Kris Boyd has had another huge dig at Aberdeen fans for failing to buy tickets for the showdown against Rangers next week after kicking up a stink over the kick-off time.
Writing in his Scottish Sun column, the Kilmarnock striker and Sky Sports pundit slammed the Pittodrie club for making a fuss over the timing of the Scottish League Cup semis at Hampden Park on 28 October and the appalling take-up when the kick-off time was changed from midday to 4.30pm.
Aberdeen have sold just 9,000 out of an initial allocation of 20,300 and Scottish football chiefs took back some of the tickets this week, handing an extra 3,500 to Rangers.
“The Red Army? Prepared for battle as long as that battle isn’t too far away, at 4.30pm on a Sunday, with all the gory action live on TV. What a shambles. What an embarrassment,” Boyd told the Scottish Sun.
“It underlines Aberdeen’s sorry attempts and their sorry standing in Scottish football. I keep hearing Aberdeen fans bang on about the Red Army and the fact they follow a big club. Perhaps in the 1980s, but certainly not any more.
“And listen, spare me this rubbish about travelling to Hampden. It takes you three hours to get from Aberdeen to Glasgow. These days it takes me longer to do my hair.”
OPINION
The outspoken Boyd might not want to show his face in Aberdeen any time soon. The ex-Rangers striker appears to be talking from bitter experience as he highlights how much the Dons faithful dislike the Light Blues and how the Red Army are so desperate to get one over the Ibrox giants. It is fair to assume the 35-year-old has had it in the neck a few times at Pittodrie. That is certainly likely to be the case the next time he plays there, after slaughtering Aberdeen supporters for the second time in print in a fortnight. Does he have a good point? Yes. Why could Aberdeen not sell more than half of their initial allocation for the biggest match of their season to date? Surely, victory over Rangers would taste all the sweeter were it to come at the home of Scottish football? The Dons are coming across as a small club with a small club-mentality. After all the fuss over kick-off times, it appears they just don’t fancy weekend trips to Glasgow too much, no matter the occasion.