9:30AM | TICKET OFFICE OPENS The Ticket Office will be open from 9:30am until kick-off on matchday. Ticket collections will be available pre-match at the Ticket Office until 6.45pm, before moving to the Merkland Collection window until kick-off. 9:30AM | CLUB SHOP OPENS Make a trip to the Club Shop to get kitted out, open from 9.30am on matchday. Order your 23/24 home shirt here. TRAVEL TO PITTODRIE WITH FIRST BUS AND STAGECOACH Thanks to our Official Aberdeen City Public Transport Partner, First Bus, Dons fans in Aberdeen City can travel to Pittodrie for FREE on a matchday. Our new Official Aberdeenshire Public Transport partner Stagecoach will provide Dons fans in Aberdeenshire with 50% discount off travel on Bluebird Explorer Dayrider Adult tickets on matchdays at Pittodrie. All match buyers and season ticket members will be sent codes via e-mail in the days leading up to the match. To redeem the discounts, check your inbox for your code. If you have purchased a ticket and haven't received a code please contact the Pittodrie Ticket Office. For more information on how to claim your free travel, follow this link. COLLECT YOUR ABERDEEN V HJK HELSINKI MATCHDAY PROGRAMME The Red Matchday team have produced a bumper 100 page edition of the matchday programme, make sure to buy your copy at the match. This souvenir edition is available from the AFC Club Shop and from the programme sellers in and around the ground on Thursday night for £5.00. You can also purchase a copy online by clicking here. Please note: There are no stickers in any of the European programmes this season, and we will have full tributes to Jim Forrest and Frank McDougall in Red Matchday Issue 6 on Sunday when the Dons welcome St Johnstone to Pittodrie in the cinch Premiership. 7PM | TURNSTILES OPEN Turnstiles will be open from 7pm so you can get in early to see the Dons warm up and get match ready. Grab some food and watch the stadium fill up before we get ready to kick off at 8pm. 7.50PM | DISPLAYS All supporters in the RDS and Red Shed should be in their seats by 7.50pm to take their part in pre-match displays to welcome the team on to the pitch. ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM We want to ensure supporters give themselves plenty of time to navigate through the turnstiles and avoid queueing where possible. Watch the video below to familiarise yourself with how our TEAMcard access system works: FAMILY AREA Make sure to get the kids along early to the Esson & Aberdein Family Area in the RDS Upper Block 5 for our fun activities: 7-8pm | Face painting Please note that there will be no mascots or giveaways due to UEFA requirements. ENJOY A BITE TO EAT Make sure to try out BaxterStorey’s Pie of the Month for October – the doner pie! Look out for it all around the ground while stocks last. UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR | PITCH INCURSIONS, MISSILES & PYROTECHNICS As with all matches at Pittodrie, Thursday night’s fixture will be subject to our ground regulations and policy on unacceptable conduct which includes a zero-tolerance policy towards racism. Pitch incursions and missiles being thrown onto the pitch will result in ejection from the stadium and depending on the severity of the incident, a ban from Pittodrie and potential for further action from the authorities. With this being a UEFA fixture the club will also be under greater scrutiny and face hefty fines if any supporters make their way onto the pitch, if pyrotechnic devices are used or if items are thrown from the crowd. Supporters are also politely reminded use of pyrotechnic smoke devices inside and outside the stadium is prohibited and the use of these objects is endangering themselves and others. Anyone caught in possession or using a pyro device will face criminal action and will be banned from Pittodrie. All supporters should also be aware of tougher laws regarding pyrotechnics. (Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022) (Prohibition of pyrotechnic articles at designated venues or events). It is now an offence for a person, without reasonable excuse, to possess a pyrotechnic article while the person is in a designated venue or while at a designated event. A person convicted of an offence is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, a fine or both. We thank you in advance for your co-operation and ensuring the safety of all players, officials and your fellow spectators at Pittodrie.

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