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Aberdeen 3 - 1 Stirling Albion

HT Score: Aberdeen 0 - 1 Stirling Albion

Div 1 (Old)
Aberdeen scorers: Little 50, Clunie 60 (Pen), Ewen 89.
Stirling Albion scorers: Colquhoun 4

05/12/1959 | KO: 15:00

Stirling Albion's train broke down and when the crowd thought that there was going to be no match and no refund, the Dons put on a five-a-side match. Armando Mascarenhas was included for this game - rumour had it he was signed in error from India but was in fact a hockey player, although the Indian press had a story that his eyesight was not good enough.
Stirling Albion eventually arrived and the game started a 16:10
Aberdeen Teamsheet
Ogston, Hogg, Sim, Baird, Clunie, Kinnell, Ewen, Wishart, Davidson, Little, Mulhall.
Stirling Albion Teamsheet
Morrison, McKechnie, Pettigrew, Bell, Little, Pearson, Colquhoun, Sinclair, Gilmour, Glancy, McPhee
Attendance: 6,000
Venue: Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Referee: W. M. Syme, Rutherglen