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.
It was April 24 1965, the day of liberation for Celtic fans when Celtic had defeated Dunfermline Athletic 3-2 and won the Scottish Cup. Bertie scored…
No-one typified Celtic in the Lisbon era more than Bertie Auld. It was he who started singing “Sure it’s a grand old team to play for”…
THE ST JOHNSTONE STUMBLE OF 1936… 1936 was a “crowded” year in world history. Great Britain had three kings, the Olympics took place in Berlin and…
Today is November 11, the day traditionally designated to remember the dead in the two awful World Wars of the 20th century. In recent years, this…
A pleasant day in the autumn sunshine of Dundee! Somehow, there was a certain inevitability about it all – that the team would score goals, and…
Congratulations to Celtic on what was really a magnificent display in Budapest last night, and the major question is “Why didn’t we see this sort of…
“Frustrating” did not quite cover this one! But the end result is that we have now probably thrown away what advantage we had gained on Wednesday,…
It rained, in Biblical proportions, as we arrived and as we left, and we were therefore soaked twice, but it was a great night. Celtic coped…
The Celtic community was sad to learn today of the passing of Walter Smith, ex-Manager of Rangers, Everton and Scotland. No one will pretend that he…
A more than satisfactory game and result at Celtic Park yesterday, indicating the solid improvement shown by the team over the last month. Undeniably, although one…
In one of these quirks of history, ten days after Jimmy Quinn scored his famous hat-trick in the 1904 Scottish Cup Final, his successor James Edward…
At long last a European victory to be happy about, and a good performance at that! The game proved a few things. One is that a…
Today’s BBC commentators did not give the impression of being Celtic sympathisers, says Celtic Historian David Potter… To my shame, I do not follow Celtic Women…
“Yesterday was a good day. Our goals were first rate and results elsewhere help Celtic,” David Potter… So have we turned the corner? Does yesterday’s result at…
ELEVEN REASONS WHY JIMMY McGRORY WAS NOT A SUCCESS AS CELTIC MANAGER… Jimmy McGrory was Manager of Celtic from July 1945 to March 1965. His record…
McGRORY’S LAST DAY IN CHARGE AT CELTIC PARK… There is seldom any doubt about the contention that Jimmy McGrory was one of Celtic’s best ever players, if…
Ronny Deila was Manager of Celtic for two years. He is however hard to classify as either a “good” Manager or a “bad” one. In fact…
There have been quite a few painful seasons in Celtic’s history where trophies have been thrown away because of folly and stupidity, but few can rival…
Deila’s second and last season was a great deal less happy. There was the retention of the Scottish Premiership which in any other club in the…
An awful lot of water has flowed under the bridge since Ronny Deila was the Manager of Celtic. We now have perhaps the opportunity, having in…
The irony here was that Nicholas, although he certainly did earn more in London than he would have in Scotland, would hardly have been a pauper…
The traditional Celtic paranoia now began to kick in as well. Celtic supporters often find it difficult to believe that there is not a conspiracy theory…
Celtic won the League championship again in that 1981/82 campaign, but they did so to a large extent without Charlie Nicholas, who played only 14 games.…
Inspired by their young genius, Celtic played some fine football in season 1980/81, although until the New Year inexperience was evident in the unpredictability of performance.…
Charlie Nicholas was one of Celtic’s greatest ever players – or at least he could have been and, indeed, he should have been. He was recognisably…
It was a win, and a much needed and coveted one at that, but anyone who thinks that the problems are solved and that Celtic are…
0-4 at home is not a pretty score line, yet the point that must be emphasised is that this score line gives a slightly false picture.…
This was another game that left Celtic supporters angry, unhappy and frustrated, and once again we have the sinking feeling that, unless things change rapidly and…
CELTIC v ST JOHNSTONE IN THE SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP… There is a first time for everything, I suppose, and Celtic have never before faced St Johnstone…
It was a somewhat unremarkable game last night, from which Celtic emerge with a certain amount of credit for simply getting the job done and possibly…