Former Scotland manager Craig Brown is dead.

A statement from Brown’s family read in part on Monday: “Craig died peacefully today after a short illness in University Hospital, Ayr, surrounded by close family members.”

“At this particularly sad time, the family now requests that their privacy is respected during the grieving process.”

Brown remains Scotland’s longest-serving manager in history.

During his reign, he took charge of 71 matches between 1993 and 2001.

He guided Scotland to Euro ’96 and the 1998 World Cup.