Talk:Colne Town F.C.

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Amazing that a team can get beat in the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup and play two seasons in the Lancashire Combination and get an article on wikipedia. There are other sides that have done much more than this and don't get articles due to the magic rule of playing a game in the FA Cup (not saying they deserve an article too though). WP:FOOTYN fails with cases like this and shouldn't replace WP:GNG. I'm sure the team were the talk of the country after their 4–1 defeat to Clitheroe and two memorable seasons at the bottom of the County League. I've given the article a B-class as this is the best it's ever going to be. All the info there's ever been about this club is here and it's all referenced correctly in the right format. Rant over, apologies. Delusion23 (talk) 20:31, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

While I agree that FOOTYN isn't the best, I'm going to have to disagree that this article contains "all the info there's ever been about this club". I could go to the Colne library tomorrow (I live in the next town) and find a plethora of newspaper articles from the time, but I'm not going to (although I probably would if there was a chance of it being deleted). Then it would be a case of whether the local coverage, in addition to the standard records and results already referenced, would pass the GNG. Like I say, I agree with you in a way and have been one of the editors pushing for a change to the club notability criteria. However, I can't see why anyone would complain about this article but not bother a bit about the current Level 10 and 11 clubs with articles, especially since the Lancashire Combination was at the fifth tier at the time. Big Dom 21:05, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I get what you mean. This just seemed like an extreme example though. Some level 10 and 11 clubs seem to push it a bit too. At least it's consistant, I'll give it that. And don't worry, I'm not about to send you on an excursion to the library! :) Delusion23 (talk) 23:41, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]