Aberdeen manager salutes troops

ABERDEEN boss Jimmy Calderwood paid tribute to his side after a Jamie Smith double fired the Dons into the last 32 of the UEFA Cup with a stunning 4-0 victory over Copenhagen last night.

Smith lit up a tight contest with a superb 25-yard strike two minutes into the second half and soon ran beyond a static defence to make it two.

The Danes folded and an own goal by Mikael Antonsson and Richard Foster’s strike rounded off a memorable night at a sold-out Pittodrie as the Dons secured European football beyond Christmas for the first time in more than 20 years.