{"id":10024,"date":"2026-03-08T03:09:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T03:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=10024"},"modified":"2026-03-08T03:09:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T03:09:59","slug":"dunfermline-athletic-vs-aberdeen-scottish-cup-radio-commentary-team-news-live-text-stats-match-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=10024","title":{"rendered":"Dunfermline Athletic vs Aberdeen: Scottish Cup radio commentary, team news, live text, stats &#038; match report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Their last-minute winner against Hibs in the fourth round would be enough cup magic to keep a smile on the fans&#8217; faces but Dunfermline now return to Hampden for the first time in 17 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Given they sit fourth in the Championship, this win will give them a huge boost as they continue their push for promotion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lennon&#8217;s side looked every bit equal, if not superior, to an Aberdeen squad that dwarves theirs in every metric possible &#8211; except form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Managerless, rudderless, void of confidence, and with only one win in eight, Aberdeen fans will be fearing the worst now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Scottish Cup would have offered a potentially positive distraction to their Premiership woes but now it is all about avoiding the relegation play-off spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Falkirk, Rangers, St Mirren and Hibernian lie in wait pre-split, a run of fixtures that finding any cause for optimism in there proves challenging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Likewise, pinpointing the Dons players who will be able to carry this side, and their team-mates, through a tricky relegation battle is similarly puzzling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Their last-minute winner against Hibs in the fourth round would be enough cup magic to keep a smile on the fans&#8217; faces but Dunfermline now return to Hampden for the first time in 17 years. Given they sit fourth in the Championship, this win will give them a huge boost as they continue their push<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}