David Potter

Incorporating the latest research, The Victor's Crown offers an analysis of how competitive sport emerged in Greece during the eighth century BC, and then how the great festival cycle of Classical Greece came into being during the sixth century BC. Special attention is paid to violent sports of boxi...

Celtic are a club of legend. This book brings together 50 of Celtic's greatest games throughout their great history including their 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-...

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High levels of economic growth have transformed the countries of Northeast Asia from aid recipients to aid donors. This edited collection explores this transformation and its implications for economic development paradigms, policies and practices. By being the first authors to look holistically at t...

High levels of economic growth have transformed the countries of Northeast Asia from aid recipients to aid donors. This edited collection explores this transformation and its implications for economic development paradigms, policies and practices. By being the first authors to look holistically at t...

In 27 BC Octavian was proclaimed emperor by the Roman Senate and given the title 'Augustus'. He ruled over an Empire that embraced the territories of 25 some modern countries and had more than 50 million subjects. Its provinces stretched from Hadrian's Wall in the North to Egypt in the South, and fr...

The Celtic miscellanyAuthor BiographyDAVID POTTER is a semi-retired teacher who has written over twenty sports books, including The Encyclopedia of Scottish Football and biographies of several Celtic players. He lives in Kirkcaldy.

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A celebration of the Celtic players who have meant the most to fans Celtic are a club that is rich in cult heroes. The legends assembled here are not necessarily the best players to appear in green and white, but the ones who developed the most affinity with the Bhoys' incredible support; who were d...

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment...

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment...

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, ...

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, ...

What is Sport and why do we love it? These two questions drive David Potter's analysis of the western tradition of competitive athletics from eighth century BC to the sixth century AD. The story of ancient sport offers a paradigm for the tale of sport in our own time. Incorporating the latest rese...

This title features 50 of the most fascinating, obscure and unusual Newcastle games of the past 100 years, each with a gripping tale to tell, and high-quality full-colour photos. The history of Newcastle United needs to be constantly told. It has already been done so on many occasions, but it is sti...

Exploring the history of the home of Celtic, this title includes details of famous players and managers. It re-lives the stories of the greatest games and tells the tales of the club's struggles and desperate days. "The Dear Old Paradise" is the first book ever to be written about the world-famous s...

In "The Colonial Idiom, "David Potter and Gordon L. Thomas have selected representative and important speeches and exhortations delivered by famous Americans from the beginning of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. To a much greater extent than realized, ...