AFC Heritage Trust, c/o Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (2026)

19/06/2026

𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 from 19th June 1930 celebrates a successful year off the field for Aberdeen.

𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐅.𝐂.’𝐬 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑.
𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲.
𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒
For the year ending May 31 the Aberdeen Football Club made a net profit, subject to deprecation and directors’ fees, of £1,650 3s 4d. This compares very favourably with a net profit in the previous year of £172 0s 3d. The directors propose to pay a dividend of 6d per share (5 per cent.), free of tax. This is the twenty-seventh annual balance sheet issued by the club. The directors report that when the profit for the year is added to the amount (£132 15s 3½d) brought forward from the previous report, there is a surplus of £1,782 19s 7½d. They propose to deal with this sum as follows: In writing depreciation off the stand £609 0 0; In writing depreciation off improvements account, including motor parking place £546 9 11; In paying a dividend of 6d per share, free of tax £250 0 0; Leaving a balance, subject to directors’ fees, of £377 9 8½.

𝐁𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 In their report the directors draw the shareholders’ attention to the continued favourable financial position of the company, the increased revenue this year being mainly derived from the away gates, which have been greater this year than any other former year, while the home gates also show a considerable increase. These increases are due to the team’s league results being better this year than any former year. The board continue their policy of improvements on the grounds, pavilion and stand. The parking ground has now been finished, and is proving of great benefit to the supporters. The work of renewing the terracing still continues, and in order to accommodate the public attending the matches, and in accordance with the Town Council’s requirements and specifications submitted by them, a substantial sum was spent in repairing the old roadway along Pittodrie Street. The turnstiles serving the stand have been removed from the Merkland Road entrances to new positions on Pittodrie Street directly opposite the parking entrance. The directors have also begun the construction of new dressing-rooms and offices under the stand, as the accommodation of the pavilion has become inadequate. Notwithstanding all these Improvements, the financial position of the club continues to get stronger yearly.

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. The report continues: We were not quite so fortunate this year in the Scottish Cup competition, having only got to the third round, but in our League matches we did exceptionally well, finishing in the third position of the League table with 53 points, which is the highest in the records of the club. The reserve team continue their successful career, having again secured the Aberdeenshire County Cup, finished second in the Scottish Alliance, and reaching the semi-final of the Scottish 2nd XI. Cup. The following players have been retained from last year's staff:- James Black, Wiliiam Cooper, Norman David, Percy Dickie, Richard Donald, Edward Falloon, Frank Hill, William Jackson, Edward Legge, Andrew Love, Alexander Merrie, Robert McDermid. John McHale, Daniel McKenzie ; Hugh McLaren, Thomas McLeod, Harry Oliphant. James Smith, Ben Yorston. A new goalkeeper, David Cummings, from Hall, Russell’s, has been secured while two backs from America also been engaged - Robertson from Brooklyn Wanderers and Shannon from Boston. Others are meantime under negotiation, and their signatures are expected at an early date. The retiring directors at this time are Messrs William Phillip and John Robertson, who, being eligible, again offer their services, and are recommended for re-election.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: Aberdeen Press and Journal Thursday June 19th, 1930

18/06/2026

𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 from 18th June 1952 looks at the criminal activities of two enterprising young lads.

𝟏𝟏-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐎𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐬 𝐁𝐲 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐧 "𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝" 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬
The boys, who could have almost set up on business of their own after they had plundered the stocks from two Aberdeen shops, fidgeted uncomfortably before the justices at Aberdeen Juvenile Court today. It was their first appearance, yet despite their eleven years, they had to answer tor a remarkable list of stolen property. A month ago they had tackled the stock in a general merchant's shop, and staggered away carrying: 252 packets of sherbet powder, 108 packets of chewing gum, 216 packets of sherbet sweets, 48 sparklers, 108 football studs, 96 bars of blacksugar, 24 packets of Bronco matches, 36 bars of chocolate.

𝐒𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 Two days later they visited a bookseller’s shop (after closing time) and, learning from experience, first took a suitcase. Into this they put 66 rulers, 41 pencil sharpeners, 71 jotters, 38 propelling pencils, 6 novelty pencil cases, 13 fireworks, 1 ball point pen, 300 rubbers, 45 comics, 245 pencils. When one of the boys was charged he told the detective: “I was needin' a comic,” and to Mr R. Duthie Jack, chairman, calmly explained that he “had nothing to do” at the time and “was bored.”

𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 His father told the court that his son visited the pictures twice a week. The boys, it was explained, had entered the first shop by a trapdoor into the basement, and had stolen the stock through a hole in the floor of the shop. Later they had told some friends about their exploit and mentioned where they had hidden the loot. The friends went along to this yard and set fire to the lot. The value of the missing properly on this charge was £4 3/10, said Mr George Forbes, fiscal. The boys had both been seen dumping the suitcase filled with goods from the bookseller's shop, and when they returned to collect it later they had to explain to the waiting police. They were both put on probation for one year.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: Evening Express Wednesday June 18th, 1952

17/06/2026

The Aberdeen Press & Journal of Friday 17th June 1949 was advertising the Dyce Sports, in which an Aberdeen team were competing in the five-a-sides competition. They beat Hibernian by two goals to two corners, but were beaten 6-1 by Rangers in the final.

16/06/2026

A change of sport in 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 from 16th June 1934 as we visit Wimbledon.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃'𝐒 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐈𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐃𝐎𝐍.
𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭.
The attention of tennis enthusiasts the world over is once more focussed on Wimbledon, where for the next fortnight champions from every corner of the globe will battle for the highest honours which the game has to offer. To appear at Wimbledon is a triumph which is given to very few players, but at the same time the number of spectators privileged to attend the Championships is small compared to the thousands who would attend if they could spare the time and the fare to London. It may therefore be of interest to those would-be spectators to know what a day at Wimbledon feels like.

𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. I have bitter recollections of my first visit to the Championships. It was one of those burning days which are the curse of the visitor in London, when everything smells of dust, and the thought of an iced drink causes mental agony. We took the Tube to Southfields - the station for Wimbledon - and completed the journey by a ten-minute bus run through a pleasant countryside. But here, at the very threshold of the holy of holies, our progress was stayed by a mighty paling decorated with barbed wire, and we were requested to add ourselves to a dusty queue sitting on stools by the side of the fence. Stools were sixpence each, and we come from Aberdeen, so we decided to stand. Our Aberdonian instincts also caused us to cast a stony stare on the sellers of newspapers, magazines, ci******es, chocolates, fruits, toys which jumped and buzzed and ran - everything, in fact, that man has devised to make an hour pass like a minute. We endured it manfully for a quarter of an hour - and then we capitulated.

𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬. In return for vast sums of money the enthusiastic Cockney vendors showered upon us their anaesthetics, and we sat on our stools and were thankful. At least, I was thankful until the catch of my stool slipped, and I struck the pavement with a force which was neither dignified nor comfortable, although it caused much merriment among my dusty neighbours. I think the greatest testimony to the attraction of Wimbledon is the fact that year after year people will endure the hardships of queue-sitting - often for whole night - in order to get a seat on the Centre Court. I know that after my awful morning - and it was an awful morning - l was quite confident that the tennis championships were not worth the trouble. Yet, when I left the ground, I was eager to go through it all again. The first sign that a match is going to start is the er****on of yellow boards bearing the names of the players in the huge electric scoring boards, which indicate each point as it is scored. There are two of these boards on the Centre Court, so that everybody can see clearly the situation of the game, and there is a third board outside of the court for the benefit of those who have been unable to get in. As the names are being put up, the linesmen take up their positions on the stone flagging which runs all round the Centre Court, and the ball-boys with their wide-brimmed sun hats cluster round the umpire's chair. Then the umpire appears, and a buzz of excitement swells into applause as the white-clad figures stroll casually on to the court. Each has anything up four rackets under his arm, and looks much more composed than he feels.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫. The balls are produced from the refrigerator behind the umpire's chair for the players to indulge in a preliminary knock up. The umpire mounts to his unenviable pedestal, asks for silence through the microphone, and then - the game is on. For the next couple of hours there is a quick succession of thrills - long rallies, mighty smashes, excited gasps from the spectators as players take shots which looked quite impossible. And when it is all over the defeated player leaps the net in the traditional manner to congratulate his opponent and wish him success in the next round. An hour or two on the Centre Court is all very well, but the spectator cannot fully appreciate the atmosphere of Wimbledon unless he strolls around the outer courts. Those who are giants at home, but are dwarfs here, are playing on these outer courts - usually with no spectators, save the umpire, a strange contrast to the cheering thousands on the Centre Court.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬. The ladies, too, do not like to spend the whole afternoon at the court side, for they are just dying to show off their new summer outfit. While Wimbledon is far from being the dress parades that Ascot and the Eton and Harrow cricket match are, it has a garden party atmosphere which compels the weaker s*x to wander from court to court through the hedged paths, to see and be seen. But if Wimbledon is not a parade of dresses, is certainly a parade of the nations. It has been said, and perhaps with some justification, that the two weeks of Wimbledon do more to foster international friendship than the League of Nations does in the rest of the year. The players in the tournament are drawn from all the great nations of the world, and many of the lesser,but it is not among the players alone that the good relations exist. London s mixed population provides supporters of all the nations competing, yet the crowd is invariably fair to every player, irrespective of the country he represents - except, of course, that one cheers just a little more enthusiastically when one's fellow countryman is winning.

𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 In this respect Wimbledon is an object lesson to the crowds at football matches, which do not need international differences to start squabbles. It is not the duty of a humble spectator to forecast the winner of the championship, but I think that this year we can safely anticipate a British victory. One has to go lamentably far back the Championship roll to find a British winner, but there is little doubt that British tennis is at present the best in the world, and there is no reason why F. J. Perry, Britain's number one player, should not win the coveted title, and make Britain's claim to supremacy unassailable.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: Aberdeen Press and Journal Saturday June 16th, 1934

15/06/2026

𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 from 15th June 1913 suggests some ways to make cricket more exciting.

𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥?
Sir, Cricket - known first as "club-ball" - ought properly now to be styled "batball," the ball being hit with a bat, as football is so styled, because the ball is hit with the foot. The game could also be improved if made more like football, and batball would become a new and distinct game from cricket as at present played. A time-limit of three hours for play, ninety minutes for each side to score runs, the same as ninety minutes to score goals in football, would bring the long-drawn-out game to a much more rapid conclusion, and would also make play possible for six months yearly, from April to September. Ten complete runs, plus extras, would count one point, and each wicket taken would also count one point. The total scores of both teams at the end of the three hours' play would be the points got from every ten runs made, with extras, plus the points got from opponents' wickets taken. For instance, two teams with scores of 147 for six wickets and 82 runs all out would in batball read 24.7 points and 14.2 points - a 10.5 points' victory. The total points of both teams could thus increase from start to finish as in football. Both teams' total points during the progress of the three hours' play would appear in line on the scoring board - first batting the left, second to the right.

The field of play would of a regulation size, say, twice the length of the wicket behind, also twice each side. Boundary hits would count 4 and 6 runs as at present, with one minute for each batsman to appear and a ten minutes' interval at half-time. The enlarged wicket as lately proposed to the M.C.C. would be adopted in batball, and the teams would also play in their distinctive club colours, as in football. Batball would in time become popular and exciting like football, as those long, wearisome waits so often ending in drawn games would then disappear. A Batball Association could be formed to regulate the game, as in football and other outdoor games. - l am, etc., Batball.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: The Aberdeen Daily Journal Saturday June 15th, 1913

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𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 from 14th June 1956 reports on a successful Canadian tour from the Dons.

𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐲-𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫, 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭.
The Dons have chalked up some record so far in their three-and-a-half weeks’ tour of America and Canada. So far they’ve scored forty-three goals and given away only eight. That means a goal average of more than five and a great start to the tour. The game against Everton, played under floodlights last Saturday evening at Vancouver, gave Aberdeen their first real opposition since the tour began. In this game (writes Fred Martin) the Dons showed that they haven’t lost the fighting spirit that made them league runners-up and winners of the League Cup last season. After being two goals down in the first seven minutes, Aberdeen fought back to lead by one goal. However, nine minutes from the end the English side equalised to the dismay of many of the Scottish supporters, some of whom had travelled hundreds of miles just to see a grand nights entertainment. Jack Hather, who scored two goals, and Graham Leggat, who scored one goal, were brilliant. Their fast runs down the wings demoralised the Everton defence. Spectators were thrilled at this football exhibition, even though the pace did slacken off in the final twenty minutes. The sight-seeing trip to Victoria Island, just off the coast, was cancelled on Monday so that the Dons could play an additional game against Vancouver. The Dons should be in Edmonton at the moment and after a game there they enjoy another break when they travel to Calgary, then to Banff by bus for a free day in one of Canada’s many beauty spots. At the end of the week they make their longest air journey of the tour from Calgary to Toronto. It'll be an overnight trip for fully nine hours’ steady flying time.

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍 Back in Toronto they will play their second game against Everton. This should have been the last game of the tour but, as the first match against the English side at New York was postponed two weeks ago, they are due to play at New York on the Saturday, June 16. Probably there will be a change in the plans. The Aberdeen team might fly to New York from Calgary to play the match with Everton, then on to Toronto for the next game and board the “Empress of France" at Montreal for the return trip to Liverpool.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: Aberdeen Bon-Accord & Northern Pictorial Thursday 14th June, 1956

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𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 from 13th June 1956 is not happy with South Africa's sporting colour bar.

𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰
Shed no tears this morning for the men of South Africa who plead their Apartheid colour problem before the football world's UNO - the Federation of International Football Associations - in Lisbon. WHO ARE THESE MEN? They are the men of the all-white South African Football Association who will not allow the all-black South African Football Federation to become members of a united body, who object to them becoming members of F.I.F.A. WHAT DO THEY PLEAD? That the situation in South Africa is too difficult to permit association with the all-black boys.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞 To probe the set-up F.I.F.A. sent Holland's Karol Lotsy and America's Jimmy McGuire, one-time Celtic player, to South Africa. WHAT DID THEY REPORT ATER A THREE-WEEK STAY? That it was a most difficult problem for F.I.F.A. or any other organisation to solve. WHAT DID F.I.F.A. DO ATER A TWO-HOUR DEBATE? They resolved not to admit the all-black federation, to delay a decision for two years. In that time they say the all-white association must give every aid to the all-black federation.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 What says the white president of the South African association? "Anyone who comes to South Africa and investigates will realise the difficulties in our way." They are all wrong. Why? Because they are surrendering the right of any man or any woman of any colour to play any sport they want. And they are surrendering that right to the race-hating politicians of South Africa and to their Apartheid policy. There is no room in sport for race hatred. There is no room in sport for colour bars. In particular, there is no room in football for men who will permit colour bars. Colour bars are local. Football, like all other sports, is global.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 Does America, the most colour-conscious nation in the world, operate a colour ban in sport? America does not. Take just one coloured athlete she picked to represent her at the Olympic Games - Jesse Owens. By his outstanding athletic ability Owens adorned the Games. Does boxing operate a colour bar? Think of Joe Louis and Old Man Archie Moore. Does tennis operate a colour bar? America's Althea Gibson reached the last eight of the women s singles in the West of England Lawn Tennis Championships at Bristol last night. And she will play shortly on the exclusive tennis courts of Wimbledon. Do the moguls of the Marylebone Cricket Club operate a colour ban? No. They send Test teams to play in the West Indies.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 Why then because of a handful of politicians in South Africa should football operate a colour bar? Put away these sjamboks. South Africa. The football fields of the world are open to all races from the islands of Japan to the sun-kissed shores of California. Why put up on the football fields of South Africa the notice: Coloured boys not wanted? You may or may not agree with me but it Is my view that there is no place in sport for religion, politics or colour bars.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: Daily Record Wednesday June 13th, 1956

12/06/2026

In 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 from 12th June 1956 a reporter claims to have a world scoop on one of Scotland's future opponents.

𝐌𝐘 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰
My story of Scotland’s games next year with Russia's international footballers was a world scoop. Even when I left Lisbon this morning with Scotland’s F.I.F.A. delegates not a single member of any other nation outside of Scotland and Russia knew the slightest thing about the proposed games. Now I can give you the inside story. I was taken Into the Scottish delegation's confidence just shortly before midnight on Friday.

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 Sir George Graham wakened me with a telephone call. He and President John Park and Treasurer Tom Reid had just returned to their hotel from a banquet, at which Sir George sat beside Russia's Commissar for Sport, Granatkin, vice-president of F.I.F.A. Granatkin was accompanied by an interpreter capable of speaking half a dozen languages. During the meal Sir George asked Granatkln if there was any possibility of Russia sending their national team to Scotland. The reply was was prompt and decisive. “Certainly" said the man from Moscow. "We will come to Scotland In the winter of 1957 if you play a return game In Moscow in the spring of the following year,” “It was as simple as that” Sir George told me. "We toasted our countries in recognition of the bargain struck.”

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝? While financial arrangements have not yet been discussed in detail the prospects are that each country will keep Its own gates. When we go to Moscow it is certain other Iron Curtain countries will be interested and I have a notion Poland would like a visit from a Scottish eleven. In global football arrangements have to be made a considerable time in advance. F.I.F.A. look even further to the future. They voted that Chile would stage the 1962 World Cup finals. Those of 1958 will be played at Stockholm and as I have indicated there is high confidence we shall qualify for Sweden.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: Daily Record Tuesday June 12th, 1956

11/06/2026

Transfer speculation around an ex-Don in 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 from 11th June 1956.

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫? 𝐊𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐒𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞
Footballer in the news, Ken Thomson, former Aberdeen centre-half, now with Stoke City, got away from it all with a quiet round of golf at Aberdeen Links to-day. Ken. reported as figuring in a deal between Stoke City and Leicester, was more concerned when he put a ball out of bounds at the fifteenth. "I know nothing at all about this, except what I read In the newspapers this morning." he said. And his golfing opponent, lan MacNeill, transferred last year from Aberdeen to Leicester, had more thoughts about getting down a putt from the edge of the sixteenth green than telling Ken all about Leicester. Ken Thomson will not meet Leicester's manager, Mr David Halliday, former Pittodrie chief, when Mr Halliday comes to Aberdeen on holiday at the weekend. The Stoke City centre-half is leaving Aberdeen along with his wife on Thursday morning.

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 Ken Thomson did say. however, that although he and his wife were perfectly happy in Stoke - where he has a newsagent’s business - he would be quite prepared to join Leicester's Scottish colony if the clubs agreed and the terms were beneficial to him. Thomson has been on holiday in Aberdeen for the past two weeks and has received no communication from the Stoke City manager that Leicester are interested in him. But Leicester's regular pivot, Gordon Fincham, received a bad knee injury towards the end of last season and is reckoned a most doubtful starter in August. Thomson was transferred to Stoke my manager Halliday in September 1952, when a transfer record was created for an Aberdeen player. Now if Leicester make a bid for Thomson they will probably have to put in an offer of around £20,000.

𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: Evening Express Monday June 11th, 1956

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Saw this pennant at Pittodrie today. Sent a shiver down my spine!

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