keeper set to make his 300th appearance
On Saturday Jamie Langfield will play his 300th game for the club. It is just another milestone for the Dons number one who recently beat Allan McGregor’s SPL clean sheet record of 96 shutouts and he also overtook Fred Martin on the all time Aberdeen appearance list and therefore become the Dons’ third longest serving goalkeeper. Jim Leighton and Bobby Clark will be the only ‘keepers who have played more games for Aberdeen.
“It is amazing how quickly it has come about. To play 300 games for any club would be an achievement but to do it for a club like Aberdeen is an absolute honour for me and my family.
“To do what I have done is quite good considering I was out of the team for a little while and had a year out because of my illness. I was not sure I would ever play football again or ever play for Aberdeen again. I could have played more games but I don’t think about that. I have still got two years left after this season and I am enjoying my football at the moment more than I have ever done before.
“To play that many games I must have done something right during the past nine years.
“I hope the fans realise how much the club means to me. It means the world to me as much as it does them.”
Despite the comprehensive score line last weekend, most pundits and fans have recognised the importance of the brilliant save Jamie made whilst the score line was still at 1-0.
“I read where Lee Croft was going to put it and after standing up as long as I could I just went for it. When I got a touch on it I thought I had put it wide but it hit the post. When I heard it hit the post I just thought please please be the outside of the post and not the inside! I was so happy to see the ball go out for a corner. When things like that happen you just think this is going to be our day, we are not going to get beat today. Five minutes later Peter scored the second goal.”
The keeper also previews the Celtic game on Saturday.
“These are the games you want to play in. You want to play in semi finals, you want to play in big games at Parkhead, you want to play in big League games.
“First and foremost if we want to win the game we are going to have to score. They are not conceding at the moment. For Fraser (Forster) to go 12 games without conceding a goal is incredible. It is a fantastic effort from him. Then at the other end we are going to have to be very resolute and stand up to them.”
“Taking care of Celtic is going to be a very difficult task but we go down there believing we can do well. It would be great to still be involved in both cup competitions as well pushing for second spot in the League.”
