Under the glare of electric lights, I saw that the porcelain was coated with a layer of dust, the silverware dulled by tarnish.
And, when the time came for Weir to hold aloft the silverware following Sunday's 3-0 win at Tannadice, the veteran defender made sure it was a joint effort with Ferguson.
In Saturday's EDF Energy Cup final against Gloucester they have a chance to bring the first silverware to the Arms Park since Cardiff RFC won the Welsh-Scottish League in 2000.
Aberdeen have struggled in recent seasons and a new generation of fans have been starved of success - the last silverware to arrive at Pittodrie being the 1995 League Cup.
"The lawn needs to be watered, the cat box is stinky, there are dirty socks in the living room, silverware in the grass out back, and I can't get those children to get to bed at 7:30 no matter how hard I try, " he says.
As I ate my dinner I was able to look up whenever I liked and see the oak table, the gleaming plate with its chicken leg and baked potato, the glowing silverware, and my reflection looking up alertly, like someone whose attention has been called to an important matter.
The competition was his last chance for silverware with the Magpies because he is set to retire at the end of the season.
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So, the chance to do what Pele could not and break soccer in the States or one last tilt at silverware with the national team?
One is the knowledge that having come third in the league and been knocked out of the European Cup by Porto there is some silverware for the trophy room.
The wins followed on from last year when Guernsey shooters won two team and five individual titles at the prestigious festival, which was their biggest haul of silverware since the island started competing in the 1890s.
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But the truth is Hibs have not been challenging regularly for silverware since the early to mid 1970s when Eddie Turnbull's wonderful team locked horns with Jock Stein's Celtic, albeit finishing second more often than not.
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The following season, they became the first British club to claim continental silverware by winning the Cup Winners' Cup.
Wenger turned his attention to the rest of the season and the likely source of any silverware they may secure - the FA Cup - although he refused to completely rule out the Premiership title.
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He may have been named Belgian coach of the year three times, but Wasiege has won surprisingly little silverware in the game.
The Club World Cup represents another chance for Ferguson to add to the mountains of silverware he has already delivered to Old Trafford.
Having struck twice against Arsenal to land the Carling Cup, Drogba says he will only be happy if his goals land the Blues some silverware in Europe.
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It was the first penalty United had conceded in the league all season and could prove decisive at the end of the season when silverware is handed out.
City would have no problem satisfying such criteria but the announcement of these regulations has once again brought the large sums of money being spent by clubs in pursuit of silverware into the spotlight.
The Blues - born out of the venerable Cardiff club when Welsh rugby moved to the regional model - went into the game chasing silverware on two fronts following last weekend's Heineken Cup quarter-final win over French aristocrats Toulouse.
The Llandovery College product was the first Ospreys captain to lead them to silverware, lifting the Celtic League title in 2005 and spoke to joint chief executive Mike Cuddy before making his decision public.
In Sicily pawn lending began in the early 16th century with two banks, one dealing with precious items like jewellery and silverware and the other with ordinary objects like farm implements.
The league leaders also have a game in hand over Guus Hiddink's side, meaning the Blues' hopes of silverware this season must surely now rest on the Champions League and FA Cup.
With a fanatical fan base, Ahly's managers are under consistent pressure to deliver silverware to the club.
He completed his haul of silverware with the Iveagh Trophy by setting the highest score at 500 yards.
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The Arsenal boss is placing his faith in a young side, who he believes is well equipped to handle the responsibility of delivering silverware.
He hasn't won much in the way of European silverware though he did win two league titles in Argentina and one in Ecuador but his sophisticated, creative style of play has won him many plaudits.
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Fights between players in training are far from uncommon, while coaches who brought silverware to the club - including Bob Dwyer and Dean Richards - have been shown the door after bad runs of form.
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