Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Finn Harps F.C. 1–0 Waterford F.C. (2020)


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The result was speedy deletion (Author requested deletion in good faith). Mwiqdoh (talk) 00:07, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Finn Harps F.C. 1–0 Waterford F.C. (2020)

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As per this AfD, this one and this one, we have a very, very high bar for notability for an individual football match and I'm not seeing how this match meets those standards. I'm certainly not seeing WP:GEOSCOPE - was this game so remarkable that it was covered across the globe in significant depth? Are we likely to see WP:LASTING notability? The game was a game that Finn Harps absolutely had to win to avoid a relegation play-off scrap but, apart from that, I can't see any claim to notability. We have hundreds of 'must win' league games every season across the world where one of the clubs needs to win to avoid relegation/avoid play-offs/secure qualification to a continental championship/secure the league title. Why does this one warrant a separate article? We are not a Finn Harps almanac here and the coverage offered is just a routine match report in Extra Time and some stats reports in Soccerway and SofaScore. Is there anything else notable about the game? It doesn't appear that it broke any records regarding goals scored, red cards received, attendance or any other records that usually justify a stand-alone article. The sentence mentioning this match in Finn Harps F.C. seems enough. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 09:46, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete - no evidence of notability. GiantSnowman 11:58, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete: No long lasting notability for a stand alone article JW 1961 Talk 13:54, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - there are "team X must win to avoid relegation" in every league every season. I see nothing especially remarkable about this one...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:41, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - Individual sports event which falls short of WP:SPORTSEVENT. And WP:GNG. Per nom and others, this was just an otherwise fairly ROTM football match. It isn't an example of the type of "extraordinary" match that has a "lasting impact on the sport" expected by WP:SPORTSEVENT. Guliolopez (talk) 21:26, 26 December 2021 (UTC)


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