We got back to Peterhead and landed our fish and nobody was talking about Aberdeen winning the cup, it was already history, everybody had moved on. We had another week's fishing, catching the cod and haddock. It was just a case of, get our sea clothes on and away back to sea. We got up in the morning, it was back to normality, there was no time to celebrate. We were back aboard the boat after the game, it was just sitting around the galley, having a few beers with the lads, going back over the great moments, and then that was it, away to our beds, we were back in work mode when we were on that boat. The game went on and on, getting more nervy, but when Mark McGhee crossed it over to Hewitt, everybody headed the ball that night.Įverybody was going mental, the crew were all over the place, the fans were everywhere screaming and dancing, it was a magic time. Drew Mair travelled by boat to follow his team I noticed Jock Stein going down the stairwell to the park, and I shouted to him 'can I get your photo, Jock?' He says, 'no bother'. The rest is history, the boys went.īefore the game we got some photos of the crew sitting in their seats. The boats were through the Don Fishing Company in those days, I don't know who was in charge but he told the skippers he would manage to get tickets for Gothenburg. We landed the catch that trip and it was discussed up in the office. There was an eruption when we won and someone came up with the idea: we need to go to Gothenburg, if we make the final. The Bayern Munich game, we were up in the wheelhouse listening. If we were at sea we were listening to games on the radio and if we were home I was through at the games. Went to Gothenburg aboard the fishing boat he worked on.Ī lot of us on the boat were Aberdeen supporters. 'We got back, landed our fish, and nobody was talking about Aberdeen'ĭrew Mair, 59. My wife's grandma went to Pittodrie to see the cup coming in and she had never been before, and never went after. It was just a fantastic atmosphere when we got back, people that had never seen a Dons game, and probably never have since, everybody was out. There was a Saab up on a revolving plinth in the middle of the airport and I just remember four mannies fast asleep, two in the front, two in the back, because there was nowhere else to sit, the place was absolutely stowed out. We had all got soaked in the rain earlier so it didn't matter, everybody was dancing about in the fountain like maddies. We were having a great time anyway, there was a fountain outside which I believe was brand new, just built that week, and we were all piling through the fountain. So he got nowhere, but he got tons and tons of money, so he was happy with how it all turned out.Īfter the game we didn't have any drink because we had no money for it. We went in to a shopping centre in Gothenburg because the cup was on display, and there was a busker.Įvery time he started up with some Swedish folk tune it would last about 15 seconds because he would just get drowned out by "Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Aberdeen". A fountain, a Saab and a Swedish busker ransackedĪndy Lyall, 59. A German couple had found it while they were walking along the beach in Denmark. We threw it over the side and three months later my dad got a postcard. I think he wrote the result and the date, and 'we were there'. We were sitting in the lounge and there were glasses and bottles all over it, and my dad said, 'I am going to stick a wee message in this bottle and see where it ends up'. I'm not sure if everybody made it back to the boat, there are stories some didn't. We had to find the bus to go straight back to the St Clair so there wasn't any hanging about. John Hewitt had always been my favourite player and for him to get the winner was just beyond my wildest dreams. There was a talent competition - I can't remember an awful lot of talent in it - and the resident band playing. There was a keepy-uppy competition, I can't remember how many people were in it, but how they managed to do it with the boat going backwards and forwards, I am not sure. Fergie came in to say bon voyage so that was amazing. When we got into the ferry terminal, although there were only 500 people on the boat, there seemed to be a lot more. My dad had gone to Munich for the Bayern Munich quarter-final and I went in a bit of huff because I wasn't allowed to go, so he promised me if Aberdeen got to the final we would go. Caught the St Clair ferry from Aberdeen to Gothenburg. Listen: Miller recalls Aberdeen's Euro glory.These are the recollections of five supporters who made that joyous pilgrimage. Around 12,000 Dons fans followed the team by whatever means possible, boarding ferries, chartering flights, even traversing the North Sea on Peterhead fishing boats.
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