Aberdeen FC

• Nickname:The dons
• Founded:1903
• Manager:Jimmy Calderwood

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McGhee delighted with youth

24 Aug 2009 - 11:36:00

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Aberdeen boss Mark McGhee was delighted with the Dons' 3-0 victory at Hamilton on Saturday and praised 16-year-old Fraser Fyvie, who became the club's youngest player, and 19-year-old Jonathan Crawford.

He said: "We scored three decent goals and we could have had a couple more. In particular, we had two terrific finishes from Mulgrew's free-kick and Maguire's fantastic volley.

"I wanted to find out about these boys [Fyvie and Crawford], can I use them and to what extent?

"Crawford had cramp but did adequately and Fyvie was still going at the end, mopping things up, and the good thing is that the supporters have been given a flavour of what Fraser is.

"He's an industrious worker - he has red hair and you could compare him to Paul Scholes but probably Ron Weasley's a better comparison! He was a wee bit of magic.

"A 16-year-old going into a game at this level has to have the temperament already - he's confident and has a calmness about him to play at this level."