John McMaster has revealed Aberdeen had a special code whenever they headed for Glasgow to face the Old Firm – chocolate biscuits.
But it had nothing to do with Jaffa Cakes or caramel wafers – it was just Alex Ferguson’s squad’s secret way of underlining their confidence of winning at Celtic Park, Ibrox and Hampden.
Fellow full-back Stuart Kennedy was responsible for dreaming up the term. And Gothenburg great McMaster hopes the class of 2023 are now ready for a crunch clash with Gers on Sunday at Pittodrie as they bid to make it seven wins in a row under Barry Robson.
He said: “It was part of the chat on the team bus. At 2pm on a Friday when we were going down to Glasgow to beat them we used to say, ‘Chocolate biscuits tomorrow?’ That was from Stuart’s lips.