The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic Diary highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 18 August… SATURDAY 18 AUGUST 1906…
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Possibly the most charismatic of the early Celts, Dan was much loved by the Celtic fans in the 1890s. He was a flamboyant character and one…
The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic Diary highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 17 August… SATURDAY 17 AUGUST 1907…
Jim Craig is an unusual sort of football player. He will probably remain for all time the only dentist ever to win a European Cup medal,…
The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic Diary highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 16 August… SATURDAY 16 AUGUST 1913…
Scott Brown belongs to the exclusive set of Celtic players. Many players are called “Great Celts”; Scott is one of the “Really Great Celts” a very…
One of the truly great early Celts, Bernard Battles arrived at Celtic Park in 1895. He could be either a full back or a wing half…
The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 15 August… SATURDAY 15 AUGUST 1903 This…
The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic diary highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 14 August… SATURDAY 14 AUGUST 1926…
Celtic have had many great goalkeepers over the years, but there are few who could compare with the slightly built figure of Dan McArthur who played…
The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic diary highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 13 August… SATURDAY 13 AUGUST 1892…
By no means one of the more famous or flamboyant full backs in Celtic’s history, Hugh was nevertheless a very instrumental player in the 1920s, winning…
The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic Diary highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 12 August… SATURDAY 12 AUGUST 1893…
Jim Brogan was the younger brother of Frank, but their paths barely crossed at Celtic Park. Jim was a different kind of player from Frank, being…
The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic Diary highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 11 August… SATURDAY 11 AUGUST 1928…
The third John Divers was possibly the least successful of the three in that he won no major honours with the club, but that is not…
The late Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic Diary will run throughout the new season and will highlight key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today…
There is a natural affinity, one feels, between Celtic and the Geordie nation. There is the same grit and determination, the same hard work and the…
The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic Diary highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 9 August… SATURDAY 9 AUGUST 1941…
Peter Somers was as good as anyone else in the great Celtic teams of 1907 and 1908, and that is saying something! He had joined the…
The late Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic Diary highlights key Celtic related events relevant on each day, today covering 8 August… SATURDAY 8 AUGUST 1931 Celtic…
That Davie McLean became a soldier of fortune may have a lot to do with Willie Maley. In truth as a centre forward he was not…
Funeral Notice published in The Courier POTTER, David. Suddenly, but peacefully, at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, on Saturday, July 29, 2023, David William Potter, aged 74 years,…
Tommy McAteer had a brief but effective career for Celtic. It was often felt that Celtic could have done with him a great deal earlier, but…
The late David Potter’s Celtic diary, today covering Celtic related events from 6th August… SATURDAY 6 AUGUST 1966 https://youtu.be/qK-0_flyyNM It is only a pre-season friendly but…
No-one typified the great Celtic side of the 1960s more than Tommy Gemmell. He was a larger than life character with loads of swagger and arrogance…
The late David Potter’s Celtic diary on The Celtic Star highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 5 August… SATURDAY 5 AUGUST…
Like that of Ronnie Simpson, the career of Jimmy Delaney sometimes defies belief. This man won three Cup medals in three different countries in three different…
The late David Potter’s Celtic diary highlights key Celtic related events relevant to each day, today covering 4 August… TUESDAY 4 AUGUST 1914 The ultimatum to…
On his own admission, he wasn’t the best centre half in Celtic’s history, With deliberate ambiguity he would describe himself as “passable”, but he came at…