Template:Did you know nominations/1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 13:16, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final

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• ... that Crewe Alexandra were promoted back to the second tier of English football for the first time in 101 years when they won the 1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final?

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5x expanded by The Rambling Man (talk). Self-nominated at 16:23, 2 March 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: New GAN that was recently expanded. I know little about soccer and even less about English football, but it sounds interesting, particularly to sports fans and history buffs. Passes the Earwig test. TJMSmith (talk) 03:37, 3 March 2021 (UTC)