Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FC Gland

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Sandstein 09:34, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FC Gland

A semi-professional or even a amateur club at the highest time reach the top of 1.st Liga (third-highest division) in Switzerland Matthew_hk t c 18:14, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football related deletions. Giant Snowman 18:38, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - never played in a fully-pro league, fails notability. GiantSnowman 18:38, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- When was it decided that clubs had to have played in a fully pro league? If that's the case then we'd best start nominating all those clubs in the Conference, Isthmian League, Southern League, Northern Premier, etc etc etc etc -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:23, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Article is poorly written, but the team has played in the third highest division in Switzerland, which I believe makes it more than notable enough for an article as we have 3rd division teams from smaller countries (Israel) and 10th level teams from some others (England). пﮟოьεԻ 5 7 08:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I would've thought the Swiss 3rd division would be notable enough regardless of it's professional/amateur status. Bettia ^(talk) 08:44, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Gland played once in 1. Liga 1997-98 season. Matthew_hk t c 08:53, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That's correct per official site here.--Latouffedisco (talk) 09:59, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Some previous comments seem to be confusing notability standards for players with those for clubs. It is generally accepted that individual players should have played at a professional level to be notable, but clubs are accepted at a lower level. Also if they played at a notable level in 1997–98 then they are notable now - notability does not expire. Phil Bridger (talk) 08:06, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as above. If a club lost their notability just because they were relegated from a notable leaue, then we would be forever deleting and recreating articles. Eddie6705 (talk) 19:26, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It just 1. Liga is a questionable level (to me). Matthew_hk t c 20:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep A football club that plays in the third highest division in Switzerland is definitely notable, but the page would need a major overhaul in order to make it suitable for this site. That in itself is not a very good reason for deletion. Razor flame 19:24, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.