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The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic diary highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 29 August…

SATURDAY 29 AUGUST 1903

The Scottish Referee on Monday makes the first ever mention of Celtic’s impressive new strips of green and white horizontal stripes. It makes then look younger and faster. Unfortunately the new strip does not bring a victory, for Third Lanark who have now signed Johnny Campbell and will in fact win the League this season, beat Celtic 3-1 at Parkhead, Celtic’s only goal coming from Alec Bennett.

Alec Bennett

WEDNESDAY 29 AUGUST 1962

Celtic record a splendid 3-0 victory over League Champions Dundee before 28,000 fans at Celtic Park in the League Cup. Charlie Gallacher scores in the first minute, and then John Hughes scores a couple of late goals to win the day for Celtic.

SATURDAY 29 AUGUST 1987

First blood to Celtic in their Centenary Season as they beat Rangers 1-0 at Celtic Park with a goal scored by Billy Stark. The same Billy Stark is the victim of a tackle by Graeme Souness which sees the Rangers player-manager sent off. Incredibly, Stark isn’t even wearing a boot at the time! 60,800 enjoy this game in warm sunshine.

Graeme Souness about to be ordered off by referee August 1987

WEDNESDAY 29 AUGUST 2007

(Photo  PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Celtic qualify for the Group Stages of the European Champions League in a dramatic penalty shoot-out against Spartak Moscow. Artur Boruc saves the vital penalty kick. This follows a 1-1 draw at Celtic Park, watched by 57,644 in which Scott McDonald put Celtic ahead before the Russians equalized. The first leg in Moscow was also 1-1.

SUNDAY 29 AUGUST 2010

Having been comprehensively beaten 0-4 in Europe in midweek, Celtic cannot have been too happy with this game either, for it took a penalty from Daryl Murphy to break the deadlock at Motherwell and earn a 1-0 win.

David Potter

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About Author

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.

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