Afc Donscast

Back after the brief winter break and straight into fourth round Scottish Cup action on Friday night against Clyde at New Douglas Park and a 2-0 win to progress to the last 16. Post-match reaction from Barry Robson. Plus a round-up of the rest of the matches from the Cup from the weekend and SPFL League 2 and Highland League results and the Scottish Cup Fifth Round draw. Also a quick round up of transfer updates and some supporters news. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

Happy New Year! A welcome respite came in a 3-0 win against Ross County in Dingwall to open our 2024 with a much needed win. Listen to the post-match reaction with under-fire manager, Barry Robson. Plus a round-up of the rest of the New Year fixtures in the Premiership and Championship,  early January transfer news and some supporters news in our first episode of 2024. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

Storm Gerrit put paid to our midweek fixture against Motherwell, but we did get in our final match of the year against St Mirren at Pittodrie. Pre and post-match reaction from Pittodrie, plus a quick look ahead to our New Year fixtures. Thank you to everyone who has taken time out to listen in to the AFC DONScast during 2023.  We hope our weekly Dons news updates has kept you informed throughout the year. It's been a pleasure to bring them to you each week. All the best for 2024 and Happy New Year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

With 3,000 odd supporters heading towards or in Dundee, an unexpected call-off an hour before kick-off wasn't the ideal pre-Christmas jaunt for the Red Army. Dons Chief Executive, Alan Burrows provides his thoughts on the postponed match. We do manage to catchup with some midweek action following our match against Livingston at Pittodrie - pre and post match reaction from Barry Robson. Plus some festive cheer from both our men and women's squads this week and we look ahead to the fixtures through Christmas week. Finally, we'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas - hope you have a good one! We'll be back on Hogmanay with the final AFC DONScast of 2023. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

A big week for the Dons as we bow out of the UEFA Europa Conference League with a 2-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt, but ended the week in disappointment, with a 1-0 loss against Rangers in the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden. We have the pre and post match reaction from both matches, plus a quick round up of the rest of the matches from SPFL at the weekend and the Highland League results. Plus some supporters news. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

Aberdeen had just three wins in 14 league games up until this weekend. A gutting injury time loss against Kilmarnock and another injury time saviour from Leighton Clarkson against Hearts provided the mixed bag this week. Rob Maclean and Derek Young provided the pre-match round-up prior to Kilmarnock and Rob and Jack Mackenzie and Kelle Roos gave their thoughts ahead of the Hearts match. We hear from the manager following both matches. Plus a round-up of the rest of the matches in the SPFL from the weekend and the Highland League results and of course some Dons and supporters news. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

The snow fell, jingle bells was sung and the Dons drew in our penultimate UEFA Europa Conference League match against HJK Helsinki last Thursday. Pre match thoughts from Jamie McGrath and Barry Robson. Then in the capital earlier today, we lost 2-0 to Hibs at Easter Road. Barry Robson provides his post-match thoughts on the game. A much shorter SPFL round-up this week due to snow and frozen pitches, plus find our Scottish Cup draw opponents and who Scotland will face in the opening match of UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany. And we round-up all remaining fixtures prior to the winter break. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

A VAR assisted penalty for the visitors deep into injury time was the only difference between Aberdeen and Rangers as both side finished the match, 1-1 on Sunday afternoon at a cold Pittodrie. Pre and post-match reaction with Barry Robson. Plus a round-up of the rest of the matches in the Premiership on Saturday and a the Scottish Cup third round and some Dons and supporters news. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

Our European journey beyond Christmas comes to an end following our draw in Greece against PAOK and we suffer a hangover on Sunday with a lacklustre performance against Celtic in Glasgow. A 6-0 loss is the worst in the Premiership so far this season. Pre match reaction from PAOK from Leighton Clarkson and Barry Robson, and post-match with the manager. Pre-match with Graeme Shinnie prior to the Celtic match and post-match with Barry. Plus the normal Dons and supporters news, an SPFL round-up from the other matches from the weekend and new from this week we'll have the Highland League results each week. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

A successful week for the Dons.  A convincing win against Motherwell midweek and we ground out a result against Hibs in the Scottish League Cup semi-final on Saturday. Connor Barron provides the preview from Motherwell, with Barry providing his post-match reaction. Theo Snelders and Paul Mason look back on some of their favourite League Cup games and we are pre and post-match with Barry. Aberdeen Women were back in action today against Motherwell.  Bayley Hutchison had an epic performance scoring four goals and her 100th for the club. Plus a round-up of the rest of the SPFL matches midweek and from the weekend and some Dons and supporters news in this edition of the AFC DONScast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

Three points in Europe were snatched away from us in the final minutes of our match against PAOK at Pittodrie on Thursday night.   Pre-match with Stefan Gartenmann and Barry Robson and post match reaction following the game with Barry. And our league encounter with Kilmarnock on Sunday didn't give us much joy either, losing 2-0 on the road in a tepid affair at Rugby Park.  Barry provides his analysis of the game. Plus RedTV caught up with Slobodan Rubezic on his time with the Dons so far, and the Dons U14s won the first every Craig Brown Memorial Tournament at Cormack Park earlier this month. All this plus the normal SPFL round-up, Dons and supporters news. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

Our second match in Group G of the UEFA Europa Conference League saw us meet HJK Helsinki at Pittodrie. A pre-match warm-up with Neil Simpson and Barry Robson and post-match reaction from Barry following our 1-1 draw. Earlier today we also drew with St Johnstone at a damp Pittodrie.  Hear the thoughts of Barry following the game Also this afternoon, Aberdeen Women were on the road to Dundee to face Dundee Utd in SWPL.  Clint Lancaster previews the game. Plus the usual round up from the rest of the matches in the SPFL from the weekend and some Dons and supporters news. The next AFC DONscast will be on Sunday 22 October following the international break. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

Another double-header this week.  The Dons were in action midweek against Ross County in Dingwall in the League Cup and then a league match in Glasgow against Rangers on Saturday and secured wins in both. Listen to Barry Robson and Stefan Gartenmann with their pre and post match reaction. Aberdeen Women didn't fair as well in the Sky Sports Cup earlier today against Hibs in Edinburgh - Clint Lancaster and Hannah Stewart provide a preview. Plus the normal round-up of the rest of the matches in the SPFL from the weekend, Dons and supporters news. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

It's another double-header this week. First up, more from our opening Europa Conference League match against Eintracht Frankfurt with pre and post match reaction from Kelle Roos, Barry Robson and Dante Polvara. And earlier today the first of our two matches against Ross County this week, first up the search of some vital league points against Ross County at Pittodrie - we hear from Barry Robson post-match. Also this week we hear from Findlay Marshall after he signs an extended contract with Aberdeen, plus the usual round-up from the rest of the SPFL matches from the weekend, some Dons and supporters news. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

It's a big few weeks for the Dons.  7 matches in 23 days which started off with our match against Hearts at Tynecastle on Saturday. Unfortunately, it was another loss, and more worryingly we have only won two of our last 13 games since Barry became manager. Post match reaction from Barry Robson Plus: Aberdeen Women were in action midweek against Hibs and today against Celtic We catchup with new signings Stefan Gartenmann and Pape Habib Guèye A round-up from the rest of the SPFL fixtures from the weekend Dons and supporters news --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

A big week for the Dons.  Could we see progress into the Europa League group stages and register our first win in the league? Coming up this week: Pre and post-match reaction to our Europa League group stage match against BK Häcken at Pittodrie with Barry Robson and new signing Richard Jensen. Post-match reaction to our league match against Hibs earlier today, with Barry More on our European fixtures until Christmas Aberdeen Women secure a win against Spartans on the road today Plus more Dons signing news and supporters news The next AFC DONScast will be on Sunday 17 September after the international matches. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

It's a double header this week on the AFC DONScast. We round-up all the European action from Thursday night against BK Häcken in Sweden, with pre and post-match reaction from Barry Robson. League action against St Mirren earlier today - the manager gives us his thoughts It was also a double header for Aberdeen Women - Montrose midweek and Hearts today We hear from new signing Jamie McGrath Plus more signing and Dons news A round-up from the rest of the matches in the SPFL from the weekend oh, and some supporters news! It's a busy one! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

Our league cup encounter against Stirling Albion wasn't as straightforward as we would have liked, but we progress to the quarter-finals after a 2-1 win on Friday night.  Post match reaction from Barry Robson. Find out who the Dons will meet in the League Cup quarter final draw, More on the Aberdeen Women as they started their league campaign last week with a win, new manager Clinton Lancaster previews the season and we faced a different challenge against Rangers today. The young Dons win another tournament abroad, plus we also hear from new signing, James McGarry plus more Dons and supporters news. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

Matchday 2-  our first home match of the season in the lunchtime kick-off against Celtic. A harsh 3-1 for us, but a decent performance from the Dons compared to previous outings between the two at Pittodrie. Post-match reaction from Barry Robson. Plus we have an extended interview with Dave Cormack.  An extra special thanks to Graham Spiers for allowing us to use the interview on the AFC DONScast.  You can listen to lots to football podcasts on his Patreon channel, Press Box. All this plus our usual mix of Dons and supporters news. You can listen to the AFC DONScast below or via your favourite podcast platform. The next AFC DONScast will be on Sunday 20 August 2023. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message

The opening match of the season wasn't exactly a classic, and the anticipation from the Red Army against Livingston petered out in a 0-0 draw at Almondvale. Pre and post-match reaction from Barry Robson, plus hear from new signing Slobodan Rubežić. Also in this edition, the latest transfer news, SPFL weekend update and supporters news. You can catch us in the normal podcast places and our website at afcdonscast.co.uk If you’ve got something to say, give us a follow-on Facebook, X, Mastadon and Threads – you’ll find us on their @afcdonscast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afc-donscast5/message