Euro warning for Dons
15 Oct 2007 - 13:56:36
Craig Brewster has warned his former Aberdeen team-mates that they will receive a hostile welcome when they travel to Greece for next week's UEFA Cup meeting with Panathinaikos.
Brewster, who quit the Dons to become player-manager at Inverness Caledonian Thistle earlier in the season, spent five years playing in Greece and is familiar with the atmosphere that awaits them at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium in Athens.
"The stadium is an intimidating one as the stands are right on top of the pitch," he said.
"There is no track and the supporters are as partisan as you will find anywhere. They are fanatical.
"The ground only holds 16,000, but the atmosphere is incredible.
"The Aberdeen players can expect to suffer verbal abuse like never before and things being thrown from the stands are common. It's all part and parcel of the game over there."
