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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 00:39, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

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1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final

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  • Reviewed: Frederick Swann
  • Comment: Not wed to any specific hook, ALT2 assumes a little bit of knowledge of English football but is somewhat remarkable, the other two are a bit more accessible but less fascinating.

Improved to Good Article status by The Rambling Man (talk). Self-nominated at 11:46, 3 January 2021 (UTC).


  • The article qualifies by way of Good Article status being awarded on 2 January, the day of nomination.
  • Various good-quality sources are used, not least some books about the clubs involved and about the play-offs themselves (looks like a very interesting book, this one!). Match reports and the like come from the expected places: The Guardian, Sporting Life, WSC, regional newspapers etc. All fine. A YouTube video of the match is used as a reference for play-by-play events, which is accepted practice; no worries with sourcing.
  • Hook facts:
    • ALT0: from ref [21]: we [Rovers] got our first million-pound signing, Mike Newell ... first £1m+ signing is by definition the most expensive. Technically the most expensive signing up to that point, but I don't believe it is necessary to overcomplicate matters by extending the hook to say that. The fact that Mike Newell took the penalty is confirmed by and cited to ref [10] as well as the video.
    • ALT1: from ref [21]: As above.
    • ALT2: ref [85] (offline) confirms.
  • QPQ review done on 30 December.
  • I have read the article in detail and can see no factual inaccuracies (e.g. when comparing info here with other articles) or issues with wording etc.
  • No concerns over close paraphrasing or copyvio.
  • Other policy requirements (neutral wording, length, citations, no previous DYK appearance) are also met.


Verified and ready. My preference is also ALT2, because it is a remarkable feat which may well never happen again, so much has football changed. I think readers unfamiliar with the topic can be trusted to use wikilinks to read around the subject and understand why this is the case. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 16:08, 4 January 2021 (UTC)
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