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Celtic On This Day – 5th August – David Potter’s Celtic Diary

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 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 1961

A major shock as Pat Crerand is suspended for a month by Celtic FC for being sent off in a pre-season 5 A Side Tournament at Falkirk last week. This seems to be rather draconian punishment and will have severe consequences in Celtic failing to qualify from their League Cup section. It is also the start of a personality clash between Crerand and Chairman Bob Kelly.

SATURDAY 5 AUGUST 1967

To commemorate the Centenary of Queen’s Park, Celtic and Tottenham Hotspur played out a 3-3 draw at Hampden before a crowd of 91,708 in fine weather. Bertie Auld scored twice and Steve Chalmers once for Celtic, and Jimmy Greaves twice and Alan Glilzean once for Spurs. Both these teams have loads of silverware. Celtic won everything last year, and Spurs won the English Cup.

SATURDAY 5 AUGUST 2000

In a rather dull stop-start game at Parkhead, Celtic beat Motherwell 1-0 with a goal scored by Eyal Berkovic. It is Martin O’Neill’s first competitive home game at Celtic Park.

SUNDAY 5 AUGUST 2007

Celtic open the new season with a disappointing 0-0 draw at Parkhead against Kilmarnock. The weather is wet and this restricts the attendance to 50,591. The game is also a huge disappointment to Celtic fans watching at home on TV.

WEDNESDAY 5 AUGUST 2009

Celtic record a splendid victory against Moscow Dinamo in the third qualifying round second leg of the European Champions League. Down 0-1 from Glasgow, they travel to Moscow to win 2-0 in front of a small crowd of 13,000 fans with goals from Scott McDonald and Georgios Samaras doing the job at the end of each half.

David Potter

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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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