Andrew Considine: Last News

Meetings between St Johnstone and Dundee United last season were close-run affairs.

Barry Robson admitted he is frustrated with VAR and the way it has now become the main talking point of football after his side's 0-0 draw with St Johnstone.

That lead is back to six points again and it's over to Celtic as they look to keep their winning momentum going into the New Year.

Aberdeen will look after Andrew Considine and extend the defender’s contract beyond the end of the season. The centre-back will be out until next year after suffering a knee injury in the Europa Conference League defeat to Qarabag.

Aberdeen will need to sign another defender after the hammer blow that Andrew Considine has been ruled out until after Christmas. The Scotland cap suffered a serious knee injury in last week’s Europa League Conference defeat in Baku and has since had cruciate surgery.

Aberdeen boss Stephen Glass branded their Europa Conference League pitch in Baku a disgrace and claimed it was the reason why Andrew Considine got stretchered off. The Dons crashed 1-0 to Qarabag in Azerbaijan last night but will be hoping to turn that around at Pittodrie next week to claim a place in the group stages.Glass refused to criticise the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium before the game although his chairman Dave Cormack did question UEFA ’s decision to allow the game to be played on it.

Europa Conference League hopes remain very much alive. The Dons registered only two tame shots on target as Jaime Romero's first-half strike gave the hosts a first-leg advantage ahead of next week's return at Pittodrie.Stephen Glass also watched Andrew Considine carried off on a stretcher as he suffered what looked like a potentially serious injury.

Aberdeen to further glory. The Dons boss inherited a squad that struggled for goals and knew he had to put together an exciting, attacking team that would get the Red Army flocking back to Pittodrie.He brought in frontmen Christian Ramirez and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas along with Scott Brown, Jack Gurr, Declan Gallagher and Teddy Jenks.

Steve Clarke, the Aberdeen defender cemented his place and played a part in our historic Euro 2020 qualification.

Stephen Glass ' Aberdeen reign. The experienced defender, who has been one of the Dons’ top performers this season, has been told that the club don’t have the finances to keep him.

Euro 2020. Scotland have their place in this summer’s finals in the bag and embark on their World Cup qualifying campaign this week with a triple-header against Austria, Israel and the Faroe Islands.

Scott Martin's left-footed strike hit Andrew Considine on the arm inside the area.The ball clearly struck the Scotland international on the hand but Bobby Madden waived away Accies' protestations and McFadden felt it could have been awarded.He said: "Andrew Considine is trying his best to pull his hands out his way but they're still kind of outstretched.

Aberdeen will set a new 118-year-old unwanted club record of failing to find the net if they don't score at Parkhead on Wednesday against Celtic before the 72nd minute.The Dons' luckless run in front of goal continued in the draw with St Mirren meant they have now gone five games without scoring - only the fourth time in their history they have done that and two of them have come under manager Derek McInnes.Aberdeen have previously played five games in all competitions without a goal in 1905, 1973, 2020 and 2021 and the longest run of minutes without a goal happened when they failed to score in 535 minutes, 48 years ago.Their current run stretches for 463 minutes, since Andrew Considine scored Aberdeen's second goal against Motherwell in a

Derek McInnes has challenged his players to deliver a five-star showing to turn their topsy-turvy season around.The Dons saw off Motherwell thanks to goals from Tommie Hoban and Andrew Considine to leapfrog Hibs back into third spot.McInnes wants his team to not only cement third but to put pressure on second-placed Celtic in their next five games as they head to St Johnstone, face Livingston home and away, play Hibs at Easter Road and then entertain St Mirren.Hedges, who made an impressive return from suspension, said: “The gaffer has pinpointed the next five games as real big ones, which can be a turning point in our season.“Hopefully we can get some results and pull away from the rest of the pack.

Aberdeen storm back into third and then challenged his side to make that the minimum requirement from their season. The Dons boss and his team had come under-fire after recent performances and defeats.

Derek McInnes has confirmed Andrew Considine’s contract extension is close to being fast-tracked. The Scotland international has a clause if he plays so many games he triggers an extension but the Pittodrie side have put a new one year deal on the table.McInnes said: “Andy we are getting a bit closer to I think but we have nothing agreed yet.“I don’t anticipate it being an issue.“It is pretty much as it was the contract and it is just a case of Andy discussing it with his family and working out what he wants to do.“We are hoping that by the turn of the year Andy will have that signed.“I don’t see any real issues with that.

Aberdeen can gatecrash the Champions League by splitting the Glasgow clubs and finishing second in the Premiership.Scotland will have two representatives in the qualifying stages of Europe’s top competition next term and the Dons and Scotland defender is adamant his team can be one of them.Aberdeen will go level on points with second placed Celtic - who play on Sunday - if they beat St Mirren in Paisley on Sunday.And that, as much as revenge for last week’s Betfred Cup defeat to the Saints, is all the motivation they’ll need.Considine said: “If we can have a good month we can get ourselves as close to the top of the table as possible.“If we can win this weekend we would go level on points with Celtic before they play on Sunday.“Can we get

Steve Clarke's men, even if it wasn't easy on the eye at times.Lyndon Dykes got the only goal of the game but there were positive performances throughout a much-changed team at Hampden.Andy Considine made his debut and performed well at the back while the likes of Stephen O'Donnell, Ryan Fraser and John Fleck all played well as well.And here's how Gordon Parks rated the men on the night.David Marshall: Deserved a quiet night after his play-off penalty kicks heroics and got his wish as he was asked to make only one save by gathering a tame attempt from Gregus. 7Stephen O'Donnell: Dragged a first half shot wide and then delivered perfect cross for Dykes to bury the winner.

Want the latest Scottish sport news sent straight to your inbox? Join thousands of others who have signed up to our Record Sport newsletter.St Johnstone skipper Jason Kerr is a “strong candidate” for a future Scotland call-up, his manager Callum Davidson believes.The McDiarmid Park centre-half has represented his country at under-21 level but is yet to feature in the senior team.Latest recruits to the national squad are Hibernian's Paul McGinn and experienced Andrew Considine of Aberdeen, both defenders.Davidson thinks the Perth club’s current Scottish Premiership position has not helped Kerr’s cause this time around.But he said: “If you look at how Jason has performed this season he has to be up there as a contender.“He has been very solid

Ross McCrorie from Rangers.The Dons have agreed a loan with a set six figure fee to buy the versatile defender or midfielder.Hibs had made two offers but their Premier League rivals stepped in to agree an immediate fee with the Ibrox outfit.McCrorie is expected at Cormack Park this morning for his medical.The 22-year-old has been on Derek McInnes ’radar for several weeks.McInnes’s hands have been tied because of the COVID-19 situation and their staff and playing squad have all agreed to take cuts.The problem for the Dons is that McInnes needs to add to his squad with eight players facing bans over the Coronavirus lockdown breaches while Andrew Considine is suspended and Curtis Main is also injured.McCrorie is seen as a future Scotland

Scott Arfield could've followed Andrew Considine down the Pittodrie tunnel on Saturday. The Hearts and former Celtic keeper believes the Rangers midfielder risked being sent off alongside his Aberdeen compatriot during the Ibrox side's 1-0 win.