Craig Brown: Scotland's longest-serving manager dies aged 82

Craig Brown, the past antheral to instrumentality Scotland to a World Cup finals, has died astatine the property of 82.

He was besides connected the unit for the 1986 and 1990 finals.

Brown managed Preston North End and Motherwell earlier ending his vocation astatine Aberdeen successful 2013 and moving into a committee presumption astatine Pittodrie.

The quality was announced by the Pittodrie club.

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Awarded a CBE successful 1999 for services to football, the erstwhile Dundee and Falkirk subordinate spent 9 years arsenic manager of Clyde, starting retired successful 1977 portion moving arsenic a superior schoolhouse caput teacher.

Having impressed with Scotland arsenic a youth-level coach, helium was asked to articulation Alex Ferguson's backroom squad for the 1986 World Cup and would spell connected to service arsenic Andy Roxburgh's assistant, reaching the 1990 World Cup and Euro 92 finals.

Brown replaced Roxburgh erstwhile the concatenation of qualifying for 5 successive World Cups was broken, firstly overseeing a 3-1 nonaccomplishment distant to Italy arsenic interim boss.

Thereafter, his wide grounds with Scotland was 32 wins, 18 draws and 20 defeats.

On the roadworthy to France 98, Scotland famously kicked disconnected against nary absorption successful Tallinn arsenic Estonia protested a precocious alteration successful kick-off clip and Brown's squad opened the tourney against Brazil successful Paris, losing retired 2-1.