Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Middleton Rangers

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:08, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Middleton Rangers

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Non-notable amateur football team that has not played at in a national cup or at high enough level to pass WP:FOOTYN. Team does not appear to pass WP:GNG either. At best it could be a redirect to Neil Maddison with a small mention on his article. PROD tag was removed but no reason was given. Del_♉sion23 (talk) 23:35, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Extra IPs with a likely personal connection to the club have been consistently removing the AfD template from the article and pasting it into the articles of other North East England teams. Examples: [1] [2] [3]. Del_♉sion23 (talk) 18:54, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I found this BBC article. There is also some local coverage, but otherwise this seems to be a junior league team and probably not worthy of an encyclopedia article. - Mr X 02:46, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Giant Snowman 12:21, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - no evidence of notability. Giant Snowman 12:24, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 15:10, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 15:10, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - as the club has not played at level 10 or in the FA Cup or the FA Vase, it hasn't played at high enough level to pass the Football-projects "notability-threshold" and hasn't received enough coverage in reliable sources to pass WP:GNG. Mentoz86 (talk) 08:14, 6 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The club has not reached the levels of notability needed for inclusion; it fails WP:NCLUB and WP:NSPORT. — Ṟ Ṉ™ 16:05, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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