Aberdeen vs Celtic LIVE as Brendan Rodgers and Jimmy Thelin face huge Hampden calls

Aberdeen defeated Celtic in the first ever Scottish Cup final penalty shoot out to lift the famous trophy 35 years ago.

But since that day of dejection for the Hoops they have lifted the silverware THIRTEEN times with the Dons still waiting to get their hands on it again.

Few could have predicted that scenario when the final whistle blew at a sun-kissed Hampden Park back in 1990 when Brian Irvine's decisive spot-kick earned the Reds an epic 9-8 shoot-out win.

A repeat today would be one of the biggest ever upsets in the final with Brendan Rodgers and his Celtic troops 90 minutes from completing what would be a record-extending ninth Treble.

The four-in-a-row Scottish Premiership champions have stuck five past Aberdeen the last two times they have played them and netted SIX when they last met at Hampden Park in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final earlier this season.

Jimmy Thelin must come up with a game plan to reverse the trend - like the Swede did in the first meeting between the sides this season when they came from two goals down to salvage a shock draw at Parkhead.

Can they do it to send the men from the north east back home happy? Find out as we bring you all the action and drama from Hampden Park in our LIVE blog.

If there is one game from their past that Aberdeen could look to draw inspiration from then it would be the 1970 Scottish Cup final.

Then, as they are today, Celtic were chasing a domestic clean sweep and were all-conquering under Jock Stein but Eddie Turnbull's Reds shocked them with a 3-1 win.

Former Dons defender Jim Hermiston was part of that glorious day and he shocked Pittodrie when he retired to join the police force.

And five years after that Cup final win he found himeslf