Adam Rooney books cup final date for Aberdeen against Bhoys

There was a distinctly Irish flavour to Aberdeen’s 3-2 win over Hibernian in Saturday’s Scottish Cup semi-final.

Adam Rooney books cup final date for Aberdeen against Bhoys
Mon, 24 Apr, 2017 - 01:00
Darren Norris

Adam Rooney gave Aberdeen a dream start when he capitalised on a defensive calamity after just 12 seconds to open the scoring.

Aberdeen doubled their advantage after 25 minutes but Hibs fought back and the game was delicately poised at 2-2 when Jonny Hayes, assisted by a large stroke of luck, intervened with just four minutes remaining.

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