The sight of Scott Brown lifting silverware season after season routinely riled Rangers fan Barry Nicholson. That grin and the grip on the league trophy left Fleetwood’s first team coach fuming from afar.
Now Nicholson couldn’t be happier teaming up with born winner Broony - because he reckons that means surefire success for the Cod Army. Baz is part of the Fleetwood furniture having worked for a host of big-name bosses including Brown’s old foe Joey Barton. Chairman Andy Pilley loves a major profile manager and has landed another in the Celtic legend. Ex-Ger Steven Whittaker is No 2, assisted by Nicholson, while former Celtic defender Stephen Crainey is in charge of the development squad.
There’s harmony across the Old Firm divide at Highbury Stadium as Brown prepares to kickstart his managerial career at Port Vale on Saturday. Nicholson, a midfield opponent of Brown with Dunfermline, Aberdeen and Kilmarnock, said: “For at least nine years, a horrible part of following Rangers was watching Scott Brown lift that trophy every year. He was the scourge of me, he used to run the game all the time against my team.
