Football: MERRY SIXMAS; Dons boss sets players festive target of securing a place in top half of SPL.(Sport)

From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: December 3, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Ian Orr

JIMMY CALDERWOOD yesterday urged his players to make it a merry Christmas for Aberdeen by clinching a top-six place in the SPL.

The Dons boss believes his prime target for the season will be secured if his side win their next four games against Kilmarnock (home), Hibs (away), Dundee (away) and Caley Thistle (home).

Victory tomorrow over the Rugby Park side would give the resurgent Pittodrie side 34 points from 17 games which would equal their total for all of the previous campaign.

The dramatic revival from second bottom place to third in the SPL ...

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