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I've listed this article for peer review because I've put a lot of work in to try and get it up to same standard as other FAs for stadiums, including Portman Road and Priestfield Stadium and would like to know what further improvements can be made.

Thanks, Peanut4 (talk) 22:27, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by User:Dweller
  • Why are co-ordinates in article twice? First appearance shows in slightly odd place for me in Firefox - hovering on the grey underline of the article name
  • I think the name of the stadium in the article name, lead and infobox needs some defense. Is the ground really called one thing but its full name another? Or is it that the club have said its real name is now one thing, but the fans won't go along with it? Kind of fundamental - and needs addressing in line 1 of lead if the status quo of the article is correct
  • "changed code" from rugby league would be to another code of rugby, ie union, surely? Perhaps in Victorian times they were all considered "codes of football", but it's anachronistic today. Consider reword.
  • "although is now" - "although it is now"
  • one historic tenant mentioned in infobox, two others in lead not mentioned in infobox
  • oldest surviving record claim in lead is more specific than in the history or the records section. Unsure also if three mentions is justifiable.
  • "designers to excavate and level the land" - is "designers" the right word?
  • same sentence "moving" is different tense than rest of what the designers did
  • some wikilinking needed in that parag
  • I'm confused - the team played Wekkkkfield Trinity but their first match was some months later?
    • I'm going by the source. I guess the Wakey game was some form of friendly / exhibition game. But I agree that some more research won't go amiss to try rind out. Peanut4 (talk) 19:19, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Explanation for ground's name needed in the earliest part of History
  • "change codes" again
  • I'd use "was" not "were" when referring to the club, but I know this is not universally agreed with
  • "City players changed in a side behind one end of the ground" - what's a "side"?
  • "After the end of City's 5–1 defeat" - slightly clumsy wording
  • Why would switching changing facilities be appropriate punishment for the attack on a MUFC player? Is something missing? Was he attacked in the hotel?
  • Terracing/paddock/turnstile - wikilink
  • "build a Spion Kop" - needs explaining/rewording
  • "during the club's FA Cup winning run" - include a wikilink (winning?) to that cup final
  • "Changes to the ground were minimal thereafter until 1985." seems to be contradicted by the rest of a fairly bulky paragraph that follows it.
  • were there gales again between 25 and 27, forcing a second roofing?
  • "Gateshead appealed against their 3–2 defeat but it was turned down by an FA enquiry." - Gateshead is the subject of the sentence, so I'd replace "it" (which would work for "the appeal") with "the request"
  • No idea why stand unusable for 6 years until the pitch was moved slightly... can you explain?
  • I'd guess many people don't know what tip-up seats are. Is there a wikilink?
  • I'm confused about the removal of 1,000 seats, as I'd guess that removing seats would encourage draughts, not discourage
  • "five years later work to fencing, exits and turnstiles ready for the visit of Manchester United in the third round of the Milk Cup" at least one word missing
  • "one of the sporting disasters" needs fixing
  • "265 injured" were injured
  • See belowI think it's essential that some of the key findings of the cause of the disaster are included in this article - it's an essential piece of narrative about the topic. In fact, it deserves its own subsection
  • "longer than the structure which had burned down" - relevance?
  • Do we have no main article on the Bradford fire? We blinking well ought to.
  • If the England XI wasn't the England XI, that wikilink is inappropriate
  • "largest safe-seating terrace" - dunno what that means, although I understand each of the words
  • Just wanted to say the panoramic shot is fantastic
  • "the ground itself is currently named the Coral Windows Stadium after they signed a three-year sponsorship deal in July 2007" is in the wrong section, irrelevant here
  • "9,004 supporters, closely followed by the Carlsberg Stand, which has a capacity of 7,492." closely followed is your POV. I don't think it's close at all.
  • "There are also more office space" is more
  • Now I'm confused - I've found the separate section on the fire - why not put it into the history section? Look what a tizz you put me into that I needed to strike stuff!
  • "a small fire was noticed" then "were visible within minutes" With the latter, do you mean generally visible or something similar, ie not just to those in the vicinity?
  • Fire section would be greatly enhanced by some appropriate quotations. Get witnesses to tell the story instead of your narrator's voice
  • "between gaps between" reword
  • "although the ground had been used for reserve team fixtures since the previous September." I don't understand
  • Same problem with England XI
  • "another international" - as the first game wasn't, strictly speaking "an international" (just a match between sides of different nationalities) you can't say "another". This was really the first.
  • Bradford Park Avenue shouldn't be in a section about "international" stuff, but with the other tenants in the next para
  • Odsal's "proposed redevelopment" - odd to talk about something that long ago in a kind of future tense. Did it not take place? If so "then proposed redevelopment" maybe?
  • "The record attendance at Valley Parade was" is
  • "The record modern all-seated attendance record at Valley Parade was" is. And why "modern"?
  • In fact, is for all existing records, even if they took place in the past. Was means they've been superceded, in which case they need to be updated :-)
  • The Bradford Northern stat needs to be clarified as the highest at VP, as I'm fairly sure Odsal has held more.
  • Transport - nice idea, this section. Parking facilities? Buses from park and ride (if there is such a thing?)
  • overall, copy is quite choppy and needs help to make it flow better. I suggest you find a copy-editor to help smooth it over once you've dealt with comments here

Looking good. --Dweller (talk) 13:46, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for all your help. Much appreciated. Peanut4 (talk) 20:36, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comments from The Rambling Man (talk · contribs)

Otherwise I think Dweller picked most things up. Correct these and I suggest you head to FAC. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by User:Noble Story I'll chip in with my copyedit:

Lead

  • "The stadium was the scene of a fatal fire on 11 May 1985 when 56 supporters were killed." I think there should be a comma after the date.

History

  • "The original ground composed of a 2,000-capacity stepped enclosure with the players' changing rooms below, the playing area, a cinder athletics track and fencing to limit the total capacity to 18,000. " I think that you should "was composed". Also, I think you mean to say "20,000-capacity".
  • "Football architect Archibald Leitch was commissioned to design new terracing in the paddock—a standing area in front of the 5,300-seater main stand, which was built in 1908—build a Spion Kop and an 8,000-capacity stand at the Midland Road end." I think you should add a conjunction before "build".
  • "The dressing rooms were also moved with a tunnel leading from the rooms underneath the Kop to the opposite corner of the ground." Comma needed after "moved".
  • "The total project had cost £9,958, and raised the capacity to 40,000..." Keep the verb tense consistent.
  • "Six years later, gales during December, prompted the club to replace the roof of the Midland Road stand, as they did again in October 1927, when the work was funded by the supporters' association." Remove the comma after "December". And who were the supporters supporting (the club, I presume, but clarify it).
  • "The ground was 45 years old, when Bradford City bought the ground outright." I think you can eliminate the comma.
  • "The capacity of the ground was reduced in 1952, whenhalf of the Midland Road stand was closed following examinations of the foundations ordered as a result of the Burnden Park disaster in 1946." Obviously, seperate "when" and "half".
  • "As a result of the examinations, the stand's steel frame was sold to Berwick Rangers for £450 and a smaller replacement stand built at Valley Parade in 1954." Say "was built".
  • "Instead only a wall was replaced, because of more gales in March that year, and five years later work to fencing, exits and turnstiles was carried out, ready for the visit of Manchester United in the third round of the Milk Cup." Put a comma after "instead".
  • "The two stands which had been largely unaltered during the ground's redevelopment because of the fire were both improved during the 1990s." Put a comma after "stands" and after "fire".
  • "A 2,300 seater stand was built filling in the corner between the main stand and Kop, taking the capacity to more than 20,000 for the first time since 1970, when it was opened in December 2000." Put a comma after "built" and put "and" before "taking.
  • "A second tier was added to the main stand costing £6.5m, and opened in 2001, which increased the main stand's capacity to 11,000, and the ground's capacity to 25,000." Put a comma after the first "main stand".
  • "The following year Valley Parade was sold to Gibb's pension fund for £5m with the club's offices, shop and car park sold to London-based Development Securities for an additional £2.5m." Put a comma after "year" and after "£5m".

Structure and facilities

  • "The ground has also been renamed a number of times for sponsorship reasons, with sponsors including the Pulse, Bradford & Bingley and Intersonic, and has been named the Coral Windows Stadium since July 2007 in a three-year deal, but is still commonly known throughout football as Valley Parade." I think you should split this sentence up, or at least put in a subject for the second clause.
  • "However in March 2008, the club announced that the TL Dallas Stand would be made available for home fans for the 2008–09 season." Put a comma after the first word.

Fire disaster

  • "After 40 minutes of the game, the score of which was still 0–0, a small fire was noticed three rows from the back of the ground's main stand." Maybe you should just say "After 40 minutes of scoreless play, a small fire..."
  • "Ultimately, the fire killed 56 spectators ranging from small children to the 86-year-old former chairman of the club, Sam Firth." Put a comma after "spectators."
  • "Instead it took until July 1986 for work to begin on rebuilding the ground." Put a comma after "Instead".

Other uses

  • "Valley Parade hosted its first international football game just two months after its first Football League match, when an English League side played an Irish League side on 10 October 1903, despite the ground not being up to standard, in a bid to promote the sport in West Yorkshire." "In a bid to promote the sport in West Yorkshire" comes a long way after the phrase it's related to, so maybe you should move it closer to the first phrase, if you know what I mean.
  • "But it was not until 6 April 1987 that the ground hosted another international when England under 18s drew 1–1 with Switzerland." Put a comma after "international".
  • "On 26 March 2002, Valley Parade also hosted an England under 21 game against Italy which ended in a 1–1 draw in front of 21,000 spectators." Put a comma after "Italy".

Records

  • "The highest crowd for a Bradford Northern fixture at Valley Parade was 20,973 on 13 February 1926 for a Challenge Cup game against Keighley which finished 2–2." Put a comma after "Keighley".

Transport I don't know, this section seems to be rather brief. Maybe it's meant to be, and can't really be expanded, but I don't know if it'll get by in FAC. Noble Story (talk) 14:10, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NB I'm not sure you've yet explained the name "Valley Parade"! This should be pretty prominent. (Apologies if I've missed it) --Dweller (talk) 06:54, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No you haven't missed it. Unfortunately nowhere says where the name comes from. It's obviously something to do with it being on the hillside, and I know when the ground was first bought, it's explanation was "near Valley Parade ice rink" but that's about the best I can do at the moment. The ground is now on the road Valley Parade, but I'm not sure that was there when it was built in 1886, although there was a road South Parade. And I've exhausted almost every worthy source on the club or the city. Alas, I shall keep looking. Peanut4 (talk) 08:44, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's fine to say all of that, preceded by "not clearly known" type statement! Far better than omitting. --Dweller (talk) 11:05, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
comments from Struway2 (talk · contribs)

Usual picky stuff.

hope some of this helps, cheers, Struway2 (talk) 13:54, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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