Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wellington Phoenix FC–Western United FC rivalry

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 10:10, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wellington Phoenix FC–Western United FC rivalry[edit]

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Not notable. The mere fact that two teams play each other does not constitute a rivalry. Only one of the sources provided on the page actually calls it a rivalry, and that source appears to be a blog as opposed to a reputable source. Alza08 (talk) 08:33, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Football and New Zealand. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:51, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 16:54, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - it is a 'rivalry' - other sources refer to it as such, see e.g. this - but there is no significant coverage of the rivalry that I can see. It's probably not a notable one, given other sources such as this talk about games between the clubs without referring to a rivalry. Giant Snowman 16:59, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Agree with GiantSnowman's summary. Jenks24 (talk) 08:13, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, as above. Relationship between the clubs is unusual in that Western Utd appear to have signed a lot of Wellington's players (maybe using expansion team rules to get them more easily? Not sure) and that caused annoyance between fans. But that situation can be mentioned briefly on the teams' pages, very unlikely to be something that will endure, no mutual local interest and does not have significant coverage as a result (the Stuff link above specifically states "Western started out as the Phoenix’s bitter rivals after poaching coach Mark Rudan, and signing long-serving captain Andrew Durante, Max Burgess and Filip Kurto for their inaugural season in 2019-20. But that rivalry was short-lived as Rudan was sacked at the end of last season and now coaches Western Sydney Wanderers, and none of those three players play for them any more either"). Crowsus (talk) 10:11, 18 November 2023 (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.