The Red Final

Aberdeen FC fanzine: unofficial, unaffiliated, inefficient, ineffective

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After a long illness irreverently borne, legendary TRF cartoonist Gordon Reid has sadly died.

Gordon's catalogue was extraordinary in its volume, ingenuity and skill; his work as instantly recognisable as he was himself.

Known by many, loved by most, bettered by none.

♥️GR🐑

[The Red Final @theredfinal]

Ha ha ha ha ha. Oh aye, there was also that time he publicly undermined the credibility of an independent process by which one of our players was found to have been racially abused on the pitch. Cheeky wee scamp. #winningmentality

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@hulkagraniac Were it warranted, those questions would require a far longer response than Twitter allows. Suffice here to say that it is false equivalence on several levels, and a sideshow which detracts from the significance of the issue directly at hand.

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@hulkagraniac @AFCHereWeGo @ThomAlexWatt We've had worse reviews, ngl

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@sandy_fordyce @GilesGraeme @AFCHereWeGo Proud enough to stretch to 1500 words next time instead of 1200 maybe...? #overworkededitor

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Very sincere apologies to all the celtic fans who have contacted us to let us know that it was ok cos Scott Brown was just sticking up for his pal, and who we've not been able to get back to directly. Sadly we've not had enough time to tell you all to fuck off individually.

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Far be it from us to be taking the piss of others for getting rumml't oot the cup by a team of part-timers like, but.... Brora Rangers? Jings.

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Parental Discretion Is Advised.

[Here We Go! - The Aberdeen FC Podcast @AFCHereWeGo]

NEW PODCAST:

With @ThomAlexWatt and Chris Crighton of @theredfinal on the appointment of Stephen Glass, his anticipated backroom team, and the challenge he faces.

Listen here, or find us on any podcast app: https://t.co/zjDJ9RMMTP

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@AFCHereWeGo @ThomAlexWatt

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@DonsDaiIy (Point of order: those comments were AFTER a guilty verdict was returned by an independent tribunal and suspension imposed.)

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We appreciate that our club is bigger than any one individual. Not convinced everyone agrees.

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Sad to have to say it, but TRF would be deeply uncomfortable with AFC hiring an individual who acted as a public apologist for an independently accepted act of racism towards one of our players - even were it retracted in hindsight, which to our knowledge it never has been.🧵

[The Red Final @theredfinal]

TRF's stance on that incident, and the response to it, remains 100% as described in angry length in Issues 115 & 116. Any recruitment process of @AberdeenFC and @CormackDavie which has not involved scrupulous interrogation of this is gravely flawed and does our club disservice.🧵

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@CeltiCRab19671 One sees what one wants to see.

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TRF welcomes apparent consensus in the Scottish football world on the gravity of covert racist remarks being made on the pitch. It is, of course, easier to say in the abstract that you would do the right thing than to put it into practice when the issue visits your own doorstep.

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Away goals scored by Aberdeen players in 2021: 0
Issues of The Red Final published in 2021: 1
Read the winning team at https://t.co/Cg7P8gujGU or order a paper copy of TRF 141 via PayPal today.

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Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

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Interim managers will often try something radical and one way or another this looks like the return of a back four. High time. Good luck loons. #COYR

[Aberdeen FC @AberdeenFC]

🆕 | Here is today's Aberdeen team to face Dundee United at Tannadice.

COYR! #StandFree

[The Red Final @theredfinal]

...and both of these.

[pat harvey @harvpat]

Terrible idea and There is no old firm