SCOTT BROWN won an extraordinary TWENTY-TWO honours during his glittering career at Celtic.
The legendary Hoops captain’s starter for TEN title triumphs arrived at Tannadice on the evening of May 22 2008.
Back then, Broony, now 39 and manager of Championship side Ayr United, was embarking on a thrilling adventure after joining up at Parkhead the previous summer following Gordon Strachan’s £4.4million bid that Hibs couldn’t refuse.
The Hoops boss, who was eyeing his third successive crown to emulate the achievements of club great Willie Maley and Jock Stein, had been busy during the pre-season and had also brought in strikers Scott McDonald, from Motherwell, and Chris Killen, who had come out of contract at the Easter Road outfit.
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Italian Massimo Donati, a silky midfielder, also arrived in the east end of Glasgow after agreeing a £3million switch from AC Milan.
The title went all the way to the wire that nerve-shredding season, but it was settled on Tayside when Dutch hitman Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink towered above the home defence to thump a header beyond future Celt Lukasz Zaluska in the 72nd minute.
It was Celtic’s 42nd championship and they had to wait another four years before they won the flag again.
Scott Brown then embarked on the glory trail with nine successive crowns before he called it a day at Parkhead in the summer of 2021.
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