Talk:1999 Football League Second Division play-off final

Query

Is it accurate to say "The match was scoreless until approximately nine minutes from the end" when the fourth goal was scored in the 96th minute?Statto74 (talk) 14:34, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

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Preview

Whole page spread in the Observer on the preview is here. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:27, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

• Gillingham preview in the Times
• Man City preview in the Times

Legacy links

• Guardian
• MEN
• EFL

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 09:38, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Shall review for the July 2021 GAN Backlog Drive MWright96 (talk) 09:38, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

@MWright96: - look forward to your comments! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:20, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):

2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

3. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

5. It is stable.

   No edit wars, etc.:

6. It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

7. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Lead

• "placed from third to sixth place" - repetition of "place(d)"  Done
• Wikilink added time and extra time to the relevant articles  Done

Route to the final

• "Manchester City finished the regular season in third place, one place and two points ahead of Gillingham." - repetition of "place"  Done

Background

• Wikilink Wembley Stadium to the correct article only on the first mention  Done
• "and were thus looking to complete a return to the First Division at the first attempt." - needs to be referenced
  • Although it's a logical deduction that if they had been relegated the previous season then they were looking to bounce back at the first attempt, I can't find a reference that specifically expresses it in those terms, so have removed this.

Summary

• "before scoring with an "emphatic" shot." - according to whom?
  • According to The Times, but I don't really think it's worth attributing a one-word quote, so have changed it
• "With only a few minutes of normal time left," - BBC News says it was a minute remaining  Done
• "Dickov saw his header gathered by Bartram and although Hodge's cross was blocked by Jeff Whitley's hand, no penalty was awarded, and with no goals being scored in the additional period of time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out." - run-on sentence  Done

Post-match

• "the game has been regarded as one of the most exciting in English football history" - regarded by whom?
  • Removed and rejigged this section
• The terms manager and captain can be wikilinked to the relevant article only on the first mention  Done
• Tony Pulis should be spelt out in full and wikilinked only on the first mention of him  Done
• "Gillingham, under new manager Peter Taylor," - needs to be referenced since 11v11 makes no mention of it  Done

References

• Reference 5 has the same link as Reference 3 when it shouldn't  Done
• Reference 9 "Football: Taylor believes Gills will pass character test" is missing the page number  Done
• Reference 19 "Premier League final day as it happened" is lacking the available author
  • Removed this ref
• Reference 20 "The Joy of Six: Football League play-off finals" is missing the author's name  Done

Will put the review on hold to allow the nominator to address or query the points raised above MWright96 (talk) 11:58, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

@MWright96: - all done, I think :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:34, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

• @ChrisTheDude: Now promoting to GA class MWright96 (talk) 13:27, 4 July 2021 (UTC)