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Template:NeilBrownPlayers displays an external link to an association football (soccer) player's profile at the Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database (NeilBrown.newcastlefans.com). It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters:

{{NeilBrownPlayers | ID }}

{{NeilBrownPlayers | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters:

{{NeilBrownPlayers | id= ID }}

{{NeilBrownPlayers | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property English & Scottish Football League transfers player ID (P12666):

{{NeilBrownPlayers}}

{{NeilBrownPlayers | name= NAME }}

Examples

The database uses both .html and .htm at the end of the player profile URLs. This template will default to using .html, so this part of the URL does not need to be passed to the template. If the player's profile ends in .htm, this must be passed to the template, e.g. player/johnsmith.htm.

Unnamed parameters

URL

http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/tonyadams.html

Usage

* {{NeilBrownPlayers | player/tonyadams | Tony Adams }}

Output

Tony Adams at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

Named parameters

URL

http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player12/tomvansittart.htm

Usage

* {{NeilBrownPlayers | id= player12/tomvansittart.htm | name= Tom Vansittart }}

Output

Tom Vansittart at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined

Usage: * {{NeilBrownPlayers}}

Output

{{NeilBrownPlayers}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

Example of List

Tony Adams at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Billy Simpson (born 1929) at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Tom Vansittart at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

Tracking category

Category:NeilBrownPlayers template missing ID and not in Wikidata (0)