Talk:1940 Mandatory Palestine v Lebanon football match

Palestine team was all majority Jewish
, according to this source, the Palestinian team was all Jewish including the coach Arthur Baar. I think this is notable and interesting. Should this not be mentioned? --- C &amp; C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 01:07, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * To be fair it says "the majority of the team was Jewish". I think it would be more appropriate in the article of the team (Mandatory Palestine national football team), rather than in this particular article. Under which section do you think it should be included? Nehme1499 (talk) 01:14, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * , I think it should mentioned in the background that there were no Arabs participating in the game between Lebanon and Palestine. This seems notable. --- C &amp; C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 01:56, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * The "no Arab player took part in this game" is a bit misleading, as I'm sure it's only referring to the Palestine national team. I've added a clarification, noting that the Palestine NT players were "mostly Jewish". Nehme1499 (talk) 02:05, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * , thank you. That should be sufficient. --- C &amp; C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 02:12, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem. By the way, I've submitted a Peer Review for the article as I'm looking to promote it to FA. Maybe you could give your opinion, if you're interested? Thanks, Nehme1499 (<b style="font-size:80%;color:#a9a9a9">talk</b>) 02:23, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Official name of the Palestine team
The newspaper image calls it “Palestine Selected”. Do we know what the official name of the team was? I am certain it was not “Mandatory Palestine”. Onceinawhile (talk) 23:00, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * At the time it was "Palestine". But, given that Palestine national football team is a different thing, the best name would be Mandatory Palestine national football team, the national football team of Mandatory Palestine. <b style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:80%;color:#000080">Nehme</b><b style="font-family:Verdana;color:#27B382">1499</b> (<b style="font-size:80%;color:#a9a9a9">talk</b>) 23:10, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree, that makes sense. I just wonder what the name “selected” means. Perhaps Lebanon required that, to highlight that they were not playing against a representative team? And were Lebanon making a similar point by calling themselves “All Lebanon”? Sorry for the speculation – it was a very interesting time. Onceinawhile (talk) 23:44, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * the word "select [team]" to refer to a "national team" is obsolete in English, but it's still used in latin-based languages ("La selezione Italiana", or "Seleção Brasileira"). I would guess that in the 1940s calling national teams "select" was somewhat the norm. Unsure about "All Lebanon", but I know that "Beirut XI" (Beirut Eleven) was a thing back then: an unofficial "select" team comprising of the best from Beirut. "All" Lebanon is because other team[s] were included (the goalkeeper is from Tripoli). These are all terms that wouldn't be used today, but were probably common during those times. <b style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:80%;color:#000080">Nehme</b><b style="font-family:Verdana;color:#27B382">1499</b> (<b style="font-size:80%;color:#a9a9a9">talk</b>) 23:49, 22 April 2020 (UTC)