Stuartpgardner

Royal Marines A.F.C.

Hi Stuart. Please do not be offended, but I have proposed this article for deletion, as it fails the generally accepted notability criteria for English football clubs of having played at Step 6 or in the FA Cup or FA Vase (this is why there are so few articles on other Peninsula league clubs - they have all been deleted). I notice that on the WP:FOOTY page you claim that it would be unfair to delete it because the club is "too young to be allowed to compete in an FA competition". Unfortunately that is not really a valid reason - I could create a club tomorrow and claim the same.

Anyway, your other contributions on non-League football are more than welcome. Regards, пﮟოьεԻ 57 22:51, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

I feel it'd be slightly different if you or I created a club tomorrow, as we'd be without some form of history of entering teams in FA competitions. The way I see it is, imagine Vauxhall Motors was forced to resign as a club, for some reason. Then a few years later a new Vauxhall Motors was created with a slightly different name of Vauxhall FC. This new team set up by different individuals, but worked for Vauxhall Motors too. Would that not be notable, because they're a "new" team, even though they clearly have a history in another form?

To give real examples, if AFC Liverpool, AFC Wimbledon or FC United had been one tier lower when formed, would they have not been "notable", based upon the "other" club's history? If they are, then shouldn't any notable club which is reformed, be allowed an article? If they wouldn't have been, then I full accept that it should be deleted.

The best example of the three is AFC Wimbledon, since they have "claimed" the previous Wimbledon team's honours. A similiar, but more reasonable claim could be made about the Marines, since the teams are named after a branch of the Navy and not a place, with the trophies belonging more to the Royal Marines (as a whole) than a team named after them.

In a way, it's slightly ironic, as the Royal Marines seem to have their own "FA", if the title of their website is to be believed, whom the Royal Marines AFC played in their first game.

Should the article be deleted, would it be possible to create one about the UK armed forces (I wouldn't want to get it confused with that well known Singaporean team) and football? I'm not sure how to go about it myself, but I'd help if someone could point me to a similiar article to base it on. Stuartpgardner (talk) 01:55, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

It might be worth creating an article on Sport in the British Armed Forces, as there are several other clubs which are notable enough to have an article (e.g. RMLI Gosport F.C., United Services Portsmouth F.C.). I am not aware of the Marines having their own FA, but the Army (Army Football Association), RAF and Royal Navy do. пﮟოьεԻ 57 09:15, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

08 - 09 Premier League Edit

You,re welcome. The reason is as I watched the match. You pay attention when you make editing in the future. Layerth (talk) 17:20, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

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