But, the plumbed new depths as they were dumped out of the Scottish Cup by Junior side Darvel. Darvel were immense with the ‘Lang Toon’ almost certainly ending the short reign of yet another Aberdeen boss. Less than a week after their tame surrender at Tynecastle they succumbed to a team 56 places below them in the Scottish pyramid. Jordan Kirkpatrick was one of so many heroes in blue, scoring the only goal of the tie after 19 minutes. The visitors were enjoying the bulk of possession but Darvel were content to soak up pressure and hit them on the counter.
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