Scott Bain on being the 'uncle' of the Falkirk changing room and his Scotland experience
Scott Bain on being the 'uncle' of the Falkirk changing room and his Scotland experience.
Scott Bain says that he is loving the role of being the Falkirk dressing room “uncle” this season after Brian Graham’s summer exit made him the oldest player in the Bairns’ squad.
The goalkeeper, 34, has again impressed for John McGlynn’s side on the pitch so far this Scottish Premiership season. He made a number of key stops during last weekend’s 2-1 win at Easter Road against Hibs.
And the Scotland stopper is also making a big impact off the pitch - helping to knit together the Bairns’ new-look squad after a summer of change at the club.
Falkirk goalkeeper is loving ‘uncle’ role
On his role within the squad, Bain said: "Since Brian Graham left, they're calling me the uncle in there! Do I feel older? No, because I still carry on like I'm 18.
"They keep telling me that I'm still immature and that I need to grow up... but it keeps me young! I love being around the young lads. I love to carry on.
“When I get to the end, that'll all be gone and I'll need to grow up! I’m closing in on 35. So I'm just going to keep that going as long as possible and carry on with the boys. I love being involved with them, it's great.
"I like the carry on, like cutting people's socks and boxers and that kind of thing. I'm into that. Everyone gives as good as they get in there and I think it's quite important that you get a good laugh because it's tough, especially when we went through a wee sticky spell there. Ikeeps the morale up at times.”
During the last international break, ex-Celtic goalkeeper Bain did earn a recall to the Scotland squad under new boss Sebastian Pocognoli. But he had to make do a spot on the bench for all four of the Nations League fixtures, with Angus Gunn retaining his No 1 spot despite conceding a couple of poor goals.
On that experience, Bain said: “I really enjoyed it. I thought the manager was really good. I liked the way that he worked and his ideas. Although some results didn't go the way, I think you can see some really positive changes in the way that he wants to play.
"These things take time. It's not as if it's club football where he's getting to work with the players every day. But I think that the level of player with the Scotland squad is that in another camp or another two camps, these top players can take on what he's saying pretty quickly.
"Hopefully, that can progress into positive results because I thought I really enjoyed it. I think it was nice to see the freshness when the young lads came in."I thought the young lads that came in, that were in their first camps or second or third camps, early stages, I thought they were excellent as well.
“Like I've always said, as long as I'm doing well here at Falkirk, I've hopefully got opportunities to get called up and whether I get to play from there, I'll always put my best foot forward and do my best if called upon."