Aberdeen chief Dave Cormack fumes at Sky Sports over 'humiliating' Celtic video and wants apology

Aberdeen chief Dave Cormack has hit out at Sky Sports over trying to “humiliate” the club in the build-up to the clash with Celtic on Sunday.

Dave Cormack has hit out at Sky Sports over a promo clip for the match against Celtic. Picture: SNS

A promo clip shared on social media ahead of the fixture at Pittodrie caught the attention of fans across Scottish football.

The tweet captioned ‘A game which always delivers’ was accompanied by a video of 22 goals scored by Celtic at Pittodrie in recent years, including from the likes of Dedryck Boyata and Moussa Dembele.

Despite Aberdeen having scored four goals at home against the Glasgow side in the past two seasons prior to the encounter, none were included.

In addition, one spelling of Aberdeen was ‘Abderdeen’.

The video has been viewed more than 120,000 times on Twitter.

Following the topsy turvy 3-3 draw between the sides, Cormack responded with a message to the broadcaster who have exclusive rights to live Scottish Premiership games in the UK.

He tweeted: “Really disappointed at Sky. To spend all week creating a one-sided promo that tries to humiliate any club goes against Sky’s commitment to help promote & grow the SPFL. Thanks for the motivation & for showing our 3 goals today! BTW team name is spelt ABERDEEN! Apology on its way?”

Cormack’s anger and disappointment was replicated amongst Scottish football fans.

One tweeted: “It's bad news when even Celtic fans are embarrassed by this advert.”

Another posted: “Possibly the worst promotion of two teams playing a game of football. Been better saying ‘A game which Celtic always scores...’ “

A fan queried: “This has to be a wind up.”

Top of the SPFL - 30-10-2020

Team

P

W

L

D

Pts

Rangers

12

10

2

32

Celtic

11

8

2

1

26

Hibs

12

7

3

2

24

Aberdeen

11

7

2

2

23