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The remarkable Aberdeen youth stat Stephen Glass insists won't play a part in his team selections

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When Dean Campbell returned to the Aberdeen starting XI for last Wednesday’s 2-2 draw at Ibrox few outside the Dons hardcore could have realised the significance.

The midfielder’s presence for only his second start of the campaign ensured the most remarkable of red runs remained unbroken.To be precise - a 74-year sequence that has seen Aberdeen have a youth team graduate in every starting line-up across all competitions since September 6, 1947.Campbell keeping his place for the 2-1 win over Hearts on Saturday took that incredible record to 3,481 games.

It’s an astonishing stat that includes homegrown heroes such as Martin Buchan, Willie Miller and Eric Black and which runs the course of all but two Dons managers - since the chain began

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