Delighted Scott Brown has admitted the fear of stopping Celtic's record-breaking title push at eight was the impetus to push on to win this season's trophy.
The Premiership was called today after the SPFL decided that there was no way to finish the season. With the Hoops 13 points clear, they were comfortable winners via the average points system used to finalise placings.
And Brown's relentless drive not to fall at the final hurdle was key to their mental strength in coming back from Celtic's December defeat to rivals Rangers.
Brown told Celtic TV : “When we got eight-in-a-row, we were extremely focused to make sure we got the nine. "We know how hard we’ve worked over the years.
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