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Aberdeen have had to go back to the drawing board in their bid to bring Saturday night football to the Premiership ... because of sports science.

Record Sport revealed last month the Dons had been in talks to move their home fixture with Hibs on March 7 to an evening fixture.

Hibs were considering the switch at boardroom level but have now knocked it back after talking to manager Jack Ross and backroom staff.

The feeling was that Hibs would still need to travel up to the Granite City on the Friday night and their players would need to remain in the hotel all day and that would be a major disruption to their preparations.

The Easter Road board have since gone back to Aberdeen and told them that they want to stick with the traditional 3pm kick-off.

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It is a major disappointment for new Pittodrie chairman Dave Cormack who is keen to trial Saturday night football.

He feels that Aberdeen lose a lot of fans because of the number of teams playing in amateur, junior and Highland League football, and they feel a later kick off would boost home gates.

The late kick-off would also align Aberdeen with the American market where they have a tie up with Major League Soccer side Atlanta United.

Cormack is now likely to talk to other Premiership rivals to see if they would be up for trying out a later start on a Saturday evening.

If both teams agree then SPFL chiefs would also need to give the green light, along with Police Scotland.