By David Potter

Publication Date: 23 February 2010

RRP: £14.99

The perfect New Year pick me up for every Celtic fan hits the shelves on 23 February 2010. Celtic’s Greatest Games, by David Potter, features the often remarkable and always entertaining stories behind the 50 greatest matches in the club’s history.

Featuring tales of legends such as Henrik Larsson, Shunsuke Nakamura, Charlie Nicholas, Roy Aitken, Kenny Dalglish, Danny McGrain, Dixie Deans, Jimmy Johnstone and Tommy Gemmell, the book also includes Celtic’s first epic win of the Scottish Cup in 1892, the mighty Scottish Cup final hat-trick of Jimmy Quinn in 1904, the greatest come-back Cup final of them all in 1931, the 7-1 defeat of Rangers in 1957, the night that ‘Ten Men Won The League’ in 1979, the tumultuous games against Dundee United in 1985 and 1988, the 6-2 thrashing of Rangers in 2000 and the victory over the Gers in the 2009 Cup final, plus many more recent triumphs .

Celtic were, of course, the first British team to win the European Cup in 1967, and that and other triumphs in Europe over Leeds United and Liverpool are also covered in this compendium of the Bhoys’ greatest performances.

Any book which inextricably links Celtic to Leonardo di Caprio, Mrs Thatcher, the Celtic Story musical, Gordon Brown, the Beatles, Yorkshire, the Three Musketeers, appendicitis, Stalinists, The Fugitive and the invasion of Iraq has to be a great read!

The book is on sale at all good bookshops, plus also from Amazon and from our website www.knowthescorebooks.com where readers can benefit from a 20% discount on the RRP of £14.99 and first class delivery for just £2. Simply enter CFC01 in the Discount Coupon box at the checkout stage.