Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leicester Celtic AFC

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The result was keep. JForget 00:16, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Leicester Celtic AFC[edit]

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Non-notable minor football team who do not compete in a national league or any nationwide cup competitions. No indepedent reliable sources to make the article verifiable or assert notability. -- Big Dom 08:58, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Significant team, has produced several professionals including Damien Duff (former most expensive Irish footballer of all time), Richie Sadlier (Irish International) and Paul Osam among others. Leicester Celtic play in the Leinster Senior League, the highest level of football below the Irish football league system. Teams from the LSL often compete in the FAI Cup and League of Ireland Cup. Fionnsci (talk) 09:20, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Why don't you include some of this information and accompanying sources in the article then so that it is clear whether the notability guidelines are passed or not. With the state the article is currently in, there is no assertion that the club is a notable one. Furthermore, the fact that Damien Duff and co. happened to play for one of the youth teams (most likely under-7s or something) does not mean that a team is notable. -- Big Dom 09:28, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:21, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment"most likely under-7s or something" I'll ignore this as it displays ignorance and lack of understanding on your part. Anyway, the article is now much better referenced and improved.Fionnsci (talk) 17:59, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh I don't know about that - he looks pretty young in this photo :) Bettia (talk) 10:17, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - referenced, and I believe meets club notability based on the amount of professionals. matt91486 (talk) 22:12, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete I'm normally pretty lenient when it comes to sports clubs but I'm siding towards delete here. The general rule of thumb states that a football club is notable if they have played in the national cup - so far I have found no evidence that this team has done so. The sources on the page aren't really enough to establish notability - most are from primary sources and the others are just a team profile and a results page for their youth team. I can't find find other sources on t'web that would swing this. Also, having a number of famous past players is not enough - notability is not inherited. Bettia (talk) 10:17, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Article needs improving but is worth keeping. Playing in LSL is notable Djln--Djln (talk) 16:25, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Bettia (talk) 10:20, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 00:34, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Djln—Djln. Cjc13 (talk) 16:42, 3 March 2010 (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.