Dumbarton 0 - 2 Aberdeen

After our good display against Celtic Reserves, I'm pleased to report that the boys carried on the good work against Dumbarton, goals by John McMaster and Ian Purdie clinched the game for us. We played a lot of good football on a pitch with the grass five inches long and a bumpy surface. Jim Henry was the. brains behind our team, starting off a lot of the attacks and being up to support our two front runners, Billy Pirie and John McMaster, both of whom did a lot of running and shooting. John Hather, Neil Cooper and Noel Ward were our strong men at the back and with Andy Geoghegan behind them in goal, our defence seems a bit harder to beat this season.
On our way home from Dumbarton our coach broke down 15 miles outside Perth at 12.30. After phoning different Bus Stations our driver, George Hay eventually had to phone the police at Perth to get another bus for us. During the one and a half hours waiting Andy Geoghegan kept us amused by telling jokes and giving impressions. (I won't say of whom). Jim Crawford slept in the back seat and didn't wake up until the other bus arrived, when we got settled in it, he went back to sleep again. Billy Pirie, Jim Henry and Ian Purdie played cards and judging by the looks on their faces, Hendo must have been winning. When we got on our way again the rain came on very heavy and the lightening was flashing about every two minutes, lighting up the whole area in front of us. It was a very frightening experience. We eventually arrived in Aberdeen at 3.30. Jim Crawford dropped me off at Ellon at about 4 o'clock, so it must have been about 5 o'clock or he got to his bed at Fraserburgh. The players needed the day off to recover from that experience.

Source: Match Programme, 27th August 1975