Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manchester United F.C. 8-2 Arsenal F.C.

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:39, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Manchester United F.C. 8-2 Arsenal F.C.

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Article about an football match failing to show any notability which goes beyond routine coverage. Article is also completely unsourced, thus failing WP:V. Soccer-holic^{I hear voices in my head...} 22:24, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Individual matches have to very notable to deserve an article and this one ain't that notable. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 22:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Soccer-holic^{I hear voices in my head...} 22:36, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It might be important to the two clubs involved, but it's pretty irrelevant to the rest of us. No evidence of any wider notability. Bretonbanquet (talk) 22:41, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - lots of goals does not equal notability. Giant Snowman 22:49, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, no evidence that this particular fixture match is notable beyond routine coverage. --Kinu ^t/_c 22:54, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This article is not really important right now and should be deleted. -- Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 23:05, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete In fairness to the creator of the article I think this was created in good faith based on misreporting in the media that it was Arsenal's heaviest defeat since 1896. Clearly now that's been disproved and there are no grounds for notability, none of Arsenal's defeats by a seven goal margin merit an article so clearly a six goal margin doesn't have a chance.--Shakehandsman (talk) 23:36, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No evidence of lasting notability. No records were set and it wasn't a cup final, so no automatic notability there. We won't know the lasting impact of this game for at least a few months. – Pee Jay 23:48, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - It has been concluded already that these football matches on a single page have no warrant to exist. Only major football finals warrant a page in my view. I created some match pages on some games which were considered the "greatest FA Cup comebacks ever" but it was decided that they don't warrant there own page. I don't see this page as any different, so delete ASAP. Stevo1000 (talk) 00:19, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Not a major football event.--Xyz or die (talk) 14:47, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Non-notable match. No records were broken and it wasn't a cup final, it was just one team getting beaten comprehensively by another. Argyle 4 Life^talk 15:28, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Although a United fan (and a extremely happy on at that!), as far as Wikipedia is concerned, this game isn't notable. 86.181.134.76 (talk) 20:13, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Non-notable football match. -- Joaquin008 ^(talk) 10:29, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Incredible scoreline but not of adequate notability to warrant an article. Deserter1 talk 11:38, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Probably created because of some misunderstanding/misrepresentation in the media. This was not Arsenal's heaviest defeat since 1896. It was the first time they had conceded 8 goals in a match since 1896, but the defeat itself was by a 6-goal margin, which I'm sure has happened before since then. I'm a United fan but even so, I have to agree with deletion. The only thing notable about this match was the scoreline, which in itself does not warrant it's own article. Especially since it wasn't a final. It was a normal league game with, in my opinion, a minimal influence on the season to come. Reddev87 (talk) 14:42, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - ManU games aren't notable. Nfitz (talk) 04:43, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Well that's clearly not true. United have played in a great many notable matches. – Pee Jay 15:50, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Another United fan willing to admit that this is not a notable match as no records were broken and it was not a cup final. Maybe when they play at Emirates next year? :P Delusion23 (talk) 13:29, 1 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ke... just joking Delete no records were broken, just a few French hearts and it was not a cup final. Adam4267 (talk) 22:31, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I'm a Chelsea fan, and its good to see Arsenal lose, on my telly, that is, not on Wikipedia. Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 13:20, 4 September 2011 (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.