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.
The Commissioning Editor of Edinburgh Sports Publishing Ltd. leaned across the table at the earnest young wannabee author and said “Yes, I’ve got to hand it…
Football did not stop in war-time. In both 1914-1919 and 1939-1945 football continued to be played. There was never any total cessation, as sadly there is…
One of the most painful experiences of being a Celtic supporter must surely be that night in Milan on 6 May 1970 when Celtic lost the…
Willie Loney was born in 1879 and joined Celtic in summer 1900. He came from Denny Athletic, and he was one of Maley’s first and cleverest…
It was Saturday May 1 1920. It was the last day of the League season. Celtic had disappointed their fans in the run-in, but at least…
It was one of those annoying days when roadworks divert the bus off the main road to Celtic Park and compel you to take back roads,…
The following story is likely to strain the belief of anyone, but I am assured by one of the characters that it did happen. It really…
How sad it was to have a write a tribute to the second Lisbon Lion to die in a week! Hard on the heels of Billy…
ON 28 APRIL 2011 we heard of the passing of Lisbon Lion Willie O’Neill. Willie was born in Glasgow on 30 December 1940, and this war…
It is never easy to be the son of a famous father. John McMenemy’s father was of course Jimmy Napoleon McMenemy – arguably Celtic’s best ever…
Twenty Things You May Know Or May Not Know About Willie Maley… 1. He was born in Newry, Ireland, on this day 25 April, back in…
JOHN FALLON is never slow to tell you that the job of the goalkeeper is the hardest in the game. He is certainly correct in that…
Maybe I am being absurdly optimistic, but there is surely a way to playing the 2020 Scottish Cup sometime in early August, is there not? I…
Sometimes it is difficult to express in mere words the contribution of a man to the Celtic cause. From Stenhousemuir, Alec McNair joined the club in…
This semi-final was a really rather remarkable occasion, the one-sidedness of the game and the total humiliation of the other team being something that was rather…
This game is probably the second most famous game of Celtic’s long and distinguished history. Lisbon is obviously number one, but this game runs it close.…
People tell you that spring 2020 is an unusual time. No doubt about that. In many ways it is unparalleled in human history, but we now…
ON 18 April 1908, in a very one-sided Scottish Cup final, Celtic beat St.Mirren 5-1 before 58,000 at Hampden to lift the trophy for the sixth time.…
Willie Maley was in a quandary. In front of him was his centre-forward Alec Bennett, more or less in tears and very upset. Alec was being…
The weather was not of the best. The snow of the last week had gone, but it had been replaced by rain, hard, relentless, typically Glasgow…
Sandy McMahon, a Celtic hero! “Our Bhoys Have The Cup!” was the cry throughout the east end of Glasgow… SATURDAY 9 APRIL 1892 and “Our Bhoys…
“Titles with asterisks beside them? The 95/96 title deserves at the very least, a question mark,” Timothy Leary noted on Twitter, referencing a recent article on…
There was little doubt that the early success of the Celtic Football Club in three and a half years had been little short of phenomenal. In…
The last of David Potter’s quizzes is available this morning and it covers the Celtic at birth and in her very early years. If you’ve read…
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…
IT was a sign of how far Celtic had slipped that they failed to win a League and Cup double in any of the years between…
In 1937 Celtic failed to repeat their success of 1936 in the Scottish League, but had more than ample compensation in the famous win in the…
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…
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JIMMY DELANEY is one of the many Celtic players of whom one must occasionally ask the question “Could this all possibly be true?” His career needs…