Guys from the AFC Heritage Trust were tidying a cupboard at Pittodrie today, making space for storage, when they came across a mean looking Faroese knife in a splendid wooden scabbard. It had a small brass plate on it inscribed "KI Klaksvik 1957". Presumably it was a souvenir of a friendly match played by the Dons against this Faroe Islands team. A team, co-incidentally that has never suffered relegation from their top league.
There is no immediately available record of Aberdeen playing Klaksvik, although they have from time to time sent a side up there for a summer visit, so some dedicated soul will have to get into the library and check through papers form the time.
Meanwhile the knife is tucked away safely under lock and key at an unknown location. All in a day's work for volunteers at AFC. On Friday they are going to seek out evidence of Tiddles the fabled Pittodrie cat, a creature rumoured to have gone for more than one spin with the first team kit in the laundry.
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