Mental strength is a must for any true leader. Gary Caldwell reckons it’s the quality that makes Scott Brown deserving of his place alongside Scottish football’s legendary nine-in-a-row captains Billy McNeill and Richard Gough.
The Celtic midfielder will join that duo of iconic figures when the SPFL officially confirm the Hoops as Premiership champions for 2019-20.It isn’t how Brown or anyone at Parkhead wanted to win it but having opened up a 13-point gap at the top before Covid-19 struck and shut down the game the title was all but theirs.
That means Neil Lennon’s side will equal the feat achieved by Celtic in 1974 – and then Rangers in 1997 – with McNeill and Gough as skippers.