Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen Vice-Chair George Yule "warned the club could go to the wall" if the proposed move to a new £50M ($62.9M) stadium plan fails, according to Andrew Southwick of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. The Pittodrie board last week "lodged plans to relocate to Kingsford," more than six miles from its current home. A decision is expected in June and Yule has stressed that if Aberdeen City Council rejects its plans the club has "no plan B to fall back on." He said, "To be honest, unless we move this club into the 21st century with proper facilities, there's a very real danger those fans walking up King Street in the long term may not have a team to support. The way football is going we are either up there as one of the visionary clubs with good facilities, a successful team, or there's a real danger we become a backwater." Supporters have watched Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian redevelop their stadiums and have questioned why Aberdeen cannot do the same, but Yule explained "staying put is not possible." Yule: "Pittodrie is landlocked. We're surrounded by houses." The plans have been "met with opposition," with Mike Rumbles MSP last week describing the transport strategy as "wholly inadequate." Another option for the Dons could be to leave Aberdeen altogether and move to the shire, "essentially meaning the city would no longer have a senior football club" (DAILY RECORD, 1/31).
