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Ryan Cryle
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Joint sports editor at The Press and Journal (and Evening Express) in Aberdeen, Scotland. Covering Aberdeen FC and all other north of Scotland sport.
🇦🇲FC Noah head coach Sandro Perkovic says the Armenian champions cannot claim to be favourites in the Pittodrie cauldron ahead of Thursday’s Conference League clash – but they aim to beat hosts Aberdeen...

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FC Noah head coach before Aberdeen clash: No away team in Conference League can be favourites at Pittodrie
'No team in the Conference League can be favourites in this stadium, but we are going to play for the win,' says Noah gaffer Sandro Perkovic.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🆎🆕🇫🇷 Adil Aouchiche explains how long talks with Jimmy Thelin led to Aberdeen midfield position switch - and says he feels 'more alive in the game'

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Adil Aouchiche explains how long talks with Jimmy Thelin led to Aberdeen midfield position switch
Aberdeen's Aouchiche is embracing his new position in the Dons team and detailed why it is letting him show the "best version" of himself.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
You can catch-up on Jimmy Thelin's key press conference quotes here now👇

🔴LIVE: Key updates from Aberdeen and FC Noah pre-match press conferences before Conference League clash

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LIVE: Key updates from Aberdeen and FC Noah pre-match press conferences before Conference League clash
Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin and a Dons player, as well as their counterparts from Conference League visitors Noah, are set to meet the media at Pittodrie on Wednesday.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🔴LIVE: Key updates from Aberdeen and FC Noah pre-match press conferences before Conference League clash

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LIVE: Key updates from Aberdeen and FC Noah pre-match press conferences before Conference League clash
Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin and a Dons player, as well as their counterparts from Conference League visitors Noah, are set to meet the media at Pittodrie on Wednesday.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
ICYMI: Aberdeen's Conference League rivals Noah🇦🇲 -

😮 8-year history
🔑 Key players
🇨🇲🇯🇵Why squad has to be diverse
⬇️⬆️ Double-winning boss gone
🆎 Season so far and expectations v Dons

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Expert lowdown: Who are Noah Yerevan, the 8-year-old Armenian club set to meet Aberdeen in Conference League?
An Armenian football expert gave us the inside track on Noah's short, successful history, key players in their multi-national squad, managerial upheaval and what their expectations will be against Abe...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🆎🆕I got the inside track on... ⚫️⚪️Noah Yerevan's remarkably-short, but successful history
🇦🇲The key players in their multi-national squad, managerial upheaval
🔺🔻What their expectations will be against Aberdeen on Thursday

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Expert lowdown: Who are Noah Yerevan, the 8-year-old Armenian club set to meet Aberdeen in Conference League?
An Armenian football expert gave us the inside track on Noah's short, successful history, key players in their multi-national squad, managerial upheaval and what their expectations will be against Abe...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We're all writing about Keskinen now🔴🇫🇮

But here's my 'player focus' analysis on Topi v Hearts - a performance which was a BIG step in the right direction for a talent who cost the Dons a lot of money and has exasperated me before Sunday.

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ANALYSIS: Focus on Aberdeen's Topi Keskinen, as fired-up Finn reminds Dons what he can do when he makes right decisions
Ryan Cryle looks at how Topi Keskinen took a big step in the right direction for Aberdeen against Hearts, with his winning goal and forceful performance coming after an exasperating spell for the wide...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Graeme Shinnie points out the last time he watched Aberdeen Masters in November was when the to-then-undefeated Dons first-team's form nosedived.

Today, against undefeated Hearts, is one year to the day since the Reds' slump started v St Mirren.

Omens?

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Graeme Shinnie: Last Aberdeen Masters win came before Dons form collapse - hopefully this time is omen for 'reverse effect'
Stuttering Aberdeen take on high-flying Hearts on Sunday, exactly one year on from the November loss to St Mirren which ended Jimmy Thelin's blistering start as Dons manager.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🗣️ Leighton Clarkson's Aberdeen future
🤕 Positive team news
🔴 'Show we are a good team' against Hearts

Catch-up on Dons boss Jimmy Thelin's pre-match presser now:

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November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🔴LIVE: Key info from Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin’s pre-match press conference before Hearts meeting at Pittodrie

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LIVE: Key info from Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin's pre-match press conference before Hearts meeting at Pittodrie
Ryan Cryle brings you press conference updates from Dons boss Jimmy Thelin ahead of Aberdeen v Hearts in the Premiership on Sunday.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Got a live blog to be cracking on with, but before I do, another push for this...

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Jensen on how it was made ‘clear’ he was not in Jimmy Thelin Aberdeen plans, Neil Warnock thoughts, pneumonia battle and joining Panionios🆎👇

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EXCLUSIVE: Richard Jensen on how it was made 'clear' he was not in Jimmy Thelin Aberdeen plans, Neil Warnock thoughts, pneumonia battle and joining Panionios
We spoke exclusively to former Aberdeen centre-back Richard Jensen for his reflections on the highs and lows of his two years as a Dons player.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🆎🆕Another big long-read Aberdeen chat, which hopefully is of interest to people...

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Jensen on how it was made ‘clear’ he was not in Jimmy Thelin Aberdeen plans, Neil Warnock thoughts, pneumonia battle and joining Panionios

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EXCLUSIVE: Richard Jensen on how it was made 'clear' he was not in Jimmy Thelin Aberdeen plans, Neil Warnock thoughts, pneumonia battle and joining Panionios
We spoke exclusively to former Aberdeen centre-back Richard Jensen for his reflections on the highs and lows of his two years as a Dons player.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Aberdeen’s Lutz Pfannenstiel: We’ll figure out ‘missing puzzle pieces’ by January transfer window🧩

Plus, Dante Polvara, Graeme Shinnie contracts timeline🆎📝

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Aberdeen's Lutz Pfannenstiel: We'll figure out 'missing puzzle pieces' by January transfer window - plus Dante Polvara, Graeme Shinnie contracts timeline
Sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel think 'nothing major' will be needed at Aberdeen in the January transfer window, and just a couple of 'puzzle pieces' will make a 'big impact' for Jimmy Thelin's te...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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ICYMI: Inside sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel’s all-business first Aberdeen press conference🔴

🧔‍♀️ Hair delay
📕 Notebook
❌ Warning for journalists
🔑 Key takeaways: Jimmy Thelin's position, and Findlay Marshall's future

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Ryan Cryle: Inside sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel's all-business first Aberdeen press conference - with NO PENGUINS pre-amble
Aberdeen sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel set the tone with the media before his first press conference got under way. Once it did, his backing for stuttering Dons boss Jimmy Thelin was clear.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🆎🆕More about the vibes I got from Aberdeen's sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel inside the room (rather than what he said) this.

However, I've included, in full, his pre-amble warning/request of the press, which you won't have seen on RedTV...

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Ryan Cryle: Inside sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel's all-business first Aberdeen press conference - with NO PENGUINS pre-amble
Aberdeen sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel set the tone with the media before his first press conference got under way. Once it did, his backing for stuttering Dons boss Jimmy Thelin was clear.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🚨🆎 EXCLUSIVE -

🔴 Aberdeen and playmaker Leighton Clarkson both entertained summer exit
🔴 There was a bid for Scottish Cup winner
🔴 January departure looks likely as out-of-favour midfielder seeks game-time assurances

Full story here:
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EXCLUSIVE: Why midfielder Leighton Clarkson may be heading for Aberdeen EXIT in January transfer window
We reveal how Aberdeen and Leighton Clarkson entertained the Scottish Cup winner's departure in the summer, and reduced game-time under Jimmy Thelin this term could propel a winter window exit.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Long-read chat with Findlay Marshall about the summer, his Aberdeen future and superb season at Arbroath so far…

🆕🆎 EXCLUSIVE: Aberdeen’s Findlay Marshall hopes he’s earned Dons ‘chance’ after player of the month honour

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EXCLUSIVE: Aberdeen's Findlay Marshall hopes he's earned Dons 'chance' after player of the month honour
Aberdeen's Findlay Marshall, 19, thinks he has revitalised his Dons first-team chances, as he reflects on his eye-catching loan spell at Championship Arbroath
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November 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Aberdeen’s Nicky Devlin happy to play back-three role and leave right-back to ‘non-stop’ runner Dylan Lobban

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Aberdeen's Nicky Devlin happy to play back-three role and leave right-back to 'non-stop' runner Dylan Lobban
Devlin, 32, on being shifted to a centre-back role in Aberdeen boss Jimmy Thelin's rejigged back-three/five formation – and how he thinks it's the system to get the Dons results.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🔴🆕🎥🇩🇪Aberdeen sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel has started work. Me and Paul Third discuss the Dons new football chief’s big priority: the success rate of incoming Reds transfers

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WATCH: Lutz Pfannenstiel's No.1 priority - improving Aberdeen transfers hit rate?
Sports writer Ryan Cryle and Paul Third on why Lutz Pfannenstiel's big priority at Aberdeen will be getting more from the Dons' significant player-trading model investment, and which big-money signing...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🔴 'Several Norwegian clubs contacted' by Sivert Heltne Nilsen's people about transfer back to Norway

🔴 Aberdeen not aware of any moves to secure switch for injured midfielder

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Sivert Heltne Nilsen Aberdeen exit? 'Several Norwegian clubs contacted' about signing veteran Dons midfielder
Aberdeen's Nilsen could be set for a move back to Norway, having joined Jimmy Thelin's Dons from Brann in summer 2024.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Aberdeen talking points from Larnaca🔍

Could be a result you look back on and think 'big moment'.
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🔴Still an Aberdeen fan, despite moving to other side of the 🌏 aged 6
🔴Australia to Larnaca, despite not having a ticket.
🔴Turning your Welsh pal from Oz on to the Dandies, too

Su. Perb.🤝

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The Australia-raised Aberdeen fan who has travelled from Oz, without a match ticket, for AEK Larnaca game - and his Pittodrie-motivated tattoo
Aaron Louttit, 23, has lived in Perth, Western Australia, since he was six, but has joined the Red Army in Cyprus with pal from Down Under, Welsh-born (and now-Dons fan by association) Corey Martin.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Another video with the Red Army out in Cyprus. Some feeling very positive, some not so much...

With 0 points and 4 games to go, what will Aberdeen's final Conference League points tally will be?🎥🔴☀️🔮

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WATCH: 0 points from 2 games and 4 games left... What do Aberdeen fans in Larnaca think Dons' final Conference League points tally will be?
Ahead of Aberdeen's third Conference League outing of the season at AEK Larnaca, we asked travelling fans how many Euro points they think the (pointless so far) Dons can get in the competition.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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🤕Gyamfi back, but other issues inc. 3/4-week absence
💪Dons ‘absolutely not’ scared of AEK Larnaca, and they can still get through
🇺🇸Dante Polvara Hibs link

🟥Aberdeen pre-match press conference with Jimmy Thelin ahead of Cyprus Conference League game

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November 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A harder stadium to get a look around than some much bigger grounds, strangely. But here's my video tour of the AEK Arena in Larnaca🎥

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EXCLUSIVE: Behind-the-scenes video tour of AEK Arena in Larnaca ahead of Aberdeen's Cyprus Conference League showdown
Take a look inside Aberdeen's dressing room at the AEK Arena in Larnaca on our pre-Conference League meeting stadium tour.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM