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The result was Delete. Cbrown1023 talk 03:44, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Leicestershire Combination[edit]

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This league is strictly a reserve league. We have articles for the reserve leagues of the Premier League and the Football League, which are reasonable I think, but the reserve league of the Leicestershire Senior League is not notable. By virtue of it being a reserve league, it's not actually in the pyramid, as it falsely states in the article. Balerion 17:09, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of football (soccer) related deletions. Scottmsg 17:27, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep and Cleanup Although there may a factual error, this requires cleanup. The fact that a team won in the previous season and it is a valid competition gives it nobility. Jem 19:34, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Saying that it has notability because a team won it last year is an odd comment. Every league that's existed for more than one year has a team that won it last year, they aren't all notable. My boss's son plays in a team that won the South East Staffordshire Regional Under-12s League (or some such) last year but that league certainly isn't notable.... ChrisTheDude 08:02, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as strictly the reserve league for a rather low level of football. Robotforaday 23:30, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - the league plays 2 levels below the minimum for inclusion here. -- Bpmullins | Talk 04:09, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - That's actually a misrepresentation of the rule - leagues below level 10 are included, but not clubs. That being said, this league exists only as a reserve league for the Leicestershire Senior League. Lots of other small leagues have reserve divisions which are not notable enough for their own article. Just because the LSL decided to call theirs by a different name (other than "LSL Reserve Divisions 1 and 2) doesn't make it more notable. As I've said, it's not in the pyramid at all as it's strictly a reserve league. I favor keeping leagues outside the pyramid like the Perry Street League and Amateur Football Alliance leagues, but they are first-team leagues. --Balerion 05:29, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment/Question - Is it actually the reserve league of the Leicestershire Senior League? Or just an independent league that is for reserve sides? I've seen nothing other than a single sentence in this article that it is the former, but if it is, then this article deserves to go. - fchd 06:51, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - League description - "This is the reserves league for the Leicestershire Senior League". It contains reserve sides for all the LSL sides plus Friar Lane & Epworth Reserves, whose parent club just promoted out of the LSL. --Balerion 07:04, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to a brief mention on the Leicestershire Senior League article ChrisTheDude 08:03, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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