Talk:2010 Football League Two play-off final/GA1

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Reviewer: Usernameunique (talk · contribs) 07:19, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Route to the final

• May as well note that Barry Roche was the goalie.

  Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

• What time was the opening goal?

  Added. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

• Scott then scored a 19-minute hat-trick to make it 4–0 with more than half an hour remaining. — Three goals in one sentence? This could be expanded a fair amount.

  It could but then it's not the subject of the article. I don't want one leg of the semi-final to be so much larger than the final report. It covers the essential details, i.e. that Scott scored three goals. Realistically, the absolute essentials for GAN would be the scoreline of the semi-final, but I've set the standard a bit higher. Think of it a bit like MOS:PLOT, it doesn't really matter how amazing and interesting the movie is, the synopsis still has to fit into 200 (say) words. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

• Benson scored his second and Dagenham's fifth midway through the second half; before Scott scored his fourth three minutes later. — Details?

  See above. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

• Dagenham became the first team to score more than five goals in the first leg of a league play-off semi-final. — For how many years had playoff semifinals been a thing?

  They started in 1987, the details on that are in the English Football League play-offs article. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

• Mark Duffy's volley from close range made it 1–0 to Morecambe before Benson headed in an equaliser. — Minutes?

  Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

• made the final score 2–1 — To who?

  Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

• shot past substitute goalkeeper Mikhael Jaimez-Ruiz in the Aldershot goal — Why was Aldershot playing a backup goalie?

  First choice was injured (doesn't say how) in the first half, now added. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Background

• They had suffered relegation to the fourth tier of English football when they lost to Swansea City in the semi-finals of the 1988 Football League play-offs — You can be relegated after making it to the semifinals?

  Yes, in 1988 the teams near the bottom of the league played against the teams near the top of the league below in the play-offs, so the teams in the league above were playing to avoid relegation while those below were playing for promotion. It's there in the play-off article linked. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Summary

• The match kicked off around 3 p.m. on 30 May 2010 in front of 32,054 spectators. — Where?

  Done. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

• Rotherham's goalkeeper Andy Warrington saving a shot from Green — When?

  Not mentioned. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

• unsporting behaviour — For what?

  The source says "unsporting behaviour" without going into detail. Lucky to have that to be honest. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

• Warrington kept the resulting free kick from Green out. — Penalty kick?

  No, only a penalty if the foul is conceded in the penalty area. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

• le Fondre was also booked — Why?

  For "unsporting behaviour", added.

• before being booked — When/why?

  Added, added. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Post-match

• We'll probably be the biggest-ever favourites to be relegated — Why?

  Almost invariably teams that get promoted are most likely to be relegated. Dagenham in particular were punching above their weight even in League Two, let alone League One. But as it's a quote, you'd probably have to ask him what his thinking was around that. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

• Roberts, Dagenham's 40-year-old goalkeeper ... Dagenham goalscorer Green — Green was a midfielder, no?

  That's right, the first says "goalkeeper" and the second says "goalscorer". The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

  Whoops, my mistake. --Usernameunique (talk) 04:50, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Overall

• The Rambling Man, over to you. --Usernameunique (talk) 07:31, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Usernameunique cheers, all addressed/responded to above, thanks for the review as always! The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:45, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

The Rambling Man, looks good, passing now. --Usernameunique (talk) 04:50, 1 April 2021 (UTC)