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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 00:05, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:29, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Stoke was a top-flight club at the time and almost certainly professional. He thus passes WP:ATH. Such is the tragedy of WP:ATH. --Mkativerata (talk) 19:40, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
How is it a "tragedy"? He played in the top division of English football. Is it a "tragedy" that a player in the Premier League nowadays is notable??? Keep. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 07:32, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I hardly think this is a tragedy of WP:ATHLETE, unless we want to be overrun with Presentism. matt91486 (talk) 21:19, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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