David Potter named as recipient of Celtic’s 2024 Special Recognition Award

The late, great David Potter was last night named as the recipient of the Special Recognition Award for 2024 at the Celtic FC POTY Award ceremony at the Hydro, where 11,000 Celtic supporters gathered alongside the players, management teams and club legends including the King of Kings Henrik Larsson.

But for The Celtic Star, the highlight of the night was undoubtedly the recognition that David received for his outstanding contribution to telling the stories of Celtic Football Club in more than two dozen books, in writing about Celtic on a daily basis on The Celtic Star, his work on the wonderful Celtic Graves project and contributing to many other Celtic outlets over the years including The Celtic View and the Matchday Programme.

David Potter was a huge part of The Celtic Star, our founding father if you like, and his Celtic Diary remains a firm favourite on this site every morning as he still tells the story of Celtic on this Day.

David’s final Celtic game was the Scottish Cup Final against Inverness Caley Thistle last June, he passed away just over a month or so later and is greatly missed by his family, his friends and everyone who knew and respected him.

Rosemary gave The Celtic Star a wee mention last night, talking about how he’s return home after each game and would immediately write up his post-match thoughts for The Celtic Star.

The wonderful reception David received from the 11k Celtic supporters at the Hydro was incredibly moving, with supporters loving the image of him in beside the Green Brigade at the 2019 Scottish Cup final win over Hearts – he was probably teaching them some of the old songs!

💚 The Special Recognition Award pays tribute to an individual or a group that has brought something exceptional to the Celtic table.

This year’s award is being awarded to a man who was among the finest chroniclers of the history of our great club – the late, David Potter 🍀 pic.twitter.com/JJzD7e9QYT

— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) May 12, 2024

Delighted for Rosemary Potter who last night collected the Special Recognition Award at Celtic POTY ceremony on behalf of her late husband David Potter. Lovely wee mention for The Celtic Star from Mrs P. David’s award richly deserved. HH pic.twitter.com/NGyAhAyR6G

— The Celtic Star News Feed (@CelticStarMag) May 13, 2024

🏆 @CelticTV spoke with Tom Boyd & Rosemary Potter after David Potter was named as recipient of the 2024 Special Recognition Award.#CelticPOTY🍀 pic.twitter.com/mIrlYgPgh9

— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) May 12, 2024

Delighted for Rosemary Potter who last night collected the Special Recognition Award at Celtic POTY ceremony on behalf of her late husband David Potter. Lovely wee mention for The Celtic Star from Mrs P. David’s award richly deserved. HH pic.twitter.com/NGyAhAyR6G

— The Celtic Star News Feed (@CelticStarMag) May 13, 2024

David Potter’s Celtic Diary for on this day, 13 May will be posted shortly on The Celtic Star….