Preview: Rangers v Aberdeen

As I'm writing this, the Barcelona v Arsenal game is on. It's not even half time, and Lionel Messi has scored three times in twenty minutes. In other words, a real cracker of a game, apparently. I say apparently because I'm following the score updates courtesy of ESPN's Live Scoreboard. It's Tuesday which means Holby is on, meaning Mrs  Inside Left has hogged the telly. So no football for me.

Not that I care much for football outside of Scotland's fair shores, but watching a game like that after watching the shit fest that was Kilmarnock v Aberdeen on Sunday, it's like a little glimpse of how the other half live: quality football, full stadiums and brilliant players. And better looking fans.

Thankfully Holby is not on tomorrow, which means that I can once again sit down in front of my PC to enjoy Aberdeen take on Rangers at Ibrox (hilariously pictured above) in glorious RedTV-o-Vision with the volume up.

I'm really far too lazy to dream up anything resembling a preview, so here are ESPN, the Aberdeen FC website, Follow Follow and Gersnet to do it for me.

For my part, all I can say is that the last time Aberdeen beat Rangers at Ibrox was a League Cup game in 1991, when I still had an Afro and money. Sadly, no footage of that game exists on Youtube, so you'll have to with this game from September 1985.

Judging by the footage, the cameraman smeared Vaseline over the lens to put a gloss on the otherwise violent spectacle ensuing on the pitch below. Hugh Burns and Craig Paterson where sent off for Rangers. Alex McLeish, Billy Stark and John "supersub" Hewitt scored for the Dons in a stirring 3-0 victory.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axcdOAigTo8&

For the sake of fair and balanced reporting, here's a video of Rangers doing something they do a lot these days, i.e. overturning Aberdeen. Rather easily.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m56X8ZVfdyQ