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Glenn Loovens of Celtic, Marcell Jansen of HSV and Andreas Hinkel of Celtic battle for the ball during the UEFA Europa League Group C match between Hamburger SV and Cletic FC at HSH Nordbank Arena on November 05, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Celtic Historian David Potter each morning on The Celtic Star looks back at key Celtic matches on this day starting on 5th November 1892. David’s latest book The Celtic Rising ~ 1965 The Year Jock Stein Changed Everything is out now on Celtic Star Books.

Johnny Campbell scored twice for Celtic

SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER 1892 – Newspapers talk about “Celtic’s fireworks” as they defeat Hearts 5-0 at New Celtic Park before a “spirited” crowd of 10,000. Johnny Campbell gets two goals and the others come from Johnny Madden, Michael Mulvey and James “Tooty” Davidson. The ground is reported as being very heavy but that does not stop the Celts from “toying with their opponents”.

Tommy McInally scored a hat-trick for Celtic

SATURDAY 5th NOVEMBER 1927 – Jimmy McGrory is out injured today for the visit of Airdrie. This gives John McMenemy a game at inside left while Tommy McInally moves to the centre forward position and scores a hat-trick in a 3-2 win over a talented Airdrie side. Everyone is impressed by McInally’s “jugglery”.

Willie Fernie in action for Celtic. Imago/United Archives International

SATURDAY 5th NOVEMBER 1955 – 27,000 are at Parkhead today to see a somewhat disappointing 0-0 draw against East Fife. The men from Methil are no bad team in 1955, but today even the magic of Willie Fernie, Bobby Collins and Charlie Tully fails to produce a goal. The Evening Times describes Celtic’s forwards as “shot shy”.

SATURDAY 5th NOVEMBER 1966 – Celtic drop their first League point of the season in a 1-1 draw at Celtic Park before 24,000 fans. Bobby Murdoch is sent off in what seems to have been a case of mistaken identity and St Mirren, without having any great attacking desire, manage to get a point as Celtic’s forwards have an off day. Tommy Gemmell, playing at centre-half for the injured McNeill, scores Celtic’s goal.

 David Rozehnal of Hamburg stops a shot from Georgios Samaras of Celtic during the UEFA Europa League game between Hamburger Sv and Glasgow Celtic on November 5, 2009 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Bongarts/Getty Images)

WEDNESDAY 5th NOVEMBER 2009 – The depression of this season continues with a dull 0-0 draw in Hamburg in the Europa League. In other circumstances this may have looked like a good result away in Europe, but there is a listlessness and lack of buzz about the team which is somewhat disturbing. Manager Tony Mowbray’s body language continues to indicate an unhappy man.

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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  1. Michael Boyle on

    David,

    There was no mistaken identity when Murdoch was sent off. I was at the front of the Jungle, right on the halfway line. An obvious Celtic throw in was flagged for St.Mirren, Murdoch called the linesman an “Orange B “. I believe Bobby was suspended for a couple of games.