The UEFA Cup would provide the Dons fans with another battle of Britain in the first round, with the holders Ipswich being drawn together with the Dons and few down south gave the Pittodrie club any hope. However, they would soon find out the Dons had a few aces up their sleeves and none more so than Peter Weir.
After a 1-1 draw at Portman Road the English came north and were sent homewards to think again. That second leg at Pittodrie could be dubbed the Peter Weir show as the winger tore the UEFA Cup holders apart. The Dons beat Ipswich 3-1 and sent the fans wild with delight.
The Dons now faced Arges Pitesti and they progressed with a 3-0 first leg win and a 2-2 away draw. This set up a clash with German giants SV Hamburg and after a 3-2 win at Pittodrie the club would go out of Europe, losing 3-1 in Germany and 5-4 on aggregate.
The only cup competition left for the Dons to focus on was the Scottish Cup and they were given a tough task with an away draw at Fir Park to play Motherwell. The club did not waste any time with John Hewitt scoring the only goal in nine seconds to knock Motherwell out of the Scottish Cup.
What the Dons wanted now was an easy home tie and they got the home tie that they wanted but it was against Celtic. One goal was enough to settle the tie and again it was John Hewitt who would prove to be the match winner: the Dons were now on their way.
Kilmarnock were next at Pittodrie. The Dons won this match 4-2 and that set them up with a semi-final meeting with St Mirren.
The first match at Celtic Park would see both teams fight out a 1-1 draw and so this match would have to go to a replay at Dens Park; the Dons would come out on top (3-2) in a five goal thriller. The Red army was now on the march to Hampden to face Rangers in the final.
The Dons had played Rangers the week before at Pittodrie and hammered them 4-0 with John Hewitt scoring a hat-trick So they went in to this Hampden final with nothing to fear but things did not go plan.
They had fallen behind to a John McDonald goal, but the Dons would soon hit back and what a goal it was! A superb curling effort from the edge of the box brought the Dons level and with no more scoring in the 90 minutes the match would go into extra-time.
In the extra half an hour that was played, the Dons would outplay their tired Glasgow rivals and goals from Mark McGhee, Gordon Strachan and Neale Cooper sent the Dons fans wild with delight and the Cup was heading north to Pittodrie. Season 82-83 would be a season that no Dons fan would forget in a hurry.
On the domestic front, the League campaign went to the wire but both they and Celtic would lose out by a point to Dundee United who were crowned champions. United would also end the Dons involvement in the League Cup losing 4-1 over two legs so the Pittodrie faithful had only the Scottish Cup and their European Cup-Winners' Cup to look to for any hope of silverware.
In Europe the Dons were going about their business and had already seen off Sion, Dinamo Tirana and Lech Poznan before being handed a stiff task with the German giants Bayern Munich up next for Aberdeen.
