Robbie Boyle

Last updated on .From the section Scottish When you prepare to face a team who beat you 19-0 the previous week, the aim is surely to limit the damage this time round. What you don't want is to lose 51-0. Facing AC Mill Inn Academy in wet and windy conditions in Stonehaven, St Machar started with just eight players after family, work and study commitments limited their options. The side, who formed two months ago and play in the Aberdeenshire Amateur Football Association Division 2 East, thoug

Aberdeen manager Neil Warnock has been talking to the media before his side face Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership on Wednesday. Here are the key points from his press conference: • None Admits it has been “difficult” coming in during a busy fixture period while he gets to know the players. • None He’d have liked to have been in the role earlier to get “some bodies in” as the squad lacks depth in some areas but says “we’ll have to find a way to win with what’s here now.” • None Described t

Aberdeen FC’s women’s manager admits the gulf in quality between professional and part-time sides in the SWPL is leading to matches that teams "don’t really want". Clinton Lancaster told the BBC a requirement to make all SWPL teams full-time could be a route the league goes down to make it more competitive. "There will probably be a point where the league will have to look at it," he said. "I compare it to the Championship in England where it is going down the route where every club that comp

Eilidh Prise qualified for the event, which doubles up as the XTri World Championships, after winning Scotland's Celtman event last year. She won the women's race, crossing the finish line at the peak of a mountain in southern Norway in under 12 hours. Eilidh, 26, told BBC Scotland: "For me it wasn't a race, it was an individual battle of survival. I never had any expectations of winning. "You are swimming in a fjord for almost four kilometres (2.5 miles), that was 13C (55.4F). "It's just yo