Template:Did you know nominations/Sunday football in Northern Ireland


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 11:55, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Sunday football in Northern Ireland

 * ... that prior to 2008, there was no men's football officially played on Sundays in Northern Ireland?
 * ALT1:... that Northern Ireland's association football match against Finland today is their first official international played at home on Sunday?
 * Reviewed: Mehetabel Wesley Wright
 * Comment: For 29th March, the date of NI's first Sunday match at home

Created by The C of E (talk). Self nominated at 09:18, 22 February 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol possible vote.svg New enough (same day) and long enough (6.8k chars). QPQ done. Hooks are stated and sourced. The sentence sourced by ref #6 is not supported as written - there is no link between the GAA and the IFA ban, as well as stating that the motion was amended. Fuebaey (talk) 20:16, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * , I have removed the last part of the sentence.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 21:08, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not getting the sense that the GAA had any direct influence on the IFA decision to ban football on Sundays. The source mentions the friction between the two communities but, like above, nothing that says "the IFA banned football on Sunday to combat the perceived threat of nationalist GAA culture." Fuebaey (talk) 04:12, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I have reworded the sentence so it doesn't assert that the ban was in response to the GAA.  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk ) 08:53, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, last thing: Cite #9 - NI played France on a Sunday in 1982, not 86. "Some" implies more than one, but inline only refers to Johnny Jameson. Fuebaey (talk) 23:49, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Oops, I've fixed that mistake. Can you add the tick now please?  The C of E God Save the Queen!  ( talk )
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Finishing up - sourced, neutral and no copyvio. Good to go. Fuebaey (talk) 19:27, 27 February 2015 (UTC)