Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manchester United F.C. 7–1 Blackburn Rovers F.C.


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The result was   delete. Courcelles 11:38, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Manchester United F.C. 7–1 Blackburn Rovers F.C.

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Individual football match. Not notable enough for a standalone article. Shadowjams (talk) 11:05, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:10, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, and also suggest inclusion of Manchester United F.C. 9–0 Ipswich Town F.C. and Nottingham Forest F.C. 1–8 Manchester United F.C., for same reasons. FA Charity Shield and FA Community Shield matches, Champions League Finals, FA Cup and European Cup Finals are all examples of matches notable enough for inclusion, but all three articles seem to be citing the match scores as grounds for notability. Invitrovanitas (talk) 11:18, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep, Like the reasons in here, Articles for deletion/Manchester United F.C. 9–0 Ipswich Town F.C., also there are planty of matches like this who also have articles (each one and his reason), also Liverpool, Arsenal and few more clubs have articles like this, so you should check all of tham.  – HonorTheKing (talk) 11:21, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Please have a read of WP:OTHERSTUFF: if those articles should be proposed for deletion, then feel free to propose them. I only browsed the Man U matches category for similar articles, but no doubt there are many more similar articles for other teams. Invitrovanitas (talk) 11:27, 3 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete Not a notable enough match to warrant its own article. No records were broken, nothing was decided, it's just a match with a lot of goals. Ilikeeatingwaffles (talk) 11:28, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - I'm generally pretty forgiving about allowing full articles for individual games that have some claim to fame. But this really doesn't; it's simply a home win with more goals than usual. No records were set or unusual things happened, and the coverage does not seem significantly different to any other Premier League game involving one of the big teams. ~ mazca  talk 11:45, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:RECENT. J Mo 101 (talk) 11:46, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - no decent reason given as to why this match is notable. GiantSnowman 14:04, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete "Few would have expected anything but a Manchester United win. What no one would have expected, however, was the magnitude of the win" - I must be one of the few as I didn't even know they were playing... Pure vanity from a supporter of one side. Fails WP:NPOV and notability ('equals the record').(Disclaimer: Peridon is not a Blackburn supporter not a Londoner and couldn't care less who wins the League or the Cup.) Peridon (talk) 14:35, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * That text appears to have been copied from Manchester United F.C. 9–0 Ipswich Town F.C.:"The two teams went into the match at opposite ends of the table, and few would have expected anything but a Manchester United win. What no one would have expected, however, was the magnitude of the win" Invitrovanitas (talk) 15:12, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah well. Actually, looks a bit copy&paste, but can't find it anywhere that doesn't look like a mirror. I see that the 9-0 article reached no consensus at AfD. Peridon (talk) 17:01, 3 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete – For WP:NOT to not apply, individual sports games/matches should have some evidence that they themselves are notable. In soccer (upset American here), any kind of cup final would have notability, as would something like this that has often been written about in reliable sources through the years. (not just in the aftermath of the game, or else every game would be notable). There appears to be nothing notable about this match by Wikipedia standards. It was a blowout, but that's all.  Giants2008  ( 27 and counting ) 23:18, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - individual matches are generally not notable (per WP:NOTNEWS and WP:EFFECT) and if somewhat notable can be included in an appropriate parent article (such as league or team season article). Also, the title is not clear, as it's a score without a date. Other games between the two teams could have ended with the same score. Might as well start writing articles like Montreal Canadien 5 New Jersey Devils 1, or Boston Red Sox 7 New York Yankees 3 otherwise...--70.80.234.196 (talk) 23:57, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete all three per nom and Invitrovanitas. Wikipedia is not ESPN. - The Bushranger Return fire Flank speed 00:02, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong delete for this one, there have already been several wins just as big this season alone by other teams. Ipswich game appears to be somewhat notable though due to the scoreline (there would presumably be grounds to delete it should the scorline be surpassed).--Shakehandsman (talk) 19:47, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable match. --Carioca (talk) 20:15, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as per the note that this not notable enough for Wikipedia --Pretty Green (talk) 16:49, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.