🎗️ Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Never has it been more important to use the word suicide. Talking about suicide reduces the risk. It might not be an easy conversation, but if you are worried about a friend or loved one ask them. "Are you thinking about suicide?" 🔄

Red Army... @TEXO_UK are looking to help in the community through their new Challenge TEXO initiative and Dons supporters can play a part! Nominate a worthwhile cause 👇

Merry Christmas to the Red Army 🔴🎅🏼 I hope you, and your family, have a wonderful, fun and peaceful day. See you back at Pittodrie very soon.

Desperately sorry for every Dons fan (we had sold out the Bob Shankley Stand with over 3,000 due to be there) who made the trip to Dundee, only for the game to be called off just before 2pm. We checked with our opponents earlier in the morning and were assured the pitch was fine. It was therefore a surprise and bitter disappointment that we’ve ultimately not got a game to play. Games going off at this time of year isn’t the biggest issue (albeit with the calendar so congested, it’s not helpful in the slightest). Giving supporters as much notice, even as a precaution, as possible should be absolutely paramount. Collectively, we’ve got to be much, much better. Sorry once again to all those who have bought tickets and made the journey.

I hope you will indulge a rare personal (but long) post from me, rather than something work related. It was a year ago today that @emma_burrows16 and I were told that we had lost our baby unexpectedly. We went for a 12-week scan full of hope, excitement and anticipation of our family growing, and Eva being a big sister, only to have that shattered. Complications arose afterwards too, but my wife was incredibly brave and strong to get through it in hospital. The pain of it was intense, even more so for Emma. It was difficult for me too, but nothing can compare to her. And it is again today. Sadly, we experienced the same thing again just last summer, and all in all, it's been a pretty tough twelve months for both of us, coping with that and other changes. One thing that really struck me, as we have both been quite open about what happened on both occasions, was the amount of folk who very kindly reached out in sympathy, explaining it had happened to them too and offering support. In fact, I was taken aback by the volume of folk who had experienced the same pain as we had. It was very sobering. The purpose of this post is, I suppose, to get it off my chest but more so, to offer up any support to anyone who is or has experienced the same difficult road and struggles. Sometimes it's good (for some people, not everyone of course) to talk about it and open up, but often you don't know who that could or should be. Maybe it's easier if that person isn't someone close to you or your partner / family, as it feels a little bit more arms-length. If that is you, and things are getting on top of you and you want to chat or get it off yer chest - drop me a DM (they are open!). 🕊️

Hi guys, one of our group (John Strachan) has lost his passport today between the airport and the train station. Please can any dandies in Helsinki keep an eye out for it? Please retweet 🙏🏻 @AberdeenFCSLO @AberdeenFC @CormackDavie @Alan_Burrows @DiversHill @GlenrothesReds ❤️

Chris, an inspirational guy who battled every challenge his illness threw at him to ensure he was at Pittodrie cheering on his beloved Dons. Will mean the world to his family if you applaud in the 48th minute, especially to his teenage son who is one of our matchday flagbearers

Thank you to everyone who came along - we hope you enjoyed it. It’s only a small thing of course, but an open door to have so many young fans meet their heroes is vitally important to the long term health of AFC. We’ll aim to make it even bigger and even better next year too. 📆✍🏻🔴

Today we remember Neale Cooper on what would have been his 60th birthday ❤️

Hands up - a genuine mistake.   When you are dealing with human beings, even the very good and experienced ones can make a rare error…   The positive for us is that we have quickly fixed the oversight by retrospectively applying the normal protection rules to all purchases, checking them all and deactivating / refunding any that wouldn’t have passed the normal protocols.   We know that this will cause some disappointment for some Dons supporters in this group too who have no recent transaction history with the club. Our staff have worked day and night since Wednesday to check every transaction and I thank them for all their effort.   In terms of the methodology of sales. Our ticket office set it up identically to what it has been for the previous two Semi Finals (vs Rangers last season and vs Hibs recently), minus (briefly) that fail safe oversight, obviously.   The theory was to try and allow as many Dons fans to sit together at the Cup Final in larger groups with friends and family etc as possible.   The weight of demand on Day 1 caught us out a bit - again, no hiding away, just the truth.   With hindsight, we should’ve, and will in future, ensure a broader priority base for a longer time.   Our priority now is to get hold of and distribute the remaining tickets to supporters on the waiting list - which the ticket office has been closed to update and is almost complete - based on Priority Points.   Once again apologies, but thanks so much for the brilliant support.

Dons fans, I understand that from the tweets and replies, we’ve a lot of frustrated Dandies posting about ViaPlay Cup Final tickets. We have, at the moment, sold out our INITIAL allocation. We have been given up to 19,500 tickets - the first lot of circa 17,000 have gone almost immediately. The ticket office set a threshold at 200 points to buy one ticket each then, this afternoon at 5pm, the remainder went on full general sale. Although it was for for the right reasons, in hindsight, this was an error on our part. We should’ve had a second sales period for lesser points before - I.e. 100-199, before full general sale, ensuring there was more control. That’s a lesson we’ll learn. I take responsibility for that and I am very sorry to those who are currently feeling frustrated. The good news is that we are still expecting another approx 2500 tickets and we will ensure, when we get them, that priority is given to season ticket holders / higher point holders. If you have so far missed out on tickets and want to go - please email Ticketoffice@afc.co.uk and the team there will look to sort you out as soon as we receive the additional batch through (we’re putting pressure on SPFL to have these to us asap). This does bring into sharp focus our plea to have been given the opportunity to sell out Hampden on a 50/50 split. Given we’ve sold 17,000 tickets in just a few short days, I think it’s fair to say there is a high probability we could’ve sold out a 50% share had we been given the chance.

Thank you for your brilliant support throughout the evening in Greece 👏 #StandFree | #UECL

Humbling but inspiring evening launching the @AFCCT Impact Report 22/23 at @AberdeenFC and hearing directly from those involved in how the Trust’s programmes make a positive difference and help our communities maximise their potential #education #football #health #wellbeing 🔴⚪️

If you can help by making a donation, big or small, see the story below. 👇🏼👇🏼#FootballFamily

Everyone at Aberdeen FC is deeply saddened by the tragic passing of a Hibernian supporter outside Hampden this evening. We send our deepest condolences, and our thoughts are with the friends and family at this time.

I was so sorry to learn of this earlier and my thoughts and sympathies, and that of everyone at AFC, are with the gentlemen’s family and close friends at this sad time... 😞