Template:Did you know nominations/The Football Battalion

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 15:33, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

The Football Battalion

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• ... that during the First World War the British Army fielded a battalion of professional footballers (recruitment poster pictured) in the Battle of the Somme?

• Reviewed: Victor Jones (WWII)

Created/expanded by Miyagawa (talk). Self nom at 22:31, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Interesting article! Long enough, new enough, within policy and the hook is cited in the article. I noticed a few issues with overly-close paraphrasing, but a quick fix sorted this. Picture is also OK. So, good to go - nice work! Moswento (talk | contribs) 13:21, 30 April 2012 (UTC)