Darvel 1-0 Aberdeen: Sixth-tier hosts secure famous upset

Darvel produced arguably the biggest upset successful 149 years of Scottish Cup past arsenic the sixth-tier outfit defeated top-flight Aberdeen.

Chris Truesdale made 3 large close-range saves from Aberdeen forwards Ryan Duncan and Luis Lopes.

But, remarkably, the West of Scotland Premier Division leaders held on.

The embarrassing exit - Aberdeen's seventh decision successful 9 games - piles further unit connected Pittodrie manager Jim Goodwin.

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Aberdeen guardant Duncan - starting successful spot of apical scorer Bojan Miovski - was progressive successful 4 attacks successful the archetypal 7 minutes, letting Darvel defender Chris McGowan cognize helium would beryllium successful for a engaged evening.

Lopes received Duncan's transverse connected the punishment spot but his effort connected the crook was blocked, past the 19-year-old attacker deed a changeable into the side-netting, won a country with Aberdeen's adjacent onslaught and curled an effort wide.

Darvel soon settled, though, acknowledgment to Craig Truesdale changing the momentum. He registered The Vale's archetypal changeable connected target, a debased thrust gathered comfortably by Lewis and soon aft deed a 25-yard piledriver somewhat disconnected target.

Truesdale's adjacent publication was telling. He weighted a beauteous transverse to the backmost station that Hayden Coulson headed lone partially clear. Willie Robertson rapidly played successful Kirkpatrick who spun and cracked a debased changeable into the nett to nonstop the location fans wild.

Darvel had seen disconnected Haddington Athletic, Tynecastle, Dalbeattie Star and Montrose successful earlier rounds. The mode they began to sound the shot astir aft the daze opening extremity suggested they believed they could adhd the scalp of the seven-time winners.

Aberdeen's effect to that surge successful assurance was limited. Ylber Ramadani rattled a changeable that contained much choler than accuracy, and skipper Anthony Stewart nodded a free-kick implicit Truesdale's crossbar.

Aberdeen manager Goodwin looked haunted arsenic helium headed to the changing country astatine half-time.

He sent connected tMiovski and Vicente Besuijen for Patrik Myslovic and Matty Kennedy for the 2nd fractional to effort to effect a turnaround successful his side's fortunes and perchance prevention his job.

Besuijen cracked an effort from 22 yards that Truesdale was blessed to spot sail implicit and astatine the different extremity Lewis stood his crushed to prevention Ian McShane's long-range drive.

Aberdeen began to predominate and erstwhile Lopes ran down the near helping and his transverse was met by Duncan, an equaliser looked certain. Not so. Truesdale dropped to his near to marque a tremendous save.

Jonny Hayes came connected for Coulson and with 18 minutes to spell the Irish winger supplied Lopes. The Cape Verde planetary connected good but, arsenic with the Duncan attempt, someway Truesdale parried clear.

To the increasing queasiness of the Aberdeen fans, Truesdale made different brave prevention from Lopes, again from a fewer yards out, and helium was the adjacent of the Dons winger's looping header arsenic the timepiece moved towards 90 minutes and Darvel held connected for a celebrated victory.

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