Five penalties to haunt Brown and his Dons

Aberdeen manager Craig Brown is wondering when his men are going to start receiving their quota of good fortune.

Knocked out of the League Cup by St Mirren on penalty kicks, Brown’s squad was ravaged by injuries over the winter months as the Dons slipped down the SPL.

Further spot-kick misery ensued as Scott Vernon missed from 12 yards as the Reds exited the Scottish Cup in a 1-0 defeat by Hibernian.

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