Not so long a go, Ellis Short offered Steve Bruce a four year contract to help quieten the
murmurings in the media of Bruce's strong contention for the England management job. This was
despite the fact that Bruce had seemingly only had modest achievements in his twelve year
managerial career, with the only tangible success's being two promotions from the championship with
Birmingham City (sandwiched between relegation).
In the run up to Christmas the Scottish Football Blog is taking a daily look at the season so
far for the 12 SPL clubs.
And what they might hope to find in their stockings.
Alphabetically at least Aberdeen are number one.
Woe seems to hang over Pittodrie like a particularly clingy North Sea haar at the moment.
It was only a tiny step forward, but those that have been campaigning for the return of terraces
in the form of safe standing had a rare reason to be cheerful yesterday with an announcement from
north of the border, that the Scottish Premier League is to trial a pilot that may see the return
of standing at matches in the near future.
Yesterday I was rummaging around in Tooting's Oxfam and found a Charles Buchan book from
1955-56. In it was this picture of young Graham Leggat. How about that?
Leggat had just played a key role in Aberdeen's first ever league title (in the 1954-55
season). A few years later he was scoring a super-fast hat-trick on Boxing Day as Fulham
destroyed Ipswish 10-1.
Yesterday I was rummaging around in Tooting's Oxfam and found a Charles Buchan book from
1955-56. In it was this picture of young Graham Leggat. How about that?
Leggat had just played a key role in Aberdeen's first ever league title (in the 1954-55
season). A few years later he was scoring a super-fast hat-trick on Boxing Day as Fulham
destroyed Ipswish 10-1.
Sir Alex Ferguson at 70: Aberdeen achievements should be remembered
The plaudits will once again be ringing in Sir Alex Ferguson's ears this weekend as the
Manchester United manager turns 70. His achievements with Aberdeen should still be remembered.
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