Aberdeen fans celebrated the New Year by unfurling a We Love Armageddon banner during their side’s 2-1 win away to Dundee United.
Contrary to the predictions of Neil Doncaster Scottish football hasn’t gone into meltdown without the club he tried so desperately to create a top division place for.
Doncaster’s suggestion that liquidation was similar to administration as an exercise in debt dumping was quickly taken apart by supporters keen to ensure that their own side’s weren’t disadvantaged by paying their way.
Over the first two days of 2014 there were sell out crowds at Tannadice and Easter Road as more and more supporters see their club having a genuine chance of success.
In the early and mid-eighties Dundee United v Aberdeen and Hibs v Hearts fixtures at the festive period would attract big crowds with the demand still there despite the competition from televised matches from England and Spain competing for the attention of fans.
With their team enjoying a revival under Derek McInnes Aberdeen fans can look forward to returning to Europe next season as well as being favourites to lift the League Cup which would end a near 20 year wait for silverware at Pittodrie.
A successful Aberdeen side can certainly add value to the Scottish game with their fans travelling in good numbers with one less visit to Glasgow to budget for.
In Edinburgh Hibs fans have suffered more than most in recent times with the financial gymnastics of their city rivals proving especially hurtful.
Whether Terry Butcher can succeed where Pat Fenlon, Colin Calderwood, Mixu Paatelainen, John Hughes, John Collins and various others have failed remains to be seen but over 20,000 fans ignored live television coverage and the elements to  finally see their side put one over on Hearts.
With the club in administration it seems that Hearts are attracting plenty of misplaced sympathy, the real sympathy should be directed towards those clubs that suffered and were denied trophies and success up against the madness of Vladimir Romanov’s regime at Tynecastle.
As Doncaster and his cronies gradually waken up to the reality of ‘Armageddon’ hopefully they will have learned their lessons and treat future insolvency events in an even handed manner knowing that the integrity of the sport is worth far more than short term commercial deals.
Personally I think it is good to see a healthy Aberdeen, Dundee Utd, and Hibs. This competition is good for Celtic and the fans. The manky mob at Ipox can continue to fuck off.
It’s also great to see the other clubs mocking the zombies- long may it continue.
IN LENNON WE TRUST!
GRAFFITI ON THE WALL, GRAFFITI ON THE WALL……
Baaaa Baaaad Craic that from the Aberdeen fans……they should leave the Zombies alone….they haven’t done anything wrong 🙂
Nah fcuk that, well in Dons 🙂
Well said, Joe.
Dump debt and continue as before.
My arse,as Jim Royal would say.
Good on the dons,who are enjoying life
without the deid club.
With sevco having a 5 year plan of cut-backs,just to stay in existence.It will be a
laugh,watching sevco try and make the
top 6 in the premiersnip,as reality bites.
Whatever happened to Sugar Dave ?
LETS WISH FOR A ZOMBIE FREE LEAGUE FOR EVER MORE.
THE HORROR! THE HORROR!
I wouldn’t say that John Collins failed at Hibs. He won the league cup and left after an argument with Rod Petrie about interference in team matters. I welcome a strong challenge from Hibs, United and the Sheep.
Life is so sweet without all the cheating .but we must allways be aware what goes on inside corrupt house at ( hampden).Never be back they are DOOMED
In the past few years a good number of cups have been won by teams other than Celtic and this is welcomed by all, including Celtic fans, but I suspect not by the orcs at Ibrokes. Hopefully this will improve over the next few years as competition from the other clubs improves.
The orcs only aim was supremacy, as outlined in their manta ‘we arra peepul’ and this supremacy is their aim at any price or cost to others. Without the cheating by the old orcs, there are trophies to aim for if clubs make it their aim to compete for them. I do not believe that Sevco have learned anything as they are still trying to buy their way through the leagues that they should never have been admitted to.
The Oldco poison is not missed in the Premier League and it is good to see a general awareness of this the the expressions of the fans of other clubs. The Newco poison is not welcome. I hope never to see their malevolent and sinister influence for much longer. On a related note, I don’t think it will be too long before the edifice that is the EPL begins to crumble as the levels of debt that these clubs are accruing is unsustainable and is also immoral in a world with so much poverty.
Indeed, the first rumblings of massive debts beginning to impinge on clubs at the lower end of the EPL are beginning to surface. Once these clubs are affected, the effects will begin to whittle away at the bigger clubs. UEFA and FIFA will also feel the effects soon. This madness of ridiculous salaries cannot go on.
Well done the dons fans. The whole of scottish football with the exception of sevco are getting on with it just fine.
Keep the boot on the throat.
hail hail