Rangers and Celtic no Scottish club has qualified for the group stages on the continent since Aberdeen 14 years ago. And few clubs have felt that qualifying curse harder than the Dons where Gallagher now finds himself preparing for a tilt at the inaugural Europa Conference League.Aberdeen will make their eighth successive trip into the early rounds of Euro competition in Thursday’s second round first leg clash with Swedes BK Hacken.
Every one of the seven previous tilts under Derek McInnes ended before the group stage. Indeed not since Jimmy Calderwood led the Dons into the groups - and right through to the last 32 in 2007-08 - has the Red Army enjoyed a Euro venture beyond the summer.
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