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Burnley F.C. in international football

 * Nominator(s): Eem dik doun in toene (talk) 08:47, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Burnley have played several seasons in international football, as recently as in 2018. The article includes early overseas tours (including to Madagascar and Mauritius), the battle of Naples, and a glamorous tie v Celtic in the Anglo-Scottish Cup which turned out not to be so charming. This article passed the GA process two and a half years ago. Since then, I’ve trimmed it down a bit here and there, but expanded the overseas tours and minor international competitions sections. All comments will be appreciated! Eem dik doun in toene (talk) 08:47, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Comments

 * "Burnley's following campaign in a European club competition came six years later" => "Burnley's next campaign in a European club competition came six years later"
 * "involving sides from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland" => "involving sides from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland" (in two places)
 * "Burnley later competed in Anglo-Scottish Cup" => "Burnley later competed in the Anglo-Scottish Cup"
 * "Scottish Cup winner Celtic also made a trip to the continent" => "Scottish Cup winners Celtic also made a trip to the continent"
 * "Burnley was the third English club" => "Burnley were the third English club"
 * "with the match played over one leg" - I would suggest "with the final played as a single match" would be better (in two places)
 * "The team defeated Preston North End (3–2) and Blackpool (3–1), and drew with Blackburn Rovers (1–1)" - does this relate to 1978-79? It's unclear.  If so, I would start with "In that season"
 * "including a 3–1 win in the Old Firm" => "including a 3–1 win in the Old Firm match"
 * Think that's all I got -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:57, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for the review, ! I've addressed your points. Eem dik doun in toene (talk) 22:13, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:51, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Support
I couldn't really see anything that Chris has missed, so happy to support. Might be in Europe again next season... Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:02, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
 * With this incredible team and VK at the helm, we might be on a cheeky cup run, continuing against Ipswich in a few hours:) Eem dik doun in toene (talk) 23:25, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

SC

 * Lead
 * Although I don't normally recommend linking countries, I make an exception for territories that no longer exist. Personally I'd link West German, as there will be some people who aren't aware there was once a split, but I leave it up to you.


 * 1960–61 European Cup
 * "Burnley were the third": you can use "they" here. (There is a lot of use of the word "Burnley" in the article – and in a couple of places, I think you can change it out for "they", without any confusion as to subject of the sentence.)


 * 1966–67 Fairs Cup
 * "Fairs Cup committee,[31] who were": "which was", rather than "who were"
 * "since the Inter-Cities": should really be "as the Inter-Cities"
 * "However": although not always wrong to have at the start of the sentence, it does jar. You could just go with "FIFA views the competition as a major honour"
 * "the first leg being held in Frankfurt": -> "the first leg was held in Frankfurt"?

That's the lot from me – an enjoyable read. SchroCat (talk) 17:25, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for your comments! I think I've addressed your points. Eem dik doun in toene (talk) 23:25, 6 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Support. Excellent work. I had no idea about some of the earlier successes, so it was an interesting read. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 09:03, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Image review
Licence, use and ALT text of the images seem fine to me. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:58, 16 February 2023 (UTC)

Source review – pass
I'll start working through this now. Harrias (he/him) • talk 13:48, 20 February 2023 (UTC) Nothing much wrong with this other than the possible overreliance on the Simpson book. I'll watch this page, but feel free to ping me. Harrias (he/him) • talk 14:36, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Ref #26, remove "EFL Official Website" from the start of the title – it isn't present in the source.
 * Otherwise, all citations are consistently formatted in an appropriate style.
 * What makes Football Club History Database a reliable source?
 * Otherwise, all sources used appear to be to high-quality, reliable sources.
 * Do two other histories of the club by Tim Quelch have anything more to add? From Orient to the Emirates: The Plucky Rise of Burnley FC and Northern Exposure: A Fifty-Year Diary of Watching Burnley FC?
 * I'm a bit concerned about the heavy reliance on Ray Simpson's book, which was published by Burnley themselves, making it a primary source. It is generally used to source factual material, rather than interpretation, but for a Featured article, I would prefer if we could source more of this information to secondary sources. One bit that I'm not comfortable with it sourcing:
 * "and damaged Burnley's fortunes." Ref #28.
 * Spotchecks for copyvio, close para-phrasing, source-text integrity:
 * Ref #13, all okay.
 * Ref #16, all okay.
 * Ref #38, all okay.
 * Ref #50, all okay.
 * Ref #62, all okay.
 * thank you for the review, I appreciate it. I fixed ref 26 and replaced the Football Club History Database source. Quelch's From Orient to the Emirates begins in the mid-1970s, and was released a year before us getting into Europe, so I can unfortunately not use that book (I don't own his latter book). I also cut back the use of Simpson's book a bit, hopefully to your satisfaction (and replaced ref 28). Eem dik doun in toene (talk) 23:08, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, looks good to me now, nice work. Harrias  (he/him) • talk 15:27, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Gog the Mild (talk) 14:09, 27 February 2023 (UTC)