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.
Day 7 of Celtic Historian David Potter’s new diary on The Celtic Star which will run throughout the new season and will highlight key Celtic related events…
Like so many others of the Celtic supporting community, I was actually prevented from watching my team playing this afternoon by a combination of some woolly…
Day 6 of Celtic Historian David Potter’s new diary on The Celtic Star which will run throughout the new season and will highlight key Celtic related events…
Day 5 of Celtic Historian David Potter’s new diary on The Celtic Star which will run throughout the new season and will highlight key Celtic related events…
Day 4 of Celtic Historian David Potter’s new diary on The Celtic Star which will run throughout the new season and will highlight key Celtic related events…
It is a matter of no little distress that there may be no live TV coverage at all for very many of us of the Ross…
Day 3 of Celtic Historian David Potter’s new diary on The Celtic Star which will run throughout the new season and will highlight key Celtic related events…
JOHN HUGHES 1943 – 2022 The news of the passing of John Hughes came to many of us as a deep personal blow. Those of us…
Day 2 of Celtic Historian David Potter’s new diary on The Celtic Star which will run throughout the new season and will highlight key Celtic related events…
St Mungo and his Cup – Aberdeen go two up but lose Hampden final 3-2 to Celtic… ON THIS DAY 1st AUGUST 1951 Celtic defeat Aberdeen…
Celtic Historian David Potter begins a new diary on The Celtic Star for this morning which will run throughout the new season and will highlight key…
It was a good start yesterday. There were a few shortcomings and mistakes, but the good points far outweighed the bad points. The good points were;…
Well, Stephen Craigen didn’t mince any words on Premier Sports last night, did he? I’ve never been a great fan of old Craggs (as the other…
So did East Fife beat Celtic to it? Conventional wisdom tells us that on 15 August 1903, three significant things happened in Scottish football. One was…
Forgive me if I did not leap about my living room with ecstatic joy when I saw the League Cup draw with the news that Celtic…
The era from 1945-1951 is not much cherished or loved by Celtic supporters. In a word, Celtic were poor, even thought they had some really good…
1902 was what one would have to describe as a rather crowded year in world history. Quite a lot happened. In footballing terms, the year was…
You Tube contains many gems. There is one that claims to be Queen’s Park v Celtic in the Scottish Cup Semi Final of 1927. In fact…
CELTIC AND THE REMARKABLE McSTAY DYNASTY… A pair of brothers winning Scottish Cup medals is no unusual. When they do it three times, it becomes rather…
So it was fixture Friday again. It is good to know that the season will soon be on us, but the fixtures themselves tell us little.…
A few days in the life of Willie Fernie… We all know, I think what Willie Fernie was doing on 19 October 1957 as he orchestrated…
Dublin in 1908 was in the middle of an uneasy calm. The violence of last century had abated (not that there had been a great deal…
Everyone knows that there was only one Patsy Gallacher. The Mighty Atom, the hero of the 1914 Double Winning side, the man who shone for Celtic…
An extract from David Potter’s book, Alec McNair, Celtic’s Icicle published by Celtic Star Books…. Inspired by David Potter’s book: Alec McNair – Celtic’s Icicle 📗…
Scotland’s (and Glasgow’s in particular) love of the game of football surprised even its own devotees in spring 1937. A world record crowd was set up…
And so Celtic won the Glasgow Charity Cup. The Coronation Cup would be an entirely different matter, for there was hardly enough time to draw breath,…
A massive indication of the power of Celtic’s support had come in early March, when it was decided to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II…
How The League Was Won – BBC Sportscene If you missed this programme, it is well worth a watch on BBC iPlayer or Catch Up Television.…
BBC Scotland at 22.30 tonight has something for us on “How The League Was Won!” I am looking forward to it, and may I suggest it…
Stop laughing! Stop gloating! And let’s learn a few lessons! That Shaun Riley fella is leading you all astray this morning. Today is probably a good…