Celtic On This Day – 11th September – David Potter’s Celtic Diary

The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic diary highlights key Celtic-related events relevant to each day, today covering 11 September…

SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 1915

Morton tend to have a good team during the Great War because of the many soldiers, sailors and munitions workers stationed near Greenock, and today’s game against Celtic at Cappielow was a tough one, but a goal by Sunny Jim Young is enough to give Celtic a narrow 1-0 victory.

Sunny Jim Young

WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 1929

Following a 1-1 draw at Shawfield on Saturday in the Glasgow Cup, Celtic really turn it on to beat Clyde at Celtic Park 6-1 tonight with a hat-trick from Peter Scarff (one penalty) two from Jimmy McGrory and one from Alec Thomson.

SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 1968

Steve Chalmers and Bobby Lennox both score five each as Celtic beat Hamilton Accies 10-0 in the quarter-final first leg of the Scottish League Cup at Celtic Park.

SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 1993

Celtic beat Raith Rovers 4-1 at Stark’s Park, Kirkcaldy with a couple of goals each from Charlie Nicholas and Andy Payton. Celtic fans in the 8,114 crowd begin to feel that, in spite of the ongoing problems with the board of directors, Liam Brady might yet manage to pull things round for Celtic, particularly with Joe Jordan on board as Assistant Manager.

SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2010

Celtic beat Hearts 3-0 at Celtic Park before a slightly lower than expected 49,000 crowd. The goals are scored by Shaun Maloney, James Forrest and Paddy McCourt.

David Potter

Published by Celtic Star Books on Friday 20th October 2023
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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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