Craig Brown "My Scotland"

 

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The phrase was as common as it was needless. “I’m sorry, I don’t want to keep you back from anything …” Craig Brown never was holding this or any other journalist away from something more important than the extended insight being offered into football matters of the 1960s, 2000s or anywhere else in between. Brown did not appreciate his age being a matter of public discussion but his ability to so sharply assess the game and its characters into his 80s was genuinely remarkable. He was unfailingly helpful to the media and unfailingly apologetic if one landed upon that ultra-rare thing; a topic he was not quite sure about. There will be no more lengthy calls with Brown, no more erudite testimony, no more follow-up messages as thanks for making him “sound intelligent” in print. Bowel cancer has taken in june 2023 one of Scottish football’s most significant figures of the modern era, just short of his 83rd birthday.

Brown was best known for his period in charge of Scotland, including at the 1998 World Cup. The Scots have not been back to a World Cup since. Yet tales of France hugely underplay Brown’s contribution to football. He was immersed in the sport, from his youth until death. Undeterred by knee injuries which curtailed his playing days and were visible in the way he walked throughout adulthood, Brown began his coaching journey at Motherwell in 1974. More than a decade earlier, he had been part of Dundee’s famous title-winning squad. After combining roles in education with the manager’s position at Clyde, Brown was recruited by the Scottish FA in 1986 as the national team’s assistant manager and the head of youth teams. Brown assisted Ferguson at the World Cup of that year in Mexico. The younger groups enjoyed great success, meaning it was no shock that Brown replaced Andy Roxburgh in 1993. Brown, like Roxburgh, was crucial to the Scottish FA’s much‑lauded coaching culture.