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Scotland national team and Celtic captain Scott Brown announced his retirement from international competition on August 19th. However, the pit bullish midfielder retires from Scotland manager Gordon Strachan’s side having left behind some famous memories for supporters of the Tartan Army. While he’s still busy cementing his legacy in Glasgow’s East End, this is the perfect moment to highlight some of the 31 year olds finer achievements. 

Here are some of the finest highlights from Brown’s 50 appearances for Scotland as well as his most notable moments for Celtic:

Ronaldo confirmed his status as the best young player in the world after scoring 54 goals in 57 games across all competitions for PSV Eindhoven. “The Phenomenon” wasn’t even 20 years old yet when Barcelona became interested in signing the Brazilian.

Barcelona finally landed Ronaldo by paying a then world record fee of $19.5 million, with the striker set to join the side for the 1996-97 season.

Here at The18, we’re starting a movement. Lasting change has only ever been achieved when like-minded people come together to advocate or protest. In solidarity, we’re going to stop the flop.

For all the setbacks and empty promises of each generation of England's rising stars, the current crop of Under 21 and 19s talent is good. So good, in fact, that Gareth Southgate’s 21s took out the European Championship title in that age division – a stark contrast to the bumbling mess dished out by the first team.

This has been the year of the underdog in soccer. From Leicester City in the Premier League to Wales and Iceland in Euro 2016, upsets have come to the fore. 

Soccer is the most democratic sport in the world. Once the players enter the pitch, there’s little the coach can do to upset the proceedings. The nature of the game lends itself to unpredictability — 90 minutes of continuous action where a single mistake or moment of genius can decide the game’s outcome. 

This is the list of soccer Twitter accounts that you should follow to keep up to date on what's going on in the world of soccer. As new players and personalites emerge, we;ll keep updating this list of soccer Twitter accounts. If you have recommendations of Twitter accounts that we should add to our list, email us at talktous@the18.com or comment on this article!

For the list of soccer Twitter accounts below, click on the hyperlinks to get to the Twitter pages! Here we go, the top soccer Twitter accounts to follow! Enjoy!

This is the list of soccer Instagram accounts that you should be following to keep up to date on what is going on in the world of soccer. As new players and personalites emerge, we will keep updating this Instagram  list. If you have recommendations of Instagram accounts that we should throw on our list, email us at talktous@the18.com or comment on this article page!

For the list below, click on the hyperlinks to get to the Instagram pages! Here we go, the top Instagrams for soccer to follow! Enjoy!

We’re well into the summer of soccer, and it’s been an all-consuming affair that leaves little time for anything else. The Euros kickoff early; the Copa America keeps us up late. With all due respect to our friends, family and significant others, we wouldn’t have made a single different lifestyle choice over the past three weeks. Here are 8 signs that you’ve spent all of June doing nothing but watching international soccer.