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Sports editor’s column prompts football club pie rethink

A football club had pledged to improve the standard of its pies after a regional daily sports editor complained about them in a column.

Aberdeen FC have promised to improve their catering facilities following the piece by Aberdeen Evening Express sports editor Charlie Allan.

Charlie told of a friend who was told by catering staff at the club’s Pittodrie stadium, pictured below, that he couldn’t buy a pie before half-time in one particular match because they “hadn’t been heated up yet”.

The same friend, with whom Charlie had attended the match, was also told he couldn’t purchase hot drinks because someone had “forgotten to switch on the kettle”.

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In the column, published last month, Charlie continued: “Even worse, regulars around me in the South Stand claimed that sort of thing happens every week.

“I’ve already raised the issue with Dons vice-chairman George Yule, who was visibly annoyed by my tale of cold pies and no hot drinks at Pittodrie.

“He has promised to sort it out with the catering firm that holds the contract for the stadium. Quite right, too.”

The column sparked a debate among supporters and, as a result, Mr Yule has promised the club will now work to improve the standard of catering at Pittodrie.

A statement issued by Aberdeen FC reads: “We take matters such as these, which directly impact upon the match-day experience for our valued fans, very seriously.

“As a club we have made considerable investment to improve and upgrade the kiosk facilities which are currently run by our catering partners Sodexo Prestige so it is disappointing to learn that issues continue to arise.

“We wish to reassure all our supporters we will be working directly with the Sodexo Prestige management team in an effort to make the necessary improvements required in the interest of our supporters.”

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  • February 11, 2016 at 6:44 am
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    Great story and the type of light fun piece that in my view,people enjoy reading in a local newspaper
    Just hope one of the editors desperate for ‘click bait ‘ doesn’t instigate an online poll of the ” should pies be freshly baked or microwaved ” variety

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  • February 11, 2016 at 11:03 am
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    Very un-PC to not campaign against fresh salad bars and couscous options. Love this story. Perfect clickbait. Just waiting for TM to do a clickbait comparison piece of local football food reviews, by their untrained online content curators.

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  • February 11, 2016 at 2:00 pm
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    No quote from (Who Ate All the Pies) Barry Fry? Brilliant job – made me smile.

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  • February 11, 2016 at 5:23 pm
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    Wonder what would happen if the Stroud papers wrote a column complaining about not being able to get a meat pie at (vegan) Forest Green Rovers?

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  • February 11, 2016 at 7:15 pm
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    I do hope there will be a story involving both reporter and vice chairman sampling some of the new improved pies? To be accompanied by a photo of them both chomping away together – close ups of them taking large bites etc?

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