Sir Alex Ferguson can add one more medal to his vast collection, with UEFA granting additional European Cup Winners’ Cup medals for Aberdeen’s 1983 success.
Only the starting players and five substitutes received winners’ medals after a famous win over Real Madrid but 81-year-old Ferguson, who is the most decorated manager in football, is to receive one of six extra gongs to mark the 40th anniversary of that night in Gothenburg.
Assistant manager Archie Knox and midfielder Dougie Bell, who missed the final because of injury, will also be rewarded.
Following a campaign led by Chris Gavin on behalf of the AFC Heritage Trust, along with former Dons chief executive Duncan Fraser, the Donald family is recognised for the work of then director, Ian Donald, and his father and late chairman, Dick Donald.
There are further posthumous nods to former vice-chairman Chris Anderson and club legend Teddy Scott, who served as a player, coach and kit man at Pittodrie for almost 50 years.