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This weeks feature interview is with rising young Dons star Nicky Low.

“When I joined the club full time, it was hard at first. I had to leave my family behind and I had a little brother and sister who missed me. I was very homesick. I actually left for a while, but Peter Weir came round to the house for a chat. He told me that he’d had the same problem when he first went to Aberdeen. He told me that if I stuck in, I would get through it and would start to enjoy it. Thankfully for me, I listened to Peter and did come through it.

“It has been a bit frustrating being out on loan recently with all the injuries because if I had been here, I would probably have been given a chance. In that sense it has been disappointing but I wanted to go and get games and get my sharpness up. I am now back fit and ready to go if I do get my chance.

“I thoroughly enjoyed my time on loan at Alloa. I enjoyed the training and there was a good bunch of boys in the dressing room. I was also very impressed with the manager Paul Hartley. I was quite surprised as he has only just begun on the path of management but he has obviously learned a lot from his time in the game and I think he is destined for the top.

“I share a flat with Joe Shaughnessy, so I am over the moon for him. He is a very laid back character and is very funny, so I get on very well with him. The first time he played was the Inverness game. We were both in the flat and the gaffer called him in the afternoon to say that he would be starting the game and would be playing left-midfield. I had to sit him down and had the pen and paper out to tell him all about the position and what he had to do! Although we lost that game, I thought he was one of our best players and to his credit he thanked me in his programme interview! Some of these Cruyff like turns he has been doing in games, he must have got them from watching me at training!!

“Overall, I feel like I have done well since I have been at Pittodrie and I am now just waiting for my chance in the first team. I always try and be positive. I am determined to do the best I can in life.”

Also in this week’s edition Craig Brown, Richard Gordon, Pat Stanton, Chris Crighton, Colin Grant, Russell Anderson, John Mellis, Joe Shaughnessy, Kevin Stirling’s history section and our features on world football.

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