AFC DONScast

It's a big few weeks for the Dons.  7 matches in 23 days which started off with our match against Hearts at Tynecastle on Saturday.

Unfortunately, it was another loss, and more worryingly we have only won two of our last 13 games since Barry became manager.

Post match reaction from Barry Robson

Plus:

Aberdeen Women were in action midweek against Hibs and today against Celtic

We catchup with new signings Stefan Gartenmann and Pape Habib Guèye

A round-up from the rest of the SPFL fixtures from the weekend

Dons and supporters news

A big week for the Dons.  Could we see progress into the Europa League group stages and register our first win in the league?

Coming up this week:

Pre and post-match reaction to our Europa League group stage match against BK Häcken at Pittodrie with Barry Robson and new signing Richard Jensen.

Post-match reaction to our league match against Hibs earlier today, with Barry

More on our European fixtures until Christmas

Aberdeen Women secure a win against Spartans on the road today

Plus more Dons signing news and supporters news

The next AFC DONScast will be on Sunday 17 September after the international matches.

It's a double header this week on the AFC DONScast.

We round-up all the European action from Thursday night against BK Häcken in Sweden, with pre and post-match reaction from Barry Robson.

League action against St Mirren earlier today - the manager gives us his thoughts

It was also a double header for Aberdeen Women - Montrose midweek and Hearts today

We hear from new signing Jamie McGrath

Plus more signing and Dons news

A round-up from the rest of the matches in the SPFL from the weekend

oh, and some supporters news!

It's a busy one!

Our league cup encounter against Stirling Albion wasn't as straightforward as we would have liked, but we progress to the quarter-finals after a 2-1 win on Friday night.  Post match reaction from Barry Robson.

Find out who the Dons will meet in the League Cup quarter final draw,

More on the Aberdeen Women as they started their league campaign last week with a win, new manager Clinton Lancaster previews the season and we faced a different challenge against Rangers today.

The young Dons win another tournament abroad, plus we also hear from new signing, James McGarry plus more Dons and supporters news.

Matchday 2-  our first home match of the season in the lunchtime kick-off against Celtic.

A harsh 3-1 for us, but a decent performance from the Dons compared to previous outings between the two at Pittodrie.

Post-match reaction from Barry Robson.

Plus we have an extended interview with Dave Cormack.  An extra special thanks to Graham Spiers for allowing us to use the interview on the AFC DONScast.  You can listen to lots to football podcasts on his Patreon channel, Press Box.

All this plus our usual mix of Dons and supporters news.

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The next AFC DONScast will be on Sunday 20 August 2023.

The opening match of the season wasn't exactly a classic, and the anticipation from the Red Army against Livingston petered out in a 0-0 draw at Almondvale.

Pre and post-match reaction from Barry Robson, plus hear from new signing Slobodan Rubežić.

Also in this edition, the latest transfer news, SPFL weekend update and supporters news.

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The last of our pre-season updates see the Dons take a win in our friendly against Charlton Athletic at The Valley in London on Saturday.

Pre match with Duk and post-match with Barry Robson.

Also in this edition:

Brendan Hamilton looking ahead to the CAS 18's League

Dante Polvara on his time at the Dons

A 30-second quick fire Q&A with Jack Mackenzie

Plus all the latest transfer, Dons and supporters news.

Preston North End was our pre-season stop-off at the weekend.  We have a pre-match chat with Graeme Shinnie and post-match reaction with Barry Robson.

Kelle Roos and Connor Barron visit the AFC Summer Camp at Cormack Park, plus some transfer and supporters news.

It's a packed AFC DONScast Pre-season update this week.

We catch up with the players at their summer training camp in Portugal, and post-match reaction from our two pre-season friendlies against Turriff Utd and Fraserburgh.

Plus Craig Samson, Barry Robson and Graeme Shinnie pay their tributes to Joe Lewis who has left the club after seven years and of course some transfer news and supporters news.

Lots to look forward too in our second pre-season update.

The AFC DONScast is back ahead of the 2023/24 campaign with the first of our pre-season shows.

We start with a small tribute to Craig Brown.

Find out the latest transfer news, plus the thoughts from Barry Robson on the new season fixtures and their summer camp in Portugal.

You'll hear from some of our new summer signings including:  Nicky Devlin, Leighton Clarkson, Ester Sokler, Graeme Shinnie and Rhys Williams.

And some more info on our pre-season fixtures and the player's thoughts on the blonde bombshell, Jonny Hayes!

The next AFC DONScast Pre-season Update will be on Sunday 16 July 2023.