Aberdeen 0 St Mirren 0: Agricultural fayre as players pass up regular tactics
Rumours that the annual Aberdeenshire Farm Equipment Fair had taken place on the Pittodrie pitch the morning of this game were, of course, unfounded.
Rumours that the annual Aberdeenshire Farm Equipment Fair had taken place on the Pittodrie pitch the morning of this game were, of course, unfounded.
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Frank Gilfeather
Still, asking players to display passable technique on such a pock-marked playing surface was akin to listening to Placido Domingo sing Nessun Dorma with a fistful of Kleenex stuffed in his mouth.
Jim Goodwin, the St Mirren captain, admitted that his side's game-plan to keep the ball on the ground was an abandoned notion after only 10 minutes as they realised that the glue-pot of a Pittodrie pitch was so unforgiving.
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