relative of a Celtic player has been left fuming after a tribute was ruined following a spelling error. Patsy Gallacher’s great-great-granddaughter Abbie, 29, and partner James Gallacher, had vowed to name their first-born in honour of her famous ancestor, who scored 186 times in 491 appearances for the club.
But they were horrified to learn the name was registered as Pasty Gallacher instead, the Scottish Sun on Sunday reported. Abbie said: “I thought it must be a wind-up. But then I dug out the birth certificate and just thought. ‘Oh my God.’
“It’s made me so angry. You trust these people to get things like this right. We spent such a long time picking the name as a tribute and it feels like a slap in the face.”
couple, of Clydebank, near Glasgow, were thrilled when their daughter arrived in March 2023. Abbie phoned West Dunbartonshire Council to register her because their in-person services had still not fully reopened after the pandemic.
But she had no reason to suspect their baby didn’t carry the name of the late football hero, who starred for the Celts from 1911-25. The error only emerged after the National Records of Scotland published its annual list of unusual baby names.
Abbie said: “I had triple-checked the spelling with them over the phone. I wanted to make sure they got it right. The mistake was just carelessness.
