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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 01:36, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Highams Park school team 2001-2006[edit]

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Delete. Unremarkable schoolboy sporting team, won some local competition. Fails WP:GROUP, contested prod. Unreferenced, notability not established. WWGB (talk) 13:41, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete Despite the inflated language used there is no real evidence that I can find that they were substantially more notable than other school teams. If they really were so exceptional then I would expect to find tons of independent coverage, but I don't. In fact even the school's own web site, which is full of promotional hype, somehow fails to mention this team. In short, no sources given in the article, and no evidence of notability found on searching. It is also worth mentioning that the author's own statements indicate a conflict of interest. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:05, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:41, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - wholly non-notable team, couldn't find any coverage of their alleged all-time record-breaking exploits, and notability is not inherited from having a few players signed by pro clubs (and then released without ever playing first team football for the most part, it would appear......) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:41, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per above. This clearly a non-notable team. Sir Sputnik (talk) 14:49, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - for all the above reasons. Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 15:22, 16 April 2010 (UTC) p.s. If this article is an example of this school's educational output, I despair. "The school team is regonised national..." Ouch![reply]

Comment: I see that the school's own article claims several footballers as "alumni", although only one of the players' articles mentions the school. Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 17:51, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No sources are able to back up any of the claims, so - if it exists, since it's not mentioned on the school's website - they aren't notable. DitzyNizzy (aka Jess)|(talk to me)|(What I've done) 15:54, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Ridiculous premise for an article. – Pee Jay 16:08, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I cannot in good faith even support a redirect for this particular article, and I typically do support inclusion of high school pages. RFerreira (talk) 18:05, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Clearly inherently non-notable. Big Dom 16:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - non-notable team. Giant Snowman 21:31, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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