ON May 16, 2020, Scott Brown celebrated 13 years at Celtic. Signed by Gordon Strachan in 2007, the midfielder has since won 10 league championships, five Scottish Cups and six League Cups at Paradise.

It's a phenomenal record, made all the more impressive by the fact he’s captained the Hoops to all nine of the current nine-in-a-row run of league titles – matching the late, great Billy McNeill’s achievement of 1974 in the process.

“The first season I was here, I won the league with Gordon Strachan,” Brown told Celtic TV. “That was a great experience. I’d won one trophy with Hibs before, but to come in and win the league straight away, to get that medal around my neck, it got me wanting more.

“The second season wasn’t as good, things didn’t really work out with Tony when he came in, and then Neil came in and showed us what winning was. He taught us that no matter what happened, we should always believe in each other and work hard for each other, and he put those winning attributes into everybody, and that’s what makes him such a good manager.

“When Brendan came in, he wanted us to play attractive football, playing from the back and the gaffer has come in again, jumped on that, he knew we had a good team in place, and he wanted to add in his some of his own qualities.

"He’s done that, and we’re scoring more goals, winning more games, and being more relentless. That’s something he keeps saying, and that’s what we’ve done over the last couple of seasons since he’s been back here.”

Brown said the high expectations of the Paradise faithful week-in, week-out drives every player in the dressing room – as does their own relentless want for success.

The captain added: “We need to make sure that we win. The fans expect us to win, they expect us to play good and attractive football as well. As soon as you come here, it doesn’t matter which club you come from, you need to be a born winner to play here.

“There have been a lot of players who have come here in the past and have struggled to do that, and then on the other hand, we’ve had other players that have come here and have thrived under that pressure.

"It’s a great place to be, it’s a great place to play football and it’s a great place to win trophies as well.”

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