User talk:RigaUnitedFC

RIGA UNITED FC

Riga United Football Club was officially founded on April 20, 2007, around six years after John Whitmore and Justin Walley had first discussed the idea of creating a football club that would unite expats and locals. The club's name was chosen to reflect the fact that this amateur sports club united members of both the local Latvian and expat communities socially and in sport. That said, the overwhelming majority of its players were foreigners living in Riga.

The team made its debut in the Latvian Amateur Football League in May 2007 and, in doing so, became the first truly multinational team to ever compete in the Latvian Amateur League. The team included players from Latvia, Italy, England, Nigeria and a host of other countries. The LAFL was the best amateur league in Latvia at that time and despite a couple of notable victories, Riga United finished in the bottom half of the table, unable to match the best teams, many of which included ex-professionals.

1.1 History

1.1. History Around the turn of the Millennium, there were only a handful of foreigners living in the Latvian capital who wanted to or who were capable of playing football at a competitive level. The only team around the year 2000 that offered the opportunity for foreign amateur footballers to play football was 'the British Embassy football team'. Among its number was the Latvian national football team manager at that time - Gary Johnson - as well as fellow Englishman Justin Walley. In fact, half of the team was made up of Danish diplomats, who passed as British citizens simply because the whole team communicated in English.


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 * [[Image:Ambox warning pn.svg|20px|link=|alt=⚠]] Warning This appears to be an attempt to evade a block by creating another account. In that case, the autoblock has done its job. Please carefully read the block notice at User talk:Riga United Football Club and request a change in username under that account.  Anon 126   (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 04:13, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

User:Anon126 I have no idea what I am doing wrong to be honest. The other page was created by somebody who didn't continue it so I thought the best is to start over with a new one. We just want to create a page for our Football club in Riga. First time I am on Wikipedia, no idea how to continue from here. It feels a bit that you are treated as a ' criminal' although that is in no way the purpose. If somebody can guide me how to solve, that would be great. Thank you in advance.


 * I'm sorry it seems that way, but if you are willing to learn about how Wikipedia works, you will be allowed to contribute. You have been blocked because you appear to have a conflict of interest, and your contributions were considered promotional.
 * Start by reading the plain and simple conflict of interest guide; it has much useful advice about editing in your position.
 * After that, you should request a change in username. A username should reflect you as an individual, not an organization. To make this request, add the code below this. The reasoning should demonstrate that you understand Wikipedia's rules about conflict of interest. (You should also explain the situation about the other account.) Once an administrator unblocks you, go to changing username to request the change.
 * Once that is settled, you can begin editing. Follow the advice in the guide, and ask for help if you need it.  Anon 126   (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 19:20, 6 May 2014 (UTC)