David was a distinguished Celtic author and historian and writer for The Celtic Star. He lived in Kirkcaldy and followed Celtic all my life, having seen them first at Dundee in March 1958. He was a retired teacher and his other interests were cricket, drama and the poetry of Robert Burns. David Potter passed away on 29 July 2023 after a short illness. He was posthumously awarded a Special Recognition award by Celtic FC at the club's Player of the Year awards in May 2024. David's widow Rosemary accepted the award to huge applause from the Celtic Supporters in the Hydro.
Tommy McAteer had a brief but effective career for Celtic. It was often felt that Celtic could have done with him a great deal earlier, but…
The late David Potter’s Celtic diary, today covering Celtic related events from 6th August… SATURDAY 6 AUGUST 1966 https://youtu.be/qK-0_flyyNM It is only a pre-season friendly but…
No-one typified the great Celtic side of the 1960s more than Tommy Gemmell. He was a larger than life character with loads of swagger and arrogance…
The late David Potter’s Celtic diary on The Celtic Star highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 5 August… SATURDAY 5 AUGUST…
Like that of Ronnie Simpson, the career of Jimmy Delaney sometimes defies belief. This man won three Cup medals in three different countries in three different…
The late David Potter’s Celtic diary highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 4 August… TUESDAY 4 AUGUST 1914 The ultimatum to…
On his own admission, he wasn’t the best centre half in Celtic’s history, With deliberate ambiguity he would describe himself as “passable”, but he came at…
The late David Potter’s Celtic diary highlight key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 3 August… MONDAY 3 AUGUST 1914 Britain has now…
Charles Patrick Tully was a personality player of the type that Celtic supporters crave at certain points of their history, and they certainly needed one in…
Day 2 of Celtic Historian, the late David Potter’s Celtic diary covering the key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 2 August… SATURDAY 2…
It is not all that far from the Ayrshire village of Beith to Glasgow in terms of miles and distance, but in terms of culture it…
The late Celtic Historian David Potter began a new diary on The Celtic Star on this day in 2022 and this ran on the site every…
Davie Storrier was a fine full back for Celtic. He had played for Arbroath and Everton before he joined Celtic in 1898, and in season 1898/99…
Bertie Thomson was a brilliantly talented but tragically ill-disciplined right winger in the early 1930s. He first played for Celtic in the 1929/30 season, but 1930/31…
Ian Young was a good right back who came in just at the start of the glory years of Jock Stein, and but for the plethora…
James “Dun” Hay was a mighty man. Being a member of the prodigious half back line of Young, Loney and Hay in the Edwardian Celtic side…
Willie Fernie was a footballing artist. Added to his natural ability of ball control, dribbling skills and passing ability, was the rugged determination born in the…
Until his death in 2021, there were few more popular ex-Celtic players than Bertie Auld. Frequently seen at home games and at supporters’ functions, Bertie was…
Celtic have generally been blessed with great goalkeepers, and one of the greatest was Davy Adams. The problem with Adams however was that he was not…
Chris Sutton was a marvellous player. He was bought in 2000 for a large price and he was a “statement” player in that this was Celtic…
Sometimes called Jimmy or Jim, Jamie Weir was a great Celtic left back who played only three seasons for the club, but one of these seasons…
The tragic death of Peter Scarff in December 1933 has possibly tended to hide just what a good player he was. He joined the club from…
No-one symbolised a whole generation more that the miner bhoy from Croy, the great Jimmy Quinn. The irony was that the idol of all Scotland was…
It was on board ship en route to the tour of the USA in 1957 that Bertie Peacock was called into a cabin to be told…
Jimmy McStay, born in 1895, was the younger brother of Willie and was a centre half. He was generally regarded as a good, rugged determined centre…
John McPhail joined Celtic in the dark years of World War II and was with the club for 15 years. He could play all over the…
It is indeed difficult to come anywhere close to doing justice to what Billy McNeill did for the club. 23 major medals doesn’t even come close…
Commonly knows as “The Ould General”, James McLaren was in more or less at the very start for Celtic, moving west from Hibs when Celtic were…
Andy McAtee came from Croy and played for Celtic between 1910 and 1924. His career coincided with some of the best Celts of all time. He…
Frank Murphy was a superb left winger for Celtic. His reputation has suffered somewhat because Jimmy Delaney was the right winger and Jimmy Delaney was superb.…