Football legend John McMaster is searching for the owner of a hat that was thrown on to the pitch after Aberdeen’s most famous victory.
McMaster picked up the Where’s Wally?-style hat after the Dons beat Real Madrid 2-1 to win the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1983.
McMaster, who played left-back for Aberdeen during their triumph in Gothenburg, has held on to it ever since.
And now the 66-year-old wants to find the person who threw it on to the pitch at the Ullevi Stadium in the Swedish city 38 years ago.
McMaster tweeted: “Here’s a challenge – find the original owner of this bunnet! It was thrown on to the pitch at the Ullevi stadium after we won the ECWC and I’ve kept it ever since.
“There is something about it that the original owner may identify #whosebunnet.”
The tweet now has hundreds of likes, with fans loving the fact that McMaster has kept the bunnet for almost 40 years.
One, @alba-deen, said: “Brilliant you’ve kept all these mementos. Great memories.”
Another, @Red-Tom1903, wrote: “Brilliant! How amazing if they could get it back from you, John. They’d be absolutely buzzing”
McMaster replied: “I didn’t say I would give it back!”
And @orkneyrd added: “Looks like one my dad wore but he would’ve been too
grippy to have ever parted with it”
Fan @JimCurrie said: “Must have been an auld guy. Us young eens were wearing bucket hats then!”
McMaster made 316 appearances for the Dons over 15 years, scoring 20 times.
He was inducted into the club’s hall of fame in 2017 alongside Graham Leggat, Neale Cooper and Archie Knox.
