Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Oxford United F.C. managers


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List of Oxford United F.C. managers
I have improved the article since the peer review and am now nominating it for FL. Any comments will be much apreciated. Cheers. Eddie6705 (talk) 00:12, 27 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Support, All my comments have been addressed, good work!  « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @  '' 00:13, 28 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Support - all my major issues addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:29, 6 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Comments
 * "Turner, the longest-serving manager in the club's history with more than a decade in charge, led United to back-to-back Southern League titles, of which the second, in 1962, led to their election to the Football League." I would change the second "led" to another verb.
 * Done
 * "Turner left the club nine months after the victory. Over the next 13 years, five managers took charge, including Mick Brown, Bill Asprey and Ian Greaves." Any reason for mentioning just these three of the five? It's seem entirely random to be these three. What would stop someone else coming along and changing it to another combination of the five?
 * Have included all 5
 * "However, he moved to Queens Park Rangers during pre-season so never managed Oxford in the First Division." It says 1985 before this, but I think it might read easier if this said "However, he moved to Queens Park Rangers before the 1984–85 season kicked off so never ..."
 * Done
 * Any reason the stats are only complete to March 29? We're now the end of the season, so there's no reason, they can't be updated again.
 * Updated
 * "committee of board members". Is there a reason for this? Secondly I would capitalise the c to "Committee of board members"
 * Myself and Struway2 have looked in the complete record book, contacted the club, and spoke to the author of the book. The only information they could give us was that there was a commitee of board members managing in the said period. They could not find out why this was the case (see below). Capitalised the 'c'.
 * Ref 22 needs an endash.
 * Done
 * Otherwise, this has been a great improvement. Well done. Peanut4 (talk) 21:28, 7 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Well done for finding out there was a committee between Thompson and Turner. Could you add a source for that (the only note on that line is the one that's always been there, presumably referencing the dates, seeing as you told me the only paragraph between Thompson and Turner in the book didn't mention who took over). cheers, Struway2 (talk) 07:24, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The source already there is to show the dates. I don't know if i will be able to get a source mentioning the committee. I contacted the administrator of Rage Online, who was able to tell me from memory it was a committee decision. Eddie6705 (talk) 18:15, 6 May 2008 (UTC) reply copied from my talk page by Struway2 (talk)
 * I contacted the club who in turn contacted Andy Howland (author of Complete Record book), between them they said that if it wasn't in the book the only thing they could suggest was the club handbook for the season in question, which they didn't have prior to 1960-61. So I think between Eddie6705 and myself we've done as much as humanly possible to source the gap. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:16, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Support The list follows an established standard for football club manager lists. It satisfies WP:WIAFL criterion 1.a.1 (existing articles), the lead introduces the list adequately and is referenced, the list itself is well referenced, uses reliable sources and complies with the MoS, and it is illustrated using an appropriate free-use image. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:16, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
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