They played for Celtic – Peter Wilson

The talented right half would make his debut on 16th February 1924 in a 1-0 league win over Motherwell at Fir Park. His job that day was to mark the Steelmen’s talented winger Bob Ferrier, one of the best and most feared players of his day in the Scottish game, yet Peter Wilson equipped himself well as he helped Celtic to a much deserved victory and also a clean sheet.

Peter was an exceptional passer of the ball, and had a terrific footballing brain, he was always one step ahead in his thinking as he set up attacks for the Hoops over his time at Celtic.

It was once said of the Celtic right-half: “Peter Wilson didn’t pass the ball, he stroked it“. He was certainly heralded as a very fine player, and was said to have a “cool style“, “easy-oasy“, and was a “carpet artist”.

Unfortunately for Peter, Rangers were the dominant side in that era, and he would win just one solitary league winners medal, although his luck in the Scottish Cup was much better as he picked up four winners medals (1925, 1927, 1931 and 1933).

It was something of a bleak era for the club, but Peter was one of the players exempt from criticism, a testament to the ability he possessed, with the league title winning season 1925/26 regarded as his most productive campaign, with the accomplished Jimmy McStay and John Mcfarlane beside him in the Celtic defence.

After making 395 appearances and scoring 15 goals in an 11 year career in the famous green and white hoops, Peter would leave the club and sign for the Ggreen and white of Hibernian in the summer of 1934.

Peter perhaps didn’t achieve the recognition that some of his more ‘popular’ teammates such as Patsy Gallagher, Tommy McInally, and Jimmy McGrory received, but he was very much a valued member of the Celtic side of that particular era.