Dundee U-turn on chairman choice

By Jim Spence

Brown (left) with manager Dr Jozef Venglos during his time at Celtic

Former Celtic general manager Jock Brown will not be replacing Bob Brannan as chairman of Dundee.

The 64-year-old lawyer, who worked with Fergus McCann at Celtic in the late 1990s, was a guest at Dens Park for Saturday's match against Falkirk.

However, the First Division club have had a change of heart on the immediate appointment of a chairman.

Brannan will continue to serve on the board, with commercial director Harry MacLean becoming chief executive.

Dundee no longer feel that there is any immediate pressure to appoint a new chairman and will make an interim appointment at the next board meeting in mid-September.

Brown, the brother of Motherwell boss Craig, helped to appoint managers Wim Jansen and Jo Venglos at Celtic.

He resigned in 1998 after a dispute over bonus payments.