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Glen Loovens of Celtic scores an injury time winner during the Scottish Premier league match between Celtic and Hearts at Celtic Park on September 20, 2009. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Month 2, Day 20 of Celtic Historian David Potter’s new diary on The Celtic Star which will run throughout the new season and will highlight key Celtic-related events relevant to each day, today covering 20 September…

SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 1930

A virtually capacity crowd of 60,000 see Celtic beat Rangers 2-0 in the Scottish League at Parkhead. The goals are scored by Bertie Thomson and Alec Thomson, Bertie’s goal coming immediately after Alan Morton missed a penalty for Rangers.

SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 1952

Rangers are rightly embarrassed by the behaviour of some of their supporters (“nitwits”, according to Alan Breck of The Evening Times) who profaned the silence for the young Celtic player called John Millsop whose funeral was held in Cambuslang this morning and was attended by both Celtic and Rangers players. Celtic won the game 2-1 with goals from Alec Rollo (playing on the right wing!) and Jimmy Walsh.

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WEDNESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 1967

Celtic’s first game in the defence of the European Cup comes to grief tonight as Dinamo Kiev win 2-1 at Parkhead with only a Bobby Lennox goal for consolation. It really was a very sobering experience and one can only hope that some heads which have swollen to an unwarranted extent will now realise that hard work is necessary if success is to be sustained. Maybe big Jock made a mistake in standing still over the summer, and maybe he should have bought a player or two to add to the squad. But of course there is still the second leg in Kiev in a fortnight.

WEDNESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 1972

Celtic visit Stair Park Stranraer to beat the local side 2-1 in the first leg of the last 16 of this season’s prolonged and complicated Scottish League Cup. 4,500 see Bobby Lennox and Vic Davidson score the goals after Stranraer have gone ahead within the first five minutes. This game, although played on a Wednesday night, is attended by quite a few Celtic fans from Northern Ireland, for whom this is almost a home game!

SUNDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2009

New Zealander Chris Killen and Dutchman Glenn Loovens today score Celtic’s goals in the 2-1 win over Hearts at Celtic Park. It is a much needed win, for on Thursday Celtic horrified their fans with a defeat from Happoel Tel Aviv in the Europa League.

David Potter

David Potter’s new book, Willie Fernie – Putting on the Style is featured in the new edition of the Celtic View which is out now and available from the Celtic Stores. You can also pick up the Willie Fernie book there too or order direct from Celtic Star Books, link below…

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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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