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.
Tonight we man the “bearna boaghail” (my apologies to Irish readers for any bad spelling) which has been translated as “the hour of maximum danger” or…
If David Potter’s article yesterday on The Celtic Star featured the best result against Raith Rovers in the League Cup then today’s covers the worst. Firstly…
Charlie Shaw is deservedly looked upon as one of the greatest of all the old Celts. Certainly he was one of our best ever goalkeepers, and…
ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER LEAGUE CUP QUARTER FINAL – WEDNESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 1965… This marvellous display of attacking football is still talked about yet in Kirkcaldy… and…
Yesterday at the Tony Macaroni was another disgrace. This simply cannot go on, if we are to win trophies. It was a game in which so…
Oh dear, why must you continue to do this to us, Celtic? Why do we have to be led up the garden path, then concede FOUR…
Whoever the pundits/commentators may be tonight, here are 10 things that we DON’T want to hear (but I fear we might)… 1. Defensive naivety from Celtic..…
Time For Celtic To Rise In Europe… No-one can possibly say other than that since 2003, give or take the odd isolated moment like beating Barcelona…
Dare I begin to hope that that was the sound of a new leaf being turned at Celtic Park yesterday in the case of Albian Ajeti?…
Those of us who were alive 36 years ago tonight will recall exactly what we were doing. People talk about a JFK moment when they heard…
Goodbye Leigh, Odsonne and Ryan… Three good Celts took their departure last night. The word is “good”, not “great”, but they have all had their moments…
It was a tough lunch time today, No point in pretending that it didn’t hurt, or that the detestable Kris Boyd doesn’t annoy. He is a…
It takes years off your life watching games like that one tonight! It is not really good for us more mature gentlemen at all! Yet it…
This was another piece of marvellous Celtic entertainment, and once again 60,000 people (well, nearly!) left Celtic Park very satisfied with life and in a good…
Last night was a very good Celtic performance against possibly the best team that we have played so far this season. Celtic are in a strong,…
So the Premier Sports Cup draw has paired us against Raith Rovers! On the surface it would appear to be an easy enough game against a…
This score line was an absolute travesty. 10-0 would not have been unwarranted on the basis of the play, and the football served up by Celtic…
10 things you might not have known about Celtic, Hearts and the Scottish League Cup… 1. Celtic are not the record winners of the SLC with…
Well, we had all been looking forward to it, and it was a fine occasion. The last 18 months have been little short of nightmarish for…
All sorts of people who really should know an awful lot better say that whatever (the)Rangers do, does not concern them. This, frankly, is rubbish. The…
In the Scottish Cup final of April 1969, Celtic scored two goals just before half time and these two goals added to a brilliant Billy McNeill…
Let us not get too excited about the “corner being turned” or anything like that, but was that not a marvellous display of attacking football IN…
Well, I suppose there is some sort of a smile on our faces tonight as we record our first win of the season. The win was…
Tuesday was a very good day. The news that Thursday’s game was on the good old BBC (and free!) merely added spice to the gingerbread of…
CELTIC DAFT – THE JOHNNY DOYLE STORY… In any age where we have seen rather too many players who have loads of ability but a lack…
It doesn’t get any easier, does it? But let us look at the positives first. Some very good football in the midfield – frankly there is no…
Hearts! A team of tradition and legend and great players – but of considerable underachievement, bedevilled with awful Directors (if you think Celtic’s are bad, try…
The first real game of the season was a mixture of good and bad, with a certain amount of optimism radiating the stadium and the television…
I would be telling a lie if I were to say that I was enthralled by this game, but that does not mean that there was…
CHARLIE GALLAGHER 1940 – 2021 I think I see him yet. Less than ten minutes remained of the epic and iconic Scottish Cup final of 1965…