Earlier than Rangers’ conflict with Celtic on Sunday, Rod Stewart claimed that Scott Brown must have a statue erected in his honor exterior Parkhead.
And you most likely couldn’t discover a soccer fan within the East Finish of Glasgow who would disagree, given the dimensions of his contribution over the past 14 years.
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However an hour of soccer later, with Celtic after 3-1 and right down to ten males, he was not uncovered to any fanfare in any respect.
Brown led his crew in opposition to Rangers for the final time Ian MacNicol / Getty Photos
It was not fairly the top for Brown at Celtic, however for his final Previous Agency derby it was a tragically quiet suspension for a participant who has spent his profession at the middle. It got here after he was left within the mud by Alfredo Morelos, who hammered within the second purpose that turned out to be a killer for Brown and his crew.
When the mud settles, nevertheless, the unhappy finish to Brown’s time at Parkhead is not going to outline it. He has received an excessive amount of and left an excessive amount of on the road since he first went within the gates in 2007 for that to be the case.
This season, his performances in inexperienced and white have been inspiring. He’ll go down in historical past as one in all the highest greats, and it is not any small achievement in a membership with the load of historical past that Celtic boasts.
He has received ten league titles, six Scottish cups and made greater than 100 appearances in European competitions. Along with this, nevertheless, he has been Celtic coronary heart and soul and personified and channeled the vanity and hovering as they’ve proven over a decade and a half of unprecedented dominance.
It was solely the second season of the Browns 14 at Parkhead that he didn’t seize silver. There are few gamers at any membership, wherever in soccer, who can boast that degree of feat throughout such a protracted interval.
Sunday was the fiftieth time he took to the pitch in opposition to Rangers and he can have to do it once more when he goes to Aberdeen within the summer season. If it is time for him to return to Parkhead, nevertheless, there will likely be no hostility in the direction of the long-serving captain who has nothing to remorse his Celtic profession regardless of the way it ended.
It has been a tragic, whining finish to a wonderful Celtic profession, however Sunday was simply the top of the e-book.
The story itself was one in all blood, thunder and cutlery. And who is aware of, Rod, he can solely get that statue but.
