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Gökhan Töre

Hi, thanks for cleaning up Gökhan Töre, perhaps you would be interested in joining the deletion discussion? GiantSnowman 16:15, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Man City Squad Template

Please stop removing the club captain indicator from the squad template, this was discussed at WP:FOOTY and the consensus was that it should stay. If you disagree please start a new discussion. Also please stop hiding it in other edits without reference in the edit summary Paul  Bradbury 20:49, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem it refernce is [here]. Sorry didn't mean for the above to sound as harsh as it does on re-reading, but I had reverted it the last time you did it and mentioned that in my edit summary, so I assumed you were ignoring it as I had seen no discussion. My bad. Paul  Bradbury 21:35, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Hérita Ilunga

Hi, with reference to the permanent signing of Ilunga, i am using the official WHU website for this information. It is contained in the end of the 4th paragraph. [1] Hope you find this to be sufficient to back up the edit. Cheers Deckchair (talk) 13:20, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Actually it is strange and looking for my sources did make me wonder why there had not been an official announcement. I now question whether the single sentence i mentioned is enough. Oh well, one to think on. Deckchair (talk) 23:26, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Emile Heskey's International Goals

Hi. I'm commenting regarding the International Goals section you removed from Emile Heskey's page. I believed it added good information to the article, and it was referenced and sourced. I know you're an experienced football article editor, but I was wondering if a decision had been made regarded the sections at WP:FOOTY, as there are many other articles with the section, including Michael Owen, Andrea Pirlo and others. Thanks, Eastlygod (talk) 20:23, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks for the reply. I've started a new topic at WP:FOOTY, as it seemed no consensus was reached in the discussion last March. Cheers, Eastlygod (talk) 21:23, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

WHUFC

We're it not for the evidence of my own eyes in my contribution list I would wonder what you were talking about. Honest answer, I don't know - to the point that I didn't even know I'd done it. Only possible explanation is that I accidentally clicked rollback against that edit on my watchlist when I was shutting my PC down before I left work, hence lack of edit summary. Sounds a bit lame but I can't think how else it could have happened. Really sorry & please don't let my ineptness deter you from continuing the fine work you do keeping the Hammers page clean - a never-ending and thankless task. Best regards, Nancy ^talk 18:33, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Fulfordgate

Hi, I just had a look at the Fulfordgate article and spotted that the link New Brighton F.C. goes to a dab page, are any of the options there the right one? Keith D (talk) 23:33, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks that was a quick response, keep up the good work. Keith D (talk) 23:43, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Spam in Andrew Corbett

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RE: Nicky Adams

it was purely an aesthetic decision, the size of it stretches the info box so much it destorts the rest of the article. Skitzo (talk) 17:54, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

it's better but still not great, but I'll leave that on there. Skitzo (talk) 18:04, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Editor review

Hello there! I've just submitted myself for editor review. I'd be grateful if you could spare a few moments to have a look and comment, as I'd certainly value your opinion. Wikipedia:Editor review/Ged UK. Cheers! --Ged UK (talk) 12:38, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

James Wesolowski

hey, as i know you're an active member of WP:Footy can you help me with James Wesolowski as an ip keeps placing his move to Dundee United in its own section and adding an – to his years in the info box, its only a loan and as yet he hasn't even played so its not worth its own section, cheers in advance Skitzo (talk) 19:49, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

the ndash is incorrect though as it is only a 6 month loan deal, should they sign him permanently it'll require a new line anyway. Skitzo (talk) 20:55, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Mark Maley

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Jonás Gutiérrez photo

My inclination to delete was stayed when I saw that it was a reliable contributor such as yourself who had uploaded the photo on this article, but I would have to, how can I put this subtly, invite you to consider whether the quality of the photo, considering the camera shake, constitutes a piece of work that you would be proud to share with the world. Kevin McE (talk) 21:05, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

PFA Premier and Football League Players Records (1946-2005)

Hi Matty. I'm currently taking List of Oxford United F.C. players to PR and then onto FLC. Three of the players' appearances on the list are not covered by any references on the internet (except a fan website). These players are Les Phillips, Alan Judge (English footballer) and Gary Smart. I was wondering firstly if the above book contains appearance data for all competitions like the Anglo-Italian Cup, and secondly if it does, if you could give me the appearance and goal data for those three players. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks. Eddie6705 (talk) 12:46, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks anyway for looking Matty :) Eddie6705 (talk) 17:42, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Sunderland A.F.C.

Hehe cheers, the process wasn't half a long slog though. Sunderland06 (talk) 14:25, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Re: Crewe Alex F.C.

Hi- any chance you could help me update the season's results for Crewe please mate? I can't do it all by myself, I've got assignments to do for Uni.. :( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season_2008%E2%80%9309

Thanks, (Rup235 (talk) 00:54, 27 March 2009 (UTC))

Vandalism

thanks for reverting the vandalism on my page Paul  Bradbury 12:09, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Derby County F.C. seasons

Could you go on the Talk Page and see what all the info on the main page should on the temp in the talk page. Mr Hall of England (talk) 21:06, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Your NUFC revert

Confirmation, and about time too! What the (&@%^%£ (expletive deleted) did the club think they were playing at, leaking (as I assume they did) this on the (expletive deleted) First of (yet another one deleted) April? I bet Wikipedia is the only "news" source in the world that actively tried to not trumpet the news until there was solid confirmation. You know, somebody, somewhere (the Signpost, maybe?) could make something of that.

Regarding Shearer, though, this is a win/win for him, I think. If Newcastle stay up it's "the Shearer effect", if we go down it's "well they brought him in too late, it's hardly his fault". We'll see. Tonywalton ^Talk 21:56, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of John Andrews (footballer)

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Removing Text

Yeah, thought I was in the sandbox page and attempted to revert myself. D'oh!Cptnono (talk) 19:02, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Vote for Football as the Australian collaboration

Hi -- I recently nominated Wikipedia:WikiProject Football (soccer) in Australia/To-do for the Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight.

This WikiProject has been inactive for a long time and with the World Cup coming up, it would be good for football (soccer) articles to be in depth and comprehensive in Australia.

If you would like to support it, click here for the project page to cast your vote

Thanks! Australian Matt (talk) 02:40, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

McSheffrey

Okay, thanks for bringing that to my attention. Sorry for the confusion. Malpass93 (talk) 20:43, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Ryan Flynn

How is he not notable!? He's made 16 appearencesin the English conferance for Wrexham. That makes him notable, does it not!? RicoRichmond (talk) 13:08, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh. My mistake. RicoRichmond (talk) 21:16, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Edmund Harvey (footballer)

Hello, recently created the above, and was wondering if your books could clear up a bit of confusion. Michael Joyce's Football League Players' Records has Harvey at York City between Birmingham and Bradford City, whereas my Birmingham sources have him moving directly to Bradford. Do you have any mention of him at York? presumably it would be at the end of the 1926/27 season, if it happened. I'm asking Peanut4 as well. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 08:40, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

So presumably if he played the whole of the 1926/27 season for your lot, he didn't actually play for mine on 22 Jan 1927... Looks like yet another season grid in Matthews that nobody proofread properly, then, unfortunately this time combined with incomplete research in the player profile. Hey ho. I'm pretending you didn't mention Sheff Wed, on the basis he doesn't appear either in Joyce or the Sheff Wed archive so he didn't play for the first team and might have just been on trial or whatever. Thanks for looking him up, I'll add your info to the article. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 12:57, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Unsuccessful trial, I say. Kicked round the reserves a bit = "failing to make an impact". If that is the case, though, I'm still surprised Joyce doesn't mention Sheff Wed with zero appearances... cheers, Struway2 (talk) 16:22, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Claude Barrett

Hey, maybe you have something to add on him. Cheers.--EchetusXe (talk) 15:37, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Clifford Johnson, another one.--EchetusXe (talk) 00:15, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Gunnar Nielsen

Re: your revert of my edit saying that his loan has ended - you may be right. However, I'm going from this source, specifically the quote "Whatever the final outcome of his problem, it has certainly ended his season after just five games on loan from Manchester City." and the general practice of clubs returning injured loanees to the parent club if there is no chance of them recovering during the loan period. Added on top of this that Nielsen can't do much more than fitness training with a broken hand, and City's medical facilities have to be better than Wrexham's and I can't really see him still being on loan now. But I admit I could be wrong, so I'm not going to push the issue any further than referencing my thoughts. Falastur2 ^Talk 04:25, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

WP:BLANKING

I thought I should draw your attention to the above guideline which confirms that users, even IPs, are permitted to blank their talk pages. They should not be reverted if they do so. regards, –xeno ^talk 23:13, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Roy Keane

Are you sure?--86.41.66.35 (talk) 21:35, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Check BBC Sport website plus Sky Sports.--86.41.66.35 (talk) 21:39, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh, sorry.--86.41.66.35 (talk) 21:41, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

YCFC

BTW best of luck to your lads in avoiding relegation tonight. Although I still have nightmare memories of Keith Houchen helping you stuff us rotten back in November 1984, I'd like to see the club stay up -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:36, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Boruc

You are fast xD 193.59.53.3 (talk) 19:15, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Three minutes hehe. 193.59.53.3 (talk) 19:21, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Very, very fast. xD 193.59.53.3 (talk) 19:22, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

John Metcalfe (footballer)

One of yours, if there's anything you might want to add... cheers, Struway2 (talk) 10:03, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Also Fred Slater. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 07:23, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Luton Town F.C.

Could you review this page and re-rate it accordingly for the Wikiproject? I'm sure it must be better than start-class by now.

Cheers, 000Cliftonian000 13:15, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi

I was wondering how I could contact you off Wikipedia, I wanted to ask you something. Corabal 19.06pm, 4 May 2009 (BST)

Luton Town F.C.

Nice work with the picture. I've done some work on the colours and crest section, any good? 000Cliftonian000 09:05, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Tom Evans (footballer)

Just to let you know I've moved him to Tom Evans (footballer born 1976), as there are now three of them. I've left (footballer) to redirect to (footballer born 1976), to save myself the bother of creating another disambig page. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 07:59, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Luton Town F.C. mk2

Could you review this page and re-rate it?

Cheers, 000Cliftonian000 10:27, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Keeping them crossed

Though I'm unfortunate enough to support Newcastle United (my excuse is I was born in Newcastle) I'll be avidly listening to Radio York tomorrow for the York/Stevenage match. Let's hope after York win 3-1 Stevenage don't appeal against the result, claiming unfair divine intervention ☺ Tonywalton ^Talk 17:51, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Damn. Tonywalton ^Talk 19:00, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Fulfordgate to FT?

Hey, a bit random, but any thoughts on adding Fulfordgate to the York City FT? It's a good article, after all... rst20xx (talk) 18:51, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Cheers

Cheers Matty! As I haven't got Sky Sports and can't pick up either Radio Kent or Radio Manchester here in Birmingham it's been a nail-biting 90 minutes of trying to follow the match via the BBC website's live text update thingy. Just got told off by the wife for making too much noise as she was trying to get the wee one off to sleep but sod it :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:32, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Barry Conlon

Hello Matty, just letting you know, that the official Grimsby Town website, is pretty slow on current events. Conlon's squad number was 24 for last season, while he was on loan. If you look at the squad on that site, it still lists players such as Richard Hope as squad number 6, and still part of the squad, even though he is long gone. I was just in the process of listing a dash next to new additions to the squad until the 09-10 numbers are released. I hope you don't mind, but I re-edited the section, to add Conlon with a dash. Many Thanks Footballgy (talk) 23:10, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Stats

The extra 0 was a space, it made no difference whatsoever, and makes it clearer to read. Salty1984 (talk) 22:11, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Pacquette

Nice work getting the article up to scratch! --Jimbo^[online] 14:47, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

RE: Calderwood

Apologies; I've put the ref in the article now, you may want to do this in the future. Cheers, weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 16:29, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Why did you revert my edit?

? —Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidHurst (talk • contribs) 18:28, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

fulham GAR

Hi, Have left message regarding above GAR on the GAR page. Thanks. 02blythed (talk) 21:59, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

York City F.C. season 2008–09

Hi, I'm not reviewing for GA but I spotted something in the lead: "It is also Colin Walker's first full season as manager" can't be true because he only lasted until November. Cheers. --Jameboy (talk) 22:46, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

If you have a minute

please could you do me a favour, and look up the date of birth of Geoff Scott (ex Stoke, Leicester etc etc) in Hugman's book. The reason I ask, is that all sources (Matthews' BCFC book, Neil Brown, Sporting Heroes etc) give 31 Oct 1956, but in this interview, Mr Scott appears to be rewriting history a little bit, like knocking 4 years off his age, making his debut in a game he didn't play in, which he claims made him Stoke's youngest player blah blah. So before ignoring that interview totally as a source for writing Mr Scott's WP article, I thought I'd better check. No hurry, just when you've got a minute. Thanks, Struway2 (talk) 09:08, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

There's always the faintest possibility that Scott's right and all the reliable sources are wrong... I found an article in The Times archive dated 19 Feb 1980, which said "Chelsea have completed the signing of Dennis Rofe, the Leicester City full back, ... Leicester City moved quickly to find a replacement. They bought Geoff Scott, 21, from Stoke City." Which, if accurate, would back up Scott's retiring from league football at 26. All you'd need is a typo in his birthdate in the first "reliable" source, then the others follow it, and all of a sudden it's a proven fact that he was born in 1956..... Though I have to go with the reliable sources, and ignore the PFA interview, it's an interesting little question. Thanks for looking him up, cheers, Struway2 (talk) 07:50, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Place of birth

Hi, I've been asked why the place of birth is deleted from the opening sentence of leads e.g. John Smith (born 1 January 2001, in Wherever, Some country). I tried to have a look around the policies but couldn't find anything, could you shed some light on it for me? Cheers, --Jimbo^[online] 13:06, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Struway pointed me in the direction of WP:MOSNUM#Dates of birth and death, last bullet point. Thanks anyway! --Jimbo^[online] 20:54, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

NCFC and Danny Kelly

The club's sleeping. The lad signed a pro contract a couple of weeks ago (see User:Dweller/Danny Kelly (footballer) - I'm waiting for him to make his debut). --Dweller (talk) 21:50, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Danzelle St-Louis - prod

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Madrid kit numbers

I do not trust the English version of the site because the Spanish version is more complete, e.g., the cantera in the English site goes no further than Castilla while the spanish version has the whole youth squads. Since players' contracts do not end until June 30 each year, #18 is still occuppied! And jersey assignments are official on August 31 (or whenever the transfer window closes). Even pre-season assignments could change after new acquistions are made. Just wait until the new season begins. Raul17 (talk) 18:59, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

By the way, the English site has De la Red and Faubert listed with #18!! Raul17 (talk) 19:05, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Luke Prosser

You said "He was in York City's squad for a 2–1 pre-season victory against Chesterfield in August 2007", yet the reference made no mention of him. Do you remember anything about it?--EchetusXe (talk) 13:35, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Jordi Gómez

Hi there MATTY, VASCO from Portugal here,

Regarding this footballer's article i'll say the following:

First of all, sorry if my edit summary was a bit harsh, i sometimes get a little bit carried away when writing them. Hope i have not crossed any line.

Now, for my changes: Upon stumble on an article about a football player, one of the most striking things is its infobox. I noticed that your cleanup included opening links on some soccer clubs (i.e. writing RCD ESPANYOL when ESPANYOL suffices perfectly), so i reverted in, for compression purposes. That's when i inadvertently (through copy/paste) reverted a lot of your other edits, which i now comment on:

• 1: Birthdate was relocated into brackets again; i just happen to think it's more befitting (i have not read MOS yet, but think a minute, mate: if the article starts with the name, then birthdate and place should follow in the same "zone", and then for the storyline about the given player's career). However, if i am grossly out of order, of course you should revert it back.

• 2: Weight parameter was inserted again; yes Matty, i know it does not show in box, but i have seen lots of articles with that put when one clicks "edit this page", and i thought leaving it would be additional info, even if only available when one edits. I have removed it now (please check edit history).

• 3: I thought the FOOTBALL (SOCCER) link was perfectly accurate, honestly (as good as ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL, have seen it in 1000's of players), and this was the first edit of your changes i undid totally unaware as to what i was doing. I have also changed back to your link (please check edit history).

• 4: Another inadvertent change by me - I did not go as far, when reverting back to my version, as reading if there were any new categories, so did not now there were any new ones. Have already reinstated PEOPLE FROM BARCELONA, my apologies (please check edit history).

• 5: Transfer to WIGAN: as you can see, i have referenced said move, albeit in a Spanish source (which i think you would agree it's pretty much reliable, as the players hails from that nation and has played in the country). Of course, if move breaks down, do remove it, or i'll also do it, no worries there (by the way, also inserted WIGAN ATH PLAYERS cat, which i will removed if transfer does not finally happen).

That is all for the moment Matty, sorry for any incovenience, hope we can work well in the future, i also happen to work mainly on football (no particular team or country, versatile edits is "my game"),

Attentively, VASCO AMARAL - --NothingButAGoodNothing (talk) 21:45, 18 June 2009 (UTC)