Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Merton F.C.


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 07:09, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Merton F.C.

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Football club which plays in the Southern Amateur Football League, which is "a mixture of 'old boys' associations from schools and colleges, business house sports clubs as well as private clubs". The league is not part of the football pyramid and has never played in any FA competition. Bearing this in mind, I do not believe the club is notable. пﮟოьεԻ  5  7  12:10, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. пﮟოьεԻ   5  7  12:10, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - while the club certainly fails the normal notability criteria, would the fact that it has produced the occasional famous player be enough to make it notable, such as Wallsend Boys Club? My opinion is no - there doesn't seem to be enough decent secondary sources to save this one. Bettia   (rawr CRUSH!)  12:32, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd certainly agree on the famous former players point. The Wallsend club is extremely well-known for having produced a dispropotionately high number of internationally capped players.  This club, on the other hand, gave us Efan Ekoku.  Hmmmmmmmm..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom; non-notable. GiantSnowman 18:03, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I was the one who disgareed with User:Number 57's original speedy deletion of this article under criteria A7, as there certainly are assertions of notability in the article. While I think it would be wrong to base criteria for deleting SAL team articles on the same basis as those in the pyramid (they can't get to "Step 6" or "Level 10" as they are outside the pyramid completely), subjectively I feel top SAL (and Amateur Football Combination) clubs are of a higher standard, have a longer more storied history, and are generally more notable, than those who do meet those magic numbers. However, my belief is that no articles should have "Inherent" notability, and instead depend on WP:N, needing multiple, non-trivial coverage in reliable sources to assert their own notability, and at the moment I can't find them for Merton. I'm looking through print sources to see if they had any significant results in the FA Amateur Cup which would be the historic equivalent of the FA Vase before the professional/amateur split was abandoned in 1974, but haven't found anything as yet. If I do, it will be a "Keep" from me, but for now it is a reluctant Delete - fchd (talk) 19:21, 30 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Ban  Ray  09:56, 2 October 2008 (UTC)


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