some other players let us down.

[Fridge]

1 hour ago, Nick Brown said:

Hello everyone, I am currently writing a book about Aberdeen throughout this season called ‘Former Glories And New Beginnings’ – it should be available round about September time – and am also in the planning stage of something about the Dutch players that the Dons have had, ie: Snelders, Ten Caat, Gillhaus, Van Der Ark, Van De Ven, etc, but also including the, dare I say it, less heralded ones such as Touzani, Bus, etc.

Does anyone have any particular memories of any of the Dutch Dons, any stand-out moments, funny anecdotes, feelings of what they brought to the club, etc?

Please feel free to be as expressive as you like if you would like to share. Probably best not to reply on here, though – my email is: books.nickbrown@gmail.com

I thank you so much for any help, memories, thoughts, you might share.

Cheers all !

Nick

Good luck. Ghillhaus goal against the Huns was a thing of beauty, Wednesday night if I recall. Theo’s save against the Tim’s in the Ken shoot out, Van der Ark’s flick on for Mason’s winner.

 

Ferne Snoyle.

[NEM]

Jeffrey De Vischer taking a dump in Union Terrace Gardens must be up there

[super_al]

I remember a game at Ibrox where Touzani sat in amongst the fans. Place went nuts when folk found out it was him.

[Dad]

Theo on his knees fist-pumping like fuck as we all bounced up and down like crazy bastards celebrating the winning of the Scottish Cup was fun 🙌 

Terrific times 😎

[jamiesd]

Theo's famous Easter Rd red card.  Ball booted out the stadium. Irvine saved a pen. Bett missed a pen. 

[ericblack4boss]

Would you include Paul Mason , brought to us from Dutch football?

[ericblack4boss]

Gillhaus "allegedly" being the trigger for the 5-0 capitulation at McDiarmid park in October 1990, and the set too after the game.

[Ten Caat]

Gillhaus' debut at Dunfermline scoring a double, including an overhead kick, in the first 20 minutes. Massive Dons support there that day.

[Fridge]

38 minutes ago, Ten Caat said:

Gillhaus' debut at Dunfermline scoring a double, including an overhead kick, in the first 20 minutes. Massive Dons support there that day.

I was there, and then he scored that one against the Huns midweek.

 

[Fridge]

 

[milne_afc]

I met Ivo Den Bieman on a couple of occasions. 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, ericblack4boss said:

Gillhaus "allegedly" being the trigger for the 5-0 capitulation at McDiarmid park in October 1990, and the set too after the game.

Didn’t someone’s dog get molested in the changing room? 

[maryhilldon]

54 minutes ago, milne_afc said:

I met Ivo Den Bieman on a couple of occasions. 

Not sure that'll make it into the book.

[fine-n-dandy]

I can recommend some decent suggestions for bookends if you like. 

[Watson Oh The Bar! Scanlon Yes!]

56 minutes ago, North east Cobian said:

Didn’t someone’s dog get molested in the changing room? 

Ah no, the Cappielow incident, rearing it’s ugly head once more, allegedly…

[ericblack4boss]

Snelders, Gillhaus,  Mason, Van Der Ark, Ten Caat, Van Der Ark, 

6 players brought in for a combined fee of not even £2million

[aberdeen1970]

42 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Even more impressive that you have two Van Der Arks. 

Useful for saving more animals in biblical floods 

[Ke1t]

Wildepoopen. 

 

[ericblack4boss]

7 hours ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Even more impressive that you have two Van Der Arks. 

Ah shite I meant van de ven

[Guest]

11 hours ago, Watson Oh The Bar! Scanlon Yes! said:

Ah no, the Cappielow incident, rearing it’s ugly head once more, allegedly…

A dog got fingered?

[Zeus]

The highly anticipated signing of Robert Fik.

Was buzzing.

Till he turned us down to sign for a Dutch 8th division team 

[Redmist1903]

Not strictly Aberdeen related but former Dutch Don Jeffrey De Visscher sacked for taking a shit in the street next to his car.

 

Jeffrey de Visscher: Footballer sacked by his club for going 'number two' in the street - Mirror Online

[minijc]

Dave Bus own goal up at Inverness, a real highlight. 

[Zeus]

3 minutes ago, minijc said:

Dave Bus own goal up at Inverness, a real highlight. 

Wonderful finish.

[Fridge]

14 hours ago, North east Cobian said:

Didn’t someone’s dog get molested in the changing room? 

He allegedly got chinned by Bett for being late for the bus due to having liaisons with Kennedy Thomson the night before if I recall.

[Ten Caat]

36 minutes ago, Fridge said:

He allegedly got chinned by Bett for being late for the bus due to having liaisons with Kennedy Thomson the night before if I recall.

This was part of the alleged story, on the bus on the way back from the match after a 5-0 embarrassment

Allegedly the players/staff were all on the bus waiting to depart Pittodrie for what was then the still relatively new McDiarmid Park....St J had been promoted in the summer so it was our first visit to the new ground. Gillhaus hadn't turned up and they'd waited as long as they could and were just about to leave without him when he supposedly arrived with his bf in tow and wanted to bring him on the bus with him. Was told to fuck off with that idea.

Anyway McLeish was furious, told Smith that Gillhaus better not be in the starting 11 or he wouldn't be playing. Eventually got to McDiarmid very late (well after 2pm). Team hurriedly got changed and out to warm up. Starting 11 meanwhile confirmed that Gillhaus was starting. Within 2 or 3 minutes of starting his warm up, McLeish suddenly fucked off back up the tunnel. Confirmed shortly after that he was out of the team (didn't look injured given how fast he fucked off up the tunnel). Think he was replaced in starting 11 by Gregg Watson IIRC. Anyway St J took a fairly early lead, David Robertson looked "out of sorts" to say the least, was taking a shredding off the Saints right winger and soon got himself booked. Despite this he kept on flying into challenges, the support could all see what was happening and were calling out for Smith to substitute him but to no avail. And to no ones surprise, Robertson gets himself sent off before the half hour had passed.

The rest is just a fucking embarrassment. It's well documented that this was the season we blew the league title against oldco in the final match of the season at Ibrokes. Well a shitty 0-1 victory for us in this match and we'd have won the league on goal difference. 

 

[aberdeen1970]

1 hour ago, Ten Caat said:

This was part of the alleged story, on the bus on the way back from the match after a 5-0 embarrassment

Allegedly the players/staff were all on the bus waiting to depart Pittodrie for what was then the still relatively new McDiarmid Park....St J had been promoted in the summer so it was our first visit to the new ground. Gillhaus hadn't turned up and they'd waited as long as they could and were just about to leave without him when he supposedly arrived with his bf in tow and wanted to bring him on the bus with him. Was told to fuck off with that idea.

Anyway McLeish was furious, told Smith that Gillhaus better not be in the starting 11 or he wouldn't be playing. Eventually got to McDiarmid very late (well after 2pm). Team hurriedly got changed and out to warm up. Starting 11 meanwhile confirmed that Gillhaus was starting. Within 2 or 3 minutes of starting his warm up, McLeish suddenly fucked off back up the tunnel. Confirmed shortly after that he was out of the team (didn't look injured given how fast he fucked off up the tunnel). Think he was replaced in starting 11 by Gregg Watson IIRC. Anyway St J took a fairly early lead, David Robertson looked "out of sorts" to say the least, was taking a shredding off the Saints right winger and soon got himself booked. Despite this he kept on flying into challenges, the support could all see what was happening and were calling out for Smith to substitute him but to no avail. And to no ones surprise, Robertson gets himself sent off before the half hour had passed.

The rest is just a fucking embarrassment. It's well documented that this was the season we blew the league title against oldco in the final match of the season at Ibrokes. Well a shitty 0-1 victory for us in this match and we'd have won the league on goal difference. 

 

@Nick Brown

This will spice up your book min. 

[ericblack4boss]

Ten caats version is the one I heard, 

Was it Kennedy Thomson his bf ? 

I heard that the fighting was on the bus on the way back.

And I've always maintained the league was lost that day at McDiarmid park not the Ibrox decider.

It's funny that no player from that side has ever broken ranks and actually said what happened that day, definitively once and for all.