Play-Offs Poised for a Comeback Along with Awkward East Stirling Question
Scotland on Sunday › May 02, 2005
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IN THE days when the Scottish Football League was the only game in town and the SPL was just a rich man's fantasy, SFL secretary Peter Donald went to watch Dunfermline play Aberdeen in the second leg of the play-off matches which decided who would be in the following year's Premier League.
As he walked towards East End Park, some Aberdeen fans recognised the ever-avuncular figure of Donald and began to give him severe verbal abuse over the playoff system. Apparently the Dons fans blamed him and not their own team's failures for the obvious tension which they were displaying.See the full content of this document
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Play-Offs Poised for a Comeback Along with Awkward East Stirling Question
There was no denying the excitement and drama of the playoffs a decade ago, and now Peter Donald and the SFL are preparing to risk the occasional fans' opprobrium to try again.
At the league's annual ...See the full content of this document
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