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2000-01 fixture list |
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| Scottish Cup Fourth Round |
17/02/2001
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Livingston |
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0 - 0 |
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Aberdeen |
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| Kick Off:
3:00 PM |
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| Attendance: 6,289
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| Venue: Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
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| Defensive Worries as Livi Earn Pittodrie Replay |
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A brilliant performance by 1st division Livingston denied the Dons a Scottish
Cup victory this afternoon, and forced a Pittodrie replay a week on tuesday.
Livingston came close to scoring on many occasions in a game which saw Aberdeen
lose 3 of 4 defenders due to injury. Kevin McNaughton, Jamie McAllister and Derek
Whyte all picked up injuries, the extent of which are not currently known.
Rachid Balabed was gifted the first real chance for the Dons in the 9th minute,
when Darren Mackie's shot was saved, and Balabed came close to making it 1-0.
Livingston's Alex Burns should have put the Almondvale side ahead just minutes
later, but he missed from close in.
Derek Whyte picked up a booking for a rash challange on Alex Burns, and Livingston
continued to cause the Don's defence problems. In the 35th minute Barry Wilson
came close to giving the home side a shock lead.
Aberdeen replaced McAllister and Whyte with Darren Young and Phil McGuire
at half-time, and McNaughton was stretchered off in the 58th minute, and
replaced
with Derek Young.
David Rowson should have made it 1-0 in the 66th minute, but his header missed
the target.
Livingston came close a few more times before the final whistle, with Marvin
Andrews coming close with a header that powered off the bar.
Aberdeen now have an even better chance of reaching the quarter-finals,
with the replay being a week on tuesday at Pittodrie.
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Livingston Teamsheet:
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Aberdeen Teamsheet:
Preece, Rowson, McAllister (Young 45), Solberg, McNaughton (Young 60), Whyte (McGuire 45), Guntveit, Mackie, Stavrum, Winters, Belabed.
Unused Subs: Esson, Clark.
Bookings:  Whyte, Young. |
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| Referee: |
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Kenny Clark, Paisley |
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