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The result was delete. Tone 13:53, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Famous Back Four[edit]

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This is entirely unsourced and I'm unaware of this being in common use, certainly not in any wider context than between Arsenal fans. The offside trap trivia is true, but the article isn't about that. Fol de rol troll (talk) 19:29, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Unsourced trivia, at best. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 20:25, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or Redirect. Interestingly enough, there's no mention of the term in Arsenal F.C. If the term could be sourced properly, we could redirect it to the Arsenal article. Otherwise, it should be deleted.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:59, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:46, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:12, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. We don't need articles on specific football line-ups/partnerships, that's just overkill. Besides, a Google search reveals few sources that use the phrase "Famous Back Four". Mattythewhite (talk) 21:17, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Our colonial cousins seem very keen on articles on specific line-ups/partnerships - see, for example, Category:Nicknamed groups of American football players........ -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:47, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - more like an affectionate fan's term than an encyclopedic one. Giant Snowman 21:29, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - this and this and this suggest that the group is actually best known as the famous five, which would kinda make sense, what with there being five of them an' all...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 17:07, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No indication that this is encyclopaedic or sufficiently notable. Argyle 4 Life^talk 15:28, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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