Talk:Michael Ingham (footballer)

Trial with Greta
Matty, I have been looking at Newsbank, an online resource with full-text content of local and regional newspapers; it's useful for paper references that are not online. Anyway, I have found this snippet, ''"GRETNA have given Irish keeper Michael Ingram the chance to win a move to the SPL. The former Sunderland and Wrexham shot-stopper played as a trialist in last night's pre-season friendly against Welsh champions TNS. Gretna have turned to the 26-year-old, who is also wanted by Bury, after their move to land experienced keeper Tony Caig hit a brick wall. Director of football Mick Wadsworth said: "Michael trained with us on Monday and we will see what happens over the rest of the week. "We would still like to bring Tony Caig in but Vancouver Whitecaps will not release him."'', published in The Express (London) on July 11, 2007. Would that be useful? --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 11:26, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * That would be great! I don't know how to reference newspapers though, so could you incorporate some of that? Cheers, Mattythewhite (talk) 11:29, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added this in and also a bit from the local paper about why the move didn't happen. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:30, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I've also found a little snippet that said that he lived "...almost in the shadow of the Cliftonville ground...", when he played for them. This is from the News of the World in 1998. Would that be useful? --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:45, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * That sounds good, thanks. Mattythewhite (talk) 12:53, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I've incorporated it (though I made a mess of the edit summary, that should read Cliftonville not Coleraine). --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 13:13, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

< Apparently, he was a "...Northern Ireland Under-18 star...", according to the News of the World (10/9/00). --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 13:43, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow, surprised the NOTW had such an interest in young Northern Irish goalkeepers... in it goes! Mattythewhite (talk) 13:52, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * It's surprising! Do they have a Northern Ireland edition perhaps? Anyway, here's a snippet about having played for Malachians: "Ingham joined Cliftonville from the amateur side Malachians a year ago and earned him a Northern Ireland Under-18 cap against the Republic." (The Sun, 20/5/99) --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 13:56, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * And now The Sun are in on it! But those would be fantastic. Mattythewhite (talk) 14:00, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Personal life of athlete and GA

 * Concensus at Wikipedia_talk:Good_article_nominations seems to be that personal life is not crucial to GA. See discussion at . &mdash; Mattisse (Talk) 15:26, 16 September 2008 (UTC)