No half measure from Dons

Aberdeen manager Derek Mc Inn es has challenged his players to earn their chance to play infront of a capacity Hampden crowd by defeating Morton in tomorrow’s Betfred Cup semi-final.

Supporters have been made to suffer by the 12.15pm kick-off time, with the national stadium set to be less than half full.

The Dons have sold less than 11,000 tickets and Morton are not expected to sell more than 5,000 which had prompted calls for the match to be moved to Easter Road or Tynecastle.

The Dons are heavy favourites to defeat the Championship club and book a final place against either Celtic or Rangers and McInnes wants his players to use the prospect of returning to Glasgow to perform in front of a full house in the November 27 final as an incentive.

McInnes said: “For the convenience of the supporters, it could have been maximised better and had more atmosphere at a full house somewhere. The attendance will reinforce what I’m saying. But it’s always special playing at Hampden and we want to make sure that we’re good enough to get back there when it is a full house.”