Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Witney and District League


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The result was delete. Tone 17:13, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Witney and District League

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This league plays below level 11, which is the lowest point at which the English football league system is defined, so has no inherent notability as there is strong consensus that sub-county feeder leagues need to pass WP:GNG. Internet coverage is very weak and consists mainly of trivial mentions in the Oxford Mail where it is not even the subject of the article, for example here and here. Google Books has two hits here and here, which are both passing mentions. A search of British newspapers has a fair few hits but a close analysis of the first few pages shows that we really just have a column of the Witney Gazette that publishes the results with brief comments and, at best, the occasional small portion of a column in the Oxford Chronicle and scant coverage in other local papers.

I would say that this league is similar to the 20 or so deleted last year for the same concerns and doesn't warrant an article in a general encyclopaedia and would be more suited to a non-league fan site or similar. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 12:21, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 12:21, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 12:21, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete - no evidence of notability. GiantSnowman 12:28, 16 February 2021 (UTC)


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