Former Celtic midfielder Scott Brown revealed the reason why he shaved his head throughout his career despite being able to grow a thick crop.
Ex-Celtic and Scotland midfielder Scott Brown revealed the brilliant reason why he shaved his head throughout his career.
Brown lifted 10 Scottish Premiership titles at Parkhead along with 12 domestic cups as he captained the Bhoys through one of the most dominant periods in the club’s history, and he did it all with his trademark shaved skull.
Speaking to BBC, Brown was asked about his hairstyle during his playing days as he sat down for the interview as the manager of Scottish Championship side Ayr United with a solid crop of dark hair as he confirmed: “It’s 100% all my hair, if you want to touch it feel free!”
The former Hoops captain then revealed the psychological nature behind his decision before Covid temporarily changed his mindset, he continued: “[I did it] just to intimidate people, it worked quite well if I’m honest.
“During Covid the kids asked if I did have hair and I wasn’t 100% sure if I actually did, could grow it or if it was going to grow, it was coming back here (high on his scalp) and I thought I had a recede (receding hairline). So I thought ‘ah you know what, we’ll go eight, nine weeks, and it started to grow really thick and I always had thick kind of Brillo pad hair. No style to it whatsoever but it just grows out like a tennis ball.
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“To be fair I ended up getting my first pictures going back to Celtic when we went back just after Covid. Got the pictures with hair and then shaved it for the first game. So you can imagine the media team were not happy with me but I made a decision when I retired that I will grow my hair for the kids. So I grew it and I do look like a more approachable person shall we say.”
Brown gave an insight into his thinking for playing skinhead throughout the majority of his 20-year contract, where he played for Hibernian, Celtic, Scotland and one year at Aberdeen before hanging his boots, and razor, up in 2022. He continued: “I made that decision just to be horrible. Not really speaking to anybody on the park. If players tried, I would refuse to speak to them.
“Not being big time but just to make sure my head was focused and I was ready and organised, because if I had a laugh and a joke about stuff on the park, I probably would not have played as well as I could have.
“You can be whoever you want for 90 minutes on that pitch. You can be a winner, want to dictate games, be passionate, be louder than you normally are in the changing room. It worked really well for me.”
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