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.
CELTIC, KILMARNOCK AND THE SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP… Fate has decreed that we are to face Kilmarnock in the Scottish League Cup Semi Final on Saturday night.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 13th January 1894.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 12th January 1907.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 11th January 1919.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 10th January 1914.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 9th January 1897.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 8th January 1910.…
By no means one of the best games of the season, but a solid win which puts Celtic (temporarily at least) twelve points clear at the…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 7th January 1905.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 6th January 1912.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 5th January 1920.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 4th January 1919.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 3rd January 1905.…
It was one of those games after which one needs to lie in a darkened room for a while, or in my case, take my dog…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 2nd January 1909.…
Rangers 0 Celtic 2 – New Year’s Day 1921 New Year’s Day 1921 was a fine day. New Year celebrations, as usual, had been long and…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 1st January 1912.…
Cassandra had the gift of prophecy but people thought she was mad. Teiresias had the gift of prophecy but went blind. Robbie Burns said “Forrit, tho…
2022 was in the main a successful year with the club in general and the team on the pitch in far better shape than it was…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 31st December 1910.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 30th December 1905.…
Little really to say about this game other than it was an outstanding performance from Celtic who did not have a weak link on the field.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 29th December 1928.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 28th December 1901.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 27th December 1913.…
Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic events and matches on this day starting on 26th December 1925.…
Things were happening in December 2000. Celtic had narrowly gone out of the UEFA Cup to Bordeaux, but everything else was good – more or less.…
It was indeed the bleak mid-winter. 21 December 1935 was frosty and foggy, so much so that many other games in Scotland were not played that…
1965 had been a great year for Celtic with the Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup in green and white ribbons on the Celtic sideboard,…
As in 2022, white Christmases were not common, but in 1909 there was rain with loads of mud, but that sort of thing did not stop…