The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic diary highlights key Celtic-related events relevant to each day, today covering 23 September…
SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 1922
Debutant James (F) Murphy scores the only goal of the game in the 87th minute at Dens Park in front of a large crowd of 25,000. The man of the match is once again Patsy Gallacher, but the game is a rough one with Adam McLean and Willie McStay both injured.
WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 1970
The first leg of the quarter-final of the Scottish League Cup was a 2-2 draw at Dens Park, but tonight Celtic really turn it on to get the better of a good Dundee team to win 5-1 and 7-3 on aggregate. The crowd is 41,000 and they see two goals from Lou Macari and one each from John Hughes, Harry Hood and Paul Wilson.
WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 1998
Celtic, already out of Europe and the League Cup, seem to be on the verge of losing it altogether as they go down 0-1 to St.Johnstone before 55,745 fans in the Scottish League at Parkhead. There seems to be little point in having what is undeniably the best stadium in Great Britain when there is only a mediocre team to play there! The attitude is far from what it should be as far as certain players are concerned.
SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2000
Celtic maintain their 100% record with a good win over a dogged Dundee side who defend well. 59,524 however see Stilian Petrov score the only goal of the game. The general consensus of opinion is that there might have been more goals but after eight League wins in a row, no-one can really complain with the start that Martin O’Neill has made.
SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2006
In a game in which (unusually) Celtic play towards the Jock Stein Stand in the first half, Celtic nevertheless beat Rangers 2-0 with a degree of comfort and with goals scored by Thomas Gravesen and Kenny Miller (yes, Kenny Miller!)
23rd September 2006, Celtic 2:0 Rangers.
Gravesen with the opener. Great assist from McGeady for the 2nd. pic.twitter.com/qaxXcIuc3s
— Li'l Ze (@LilZe_7) September 22, 2023
David Potter
23rd September 1950, Celtic 3:2 Rangers.https://t.co/Lk1NWh0QXx pic.twitter.com/t7VvGPvUin
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23rd September 1964, Leixoes Matosinhos 1:1 Celtic in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.https://t.co/sQp1MoN5X0 pic.twitter.com/DfxwYzRdAw
— Li'l Ze (@LilZe_7) September 22, 2023
23rd September 1986, Celtic beat Motherwell on penalties after a 2:2 draw in the League Cup semi-final.
McClair and Aitken with the goals. @BrianMcClair13
Tommy Burns with the winning penalty. pic.twitter.com/edU7obrZyI
— Li'l Ze (@LilZe_7) September 22, 2023
23rd September 1995, Hearts 0:4 Celtic.
Doubles from McLaughlin and Walker. pic.twitter.com/5pCDl4MfBV
— Li'l Ze (@LilZe_7) September 22, 2023
23rd September 2000, Celtic 1:0 Dundee.
Petrov with the only goal. @StanPetrov19 pic.twitter.com/JSaZ4qYCYc
— Li'l Ze (@LilZe_7) September 22, 2023
15 years ago today, Celtic 4:0 Livingston.
Loovens, Samaras(2) and Broony. @ScottBrown8 pic.twitter.com/XGE0Z3ILtk
— Li'l Ze (@LilZe_7) September 22, 2023
23rd September 2015, Celtic 2:0 Raith Rovers.
Commons and Johansen. @kcommons15 @stefanjohansen pic.twitter.com/aUaSxlsg6x
— Li'l Ze (@LilZe_7) September 22, 2023
— Li'l Ze (@LilZe_7) September 23, 2023
23rd September 2021, Celtic 3:0 Raith Rovers.
Jota, Abada and Turnbull. @10DavidTurnbull
Jota gets his first Celtic goal. pic.twitter.com/8ezJWTRiQT
— Li'l Ze (@LilZe_7) September 22, 2023
