minstral 5,375 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Aberdeen and Rangers draw praise The game was closely fought but there was no trouble off the pitch Police have praised Aberdeen and Rangers fans after no arrests were made when the clubs played at the weekend. Games between the two teams have been heated in the past. Grampian Police said no arrests were made at the Pittodrie fixture on Saturday or in the city centre before or after the 0-0 game. Superintendent Adrian Watson said: "I am delighted we did not have to resort to arrests in a fixture that has caused challenges in the past." He explained: "As you can imagine, there is a great deal of planning that goes into such an event. "Through meaningful partnership work between both clubs, we have reached a stage where it is a much safer experience for those attending a game and, of course, the many more that find themselves in the city centre area of Aberdeen on a match day. "I would like to pass on my organisation's thanks to both sets of fans for showing such responsible behaviour." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigeee 60 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Not exactly good praise though. Well done for not getting yourselves arrested? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 505 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Patronising guff from the police... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluenose_Pete 4 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Lol... what a lot of shite.... praise us for not getting ourselfs nicked? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueIsTheColour 35 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 We haven't had a supporter arrested in Aberdeen for some time now so why the Police have felt the need to come out with this i don't know. As Frankie says, it is simply patronising us. The Rangers support was well behaved as always on Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw69uk 123 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Some people need a shake! Of course its essentially "praise for not getting nicked", but, in this day and age, you could class that as a beginning, given we are usually crucified for far far far less important things. We need all the positive press we can get, however insignificant it may seem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 We haven't had a supporter arrested in Aberdeen for some time now so why the Police have felt the need to come out with this i don't know. As Frankie says, it is simply patronising us. The Rangers support was well behaved as always on Saturday. correct but i wish someone would tell murray and his puppet smith we are a good support. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Some people need a shake! Of course its essentially "praise for not getting nicked", but, in this day and age, you could class that as a beginning, given we are usually crucified for far far far less important things. We need all the positive press we can get, however insignificant it may seem hi mate thats what i thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw69uk 123 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Some people need a shake! Of course its essentially "praise for not getting nicked", but, in this day and age, you could class that as a beginning, given we are usually crucified for far far far less important things. We need all the positive press we can get, however insignificant it may seem hi mate thats what i thought. Aye mate, thought it was pretty obvious. Perhaps some just like something to moan about? From small acorns do large trees grow and all that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstamomusa 3,811 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Some people need a shake! Of course its essentially "praise for not getting nicked", but, in this day and age, you could class that as a beginning, given we are usually crucified for far far far less important things. We need all the positive press we can get, however insignificant it may seem hi mate thats what i thought. Good press is always welcome. Some people on here are just never happy or only happy being negative . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalbluebell 38 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Good to see something positive associated with us for a change.........long may it continue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEDIGNITY 33,660 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Awfy nice o' the polis so it is ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddrock 107 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 shame walter dont show as much care about team selection Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebells-r-blue 8 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 What I saw both outside and in the ground was that the polis and stewards were operating a low key approach. Before at pittrodrie they are usually right in our faces dragging folk out for standing and singing, this is possibly due to the fact some of Glasgows finest were drafted in as well as Glaswegian stewards. Also any good news coming from Aberdeen is got to be good, after all those casual nuggets are always chasing us around niggling us then vanishing when it all kicks off, leaving us to get lifted, and getting bad press. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TannochsideBear 355 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Some people need a shake! Of course its essentially "praise for not getting nicked", but, in this day and age, you could class that as a beginning, given we are usually crucified for far far far less important things. We need all the positive press we can get, however insignificant it may seem I agree completely. The drip drip drip effect of negative stories against us the last few years has been made up of a lot of small stories just like this, so when the opposite happens it should be looked upon favourably. If we can continually get small stories showing us in a positive light over the next few years we can reverse the bad way in which we are thought of around the country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasily09 0 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Patronising guff from the police... Better than the alternative though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasily09 0 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Sometimes i think that some of us bears are lined up in a queue waiting to be offended. So when they actually are praised from time to time, they don't know what to do with it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManchestGer 347 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Good to hear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macleod1873 0 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Give us a break? You can only get so drunk and disorderly for a 12.30 KO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayboleLoyal_atb 3,731 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Was some wee poofy clown with a wig on in the Aberdeen end that I wouldn't have minded giving a slap too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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