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Article: Football: Write off Alex's will to win at your peril.(Rob MacLean Column)
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- Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- April 15, 2001
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Byline: Rob McLean
RADIO listeners in the north east of Scotland were left scratching their heads in bemusement. Surely they couldn't have heard right.
It was March 16, 1983, and they were listening to live coverage of Aberdeen against Bayern Munich at Pittodrie in the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners Cup. The commentator uttered the immortal line: "And Aberdeen, from 2-1 behind, are now 3-1 ahead."
It was the arithmetical equivalent of an own goal. That Northsound commentator was me. And, when informed about my gaffe at full-time, my ...