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It reads fine to me, and has been generally acceptable for a couple of dozen other GAs and four FAs. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 07:48, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"more than 72,000" since everywhere else it's 72,523 may as well say that here as well?
Sure, I like the lead to be a wordy summary which means not necessarily getting down to individual digit accuracy, but it's no biggie. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 07:48, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"West Ham finished twelve points behind West Bromwich Albion (who were promoted in second place) and twenty behind league winners Norwich City" I'm not sure if this sentence is necessary since we don't have the equivalent for Palace
"Their qualification for the play-offs was secured in injury time of the final game of the season when West Ham's Brian Deane equalised against Wigan Athletic" - Brian Deane not so necessary to mention by name, the important thing is it was West Ham, and the source says it was ironic so you could add that
I don't see a problem with the name-check, and I'm not sure Wikipedia should be using terms like "ironic", we'll stick with the facts. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 07:56, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Premier League and instead took part in the play-offs" - this isn't mentioned in the source
"allowing Christian Dailly's shot to be deflected into the Ipswich goal" - i feel allowing is a strange choice of word here, since a deflection is accidental. can you rephrase?
"their most recent" - their previously most recent?
No, it's written in the context of the timeframe of the "Background" to the game in question so that's not necessary. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 07:57, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"up to £30 million" well the BBC link says 30. the ESPN link is not needed, or you could keep it and say 25-30 milion. this also applies to the lead
Well 25 to 30 million could be rephrased as "up to 30 million" really. It's not a precise science. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 07:57, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
"in front of a Millennium Stadium crowd of 72,523 spectators" could add "in Cardiff" here
That would be awkward. Instead I've added a sentence noting that it was the fourth playoff final at the Millennium Stadium, in Cardiff. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:01, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Carrick and Zamora can be linked on first mention, cor it's like a Russian novel!
That's a lot of yellow cards, worth mentioning/referencing in text?
Unfortunately, the sources don't have any mention of how they were acquired, simply when they happened, so all the detail I have is already there. The Rambling Man (Hands! Face! Space!!!!) 08:07, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
cool thanks for explanation Mujinga (talk) 17:23, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I have institutional access but I can't make it work, nevermind. I was able to find the "Shipperley strike sees Eagles soar to Premiership" article online and the quote is good, happy to AGF on the others.Mujinga (talk) 18:26, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Any comments on the legacy of this match beyond what the managers said, in terms of broadness of coverage? (Asking from a position of ignorance)
and a fine foto it is! Mujinga (talk) 17:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'll put this on hold to give time for these quite minor comments to be addressed, not expecting any problems Mujinga (talk) 00:56, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Done
