John McMaster has revealed Aberdeen had a special code whenever they headed for Glasgow to face the Old Firm – chocolate biscuits.
But it had nothing to do with Jaffa Cakes or caramel wafers – it was just Alex Ferguson’s squad’s secret way of underlining their confidence of winning at Celtic Park, Ibrox and Hampden. Fellow full-back Stuart Kennedy was responsible for dreaming up the term. And Gothenburg great McMaster hopes the class of 2023 are now ready for a crunch clash with Gers on Sunday at Pittodrie as they bid to make it seven wins in a row under Barry Robson.
He said: “It was part of the chat on the team bus. At 2pm on a Friday when we were going down to Glasgow to beat them we used to say, ‘Chocolate biscuits tomorrow?’ That was from Stuart’s lips. It was the way of talking about whether we thought we’d have a win bonus or not. If we didn’t win it was, ‘No, rich tea’. It was the mentality of the boss who had put that in with wee seeds here and there.”
