Talk:Simon Charlton

Simon Charlton and Sealand national football team
Four different users have now tried to add the fact that Simon Charlton played for the Sealand national football team to the infobox on his article, citing this article from the BBC. The text does not mention Charlton but I have not watched or listened to the video, so I don't know if he's mentioned. Be that as it may, IMO this was not a serious fixture and should not be added to the infobox. Any thoughts? -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 11:34, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Derek Stillie has had this info added too -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:52, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Should be treated like any other "nation" not recognized by FIFA. If those are included, this should be too, as the NF-Board, who seems to be the next official thing, recognized this match. -Koppapa (talk) 12:06, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Apparently Mr Charlton captained the side..... In my opinion, any "governing body" that accepts membership from an attention-seeker representing a fort in the sea with a resident population of 3 whose football association advertises for members of the public worldwideto write in and apply to be a second-half substitute in a supposed "international" match under said governing body's control, loses any possible credibility. I hope the ground where the match was played made a few quid behind the bar, but DK has it correct, it's not a serious fixture and shouldn't be in the infobox. A sentence in the prose is fine, but that's all. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 13:16, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * It was an official NF-Board recognised match. I don't know what that means in terms of notability but looking at players of other NFB "national" teams, there's about a 50-50 split to whether their caps are mentioned in the infobox. Big  Dom  14:28, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Regardless of what we normally do with NF-Board countries, I don't have a problem in removing Sealand from the infobox as aspecial case. We are after all talking about a country with no grass or artificial turf, and a population of fewer than 11 people. —WFC— 16:50, 8 May 2012 (UTC)