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The late, great Celtic Historian David Potter’s Celtic diary highlights key Celtic-related events relevant to each day, today covering 30th October…

SATURDAY 30 OCTOBER 1909

Herbert Lock, Rangers goalkeeper is the man responsible for holding Celtic to a 0-0 draw at Ibrox today in front of a 45,000 crowd. Several times he saves the day for his club keeping out the ever dangerous Jimmy Quinn. Three weeks previously, Jimmy had won the Glasgow Cup for Celtic, but he couldn’t quite score a goal today.

SATURDAY 30 OCTOBER 1920

30,000 watch a thrilling contest at Tynecastle in which Celtic press all the second half without success until, with the referee’s whistle imminent, Joe Cassidy scores the only goal of the game. This is a relief to the Celtic fans who have witnessed a couple of bad results recently, and it does little to diminish the adulation for the charismatic Joe Cassidy.

Joe Cassidy

SATURDAY 30 OCTOBER 1954

Falkirk can usually be relied upon to put up a good performance against Celtic, but today at Parkhead they are defeated rather easily by a good Celtic team who win 3-1 with goals from Jimmy Walsh, Johnny Higgins and a penalty from Mike Haughney.

Jimmy Walsh

SATURDAY 30 OCTOBER 1965

Heady days at Celtic Park with the Scottish League Cup, won last week, paraded at half-time. Today Stirling Albion are clearly overwhelmed by the occasion, and Celtic win comfortably 6-1 with a hat-trick from John Hughes, two from Joe McBride and one from Bobby Murdoch.

SATURDAY 30 OCTOBER 2004

Fir Park Motherwell sees Celtic emerge 3-2 winners in a close contest which need not have been so close if Celtic had been tighter in defence and had taken all their chances. Craig Beattie scored an excellent goal to win the game after both sides had scored a penalty, Celtic’s being converted by Alan Thompson. Earlier, Aiden McGeady had scored Celtic’s first goal.

A delighted Craig Beattie celebrates scoring a late winner for Celtic.

David Potter

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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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