A DONS fan had his finger ripped off while celebrating a goal in Aberdeen FC’s heroic 3-0 win in Croatia.

The 37-year-old Ellon dad was rushed to hospital in Rijeka after his wedding ring got caught in a segregation fence at the match.

Today, his wife today praised the Pittodrie club, who let the injured fan fly home to hospital on their chartered plane straight after the match.

She said: “I was in a panic. I was thousands of miles away at home and he said he was in an ambulance and had lost his finger. I knew he wasn’t joking because I could hear all the sirens over phone. I panicked and didn’t know what to do. I was at home with our six-month-old daughter.

“Eventually I got through to one of the security officers at the club, Willie Beattie, and I asked him ‘please get my husband home’ and he said he would do everything he could.”

She said her husband was injured in the moments after Andrew Considine’s opening goal at HNK Rijeka’s Stadion Kantrida.

“When they scored the goal my husband said the fans rushed to the front and he had jumped up onto the fence to celebrate,” she said.

“But the stewards were pulling all the fans down and when he was pulled down his finger got caught in the fence.”

The injured fan, who wishes to remain anonymous, was told by Croatian doctors that his wedding finger could not be reattached.

A Police Scotland officer from Aberdeen, who was one three members of the force assisting the Dons fans at the game, was also called to the hospital.

The fan was met at Aberdeen International Airport by his wife, who travelled to hospital in an ambulance with him.

She added: “I was very emotional at the hospital. There wasn’t much they could do. He had to have the rest of his finger amputated.

“I was overwhelmed and grateful for the help of the policeman and also the club.

“It really showed that they are more than just a club.”

A Dons spokesman said: “It was obviously a horrific situation and we did what we could.

“We knew what had happened almost immediately and we were kept informed of his situation.

“The police in Croatia were great and went back to his hotel to get his passport and clothes.”