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Police intervene on Belmont Street and disgust as away fans spit at TV cameras: Fall-out as 1,400 PAOK supporters come to Aberdeen

Officers had to step in during a 'disturbance' involving home and away fans after Aberdeen faced Greek outfit PAOK in the Uefa Europa Conference League.

PAOK fan spitting at camera.
An away fan spits at the TV camera during the match between Aberdeen and PAOK. Image: Scottish Football Away Days/TNT Sports.

Police were forced to intervene as football fans caused a “slight disturbance” in Aberdeen’s Belmont Street last night.

The incident involving home and away fans happened as Aberdeen took on Greek side PAOK in the Uefa Europa Conference League at Pittodrie.

An estimated 1,400 supporters from Greece’s second city Thessaloniki descended on the north-east for the match.

PAOK fans at Pittodrie.
PAOK had an estimated 1,400 fans at Pittodrie. Image: Stephen Dobson/ProSports/Shutterstock.

Despite the “slight disturbance”, police confirmed that no complaints were made or that any crime took place.

A video prior to the match shows PAOK fans gathered in the Castlegate area of the city centre.

During the match itself, live TV footage shared on the Scottish Football Away Days Facebook page showed visiting supporters spitting directly at the camera.

PAOK fans with seat being thrown at Pittodrie.
A broken seat from the away end is thrown towards Aberdeen fans. Image: Stuart Wallace/Shutterstock.

As well as this, a picture shows a PAOK fan throwing a seat at the Aberdeen fans, while others displayed a Palestine flag, despite it being against Uefa’s rules to display “political messages”.

Fans of the visitors were ordered to stay in the stadium for 15 minutes for security reasons at full-time.

On the pitch, it looked like it was going to be a first group stage win of the season for Aberdeen, as second-half goals from Bojan Miovski and Dante Polvara put the Dons 2-0 up.

PAOK fans with a Palestine flag at Pittodrie.
PAOK fans hold a Palestine flat during last night’s match. Image: Mark Scates/SNS Group.

However, PAOK brought the game back to 2-2, before a 97th-minute penalty following a VAR review secured all three points for the Greek outfit.

The Dons had earlier been denied a penalty of their own after Jack MacKenzie was taken down in the PAOK area with the score at 2-1 – an incident which, controversially, did not appear to be checked by the VAR officials.

Aberdeen play the return fixture against PAOK on Thursday November 9, with the Red Army expected to travel in their numbers for the match.

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