I am Celtic author and historian and write for The Celtic Star. I live in Kirkcaldy and have followed Celtic all my life, having seen them first at Dundee in March 1958. I am a retired teacher and my other interests are cricket, drama and the poetry of Robert Burns.
Probably, other things being equal, Celtic supporters would tend to support a European team against an English team in a European semi-final. So it was last…
I suppose it was too much to hope for to get Celtic two weeks in a row on the BBC Scottish Cup Final Classics series after…
FRANK BROGAN (1942-2021) RIP We were sorry to hear of the death of Frank Brogan. Frank Brogan was a great Celt, or at least he would…
Whenever I hear the wonderful song, “Do you hear the people sing? It’s the song of angry men. It’s the music of a people who will…
David Francey’s radio commentary, David Potter’s Love Street regrets, plus TV highlights… What was I to do on 3 May 1986? Was I to go to…
Embarrassing! Pathetic! Shameful!… We saw a Celtic team who disgraced the Hoops today. It is very easy to say that it all disappeared along with Callum…
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…
BBC Scotland finally, some might say grudgingly, got round to featuring Celtic in their Scottish Cup Classics Friday night series last night and David Potter was…
There does not seem to be any doubt about what TV channel to watch tonight. It has to be the BBC Scotland Channel. First of all…
How sad it was two years ago today to have had to write a tribute to the second Lisbon Lion to die in a week! Hard…
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…
I think is it about time that we had a Roll of Honour for players who have not played for Celtic, but have nevertheless done a…
1. Celtic FC Women had a great win over Hibs. Congratulations, girls! 2. Some good goals from Dundee United, in spite of wearing a horrible strip.…
Last night we had the Scottish Cup Final of 2015 on BBC Scotland’s Scottish Cup Final Classic. It featured Falkirk and Inverness, and was won 2-1…
It is not often that I can honestly say that I am not really bothered about an Aberdeen v Celtic game, but indifference was my main…
Season 2020/21 is now dead as far as Celtic is concerned. Enough has been said about those who disgraced the green and white jerseys, We must…
This was, frankly, a cataclysmic disappointment. A 6-0 tanking would have been easier to take than this. At least four gilt-edged chances were presented and spurned…
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.…
“I conclude this series with what many will regard as the best of them all!, David Potter on his series on The Celtic Star over the…
The attendance of 54,252 was not the least important of the topics of conversation about the 1977 Scottish Cup final. By any standards the turnout was…
David Potter’s series, Putting them out of the Scottish Cup, continues… It is a shame that everyone will refer to 1980 as the “riot” Cup final.…
There seemed to be little point in denying that, in 1899, Rangers had a splendid team. The facts speak for themselves. They won the Scottish League…
1997 had certainly seen some sort of improvement in Celtic since the truly awful days of the early 1990s. The Scottish Cup had been won in…
Putting Them Out Of The Scottish Cup – Quinn Comes Back to Haunt Rangers… There could be little doubt about who was the most-talked about man 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…
A Paradise Anthology by John C Traynor is an excellent addition to any Celtic supporters’ bookshelf. It is 191 pages of original Celtic poetry for every…
Well, this week was always going to be about next week anyway, if you get my meaning, but today we saw a lot of what we’ve…
I suppose I used to read too many of these Second World War comics but the phrases “cut off from my unit” and “behind enemy lines”…
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…
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…
