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A fact from 1943 Football League War Cup final appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 September 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that according to sportswriter Jon Henderson, the 1943 Football League War Cup final was "widely regarded as the greatest club football match of the war"?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:32, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the 1943 Football League War Cup final was widely regarded as the greatest association football club match of World War II? Source: 1
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Milly Clegg

Created by Sahaib (talk). Self-nominated at 21:17, 29 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/1943 Football League War Cup final; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Will review. Longhornsg (talk) 23:13, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Article is long and new enough. Earwig check shows a healthy amount of potential overlap, but mostly direct quotes and titles. Copyedited the article to reduce. Image is free. I can't find the quote for the hook cite. Would suggest changing in the hook "club match" to "association football club match" and "the war" to "World War II" to improve readability. @Sahaib: hoping you can help here. Longhornsg (talk)

@Longhornsg: there is no page numbers but I uploaded an image here. Sahaib (talk) 22:39, 5 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Hook verified. But suggest nominator or promoter clarify what was meant by the greatest club match (best association football match in the UK during World War II). Longhornsg (talk) 23:51, 6 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Willie Savage

Article says that Queen of the South player Willie Savage was playing in goal for Blackpool, as a guest player. But his Wikipedia page says he was a full back and does not mention him playing in this match. Also, with a dob of 1888 he would have been 56. A mistake somewhere here? BobBadg (talk) 20:33, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@BobBadg: it is mentioned in Stanley Matthews's autobiography, I uploaded an image here (as there is no page numbers). It is also confirmed in the official programme (image below) with "Savage" being written above Alec Roxburgh's name. Also it wasn't that uncommon for footballers to play in their fifties, an example being Matthews himself. Sahaib (talk) 21:01, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Great, but why was the QoS fullback playing out of position in goal? BobBadg (talk) 18:54, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like it was Reg (Reginald) Savage (b 1912) who was playing in goal for Blackpool, not Willie. Reg had also played for QoS but in 1943 was with Hearts. https://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/players_profiles/S/SavageR.php BobBadg (talk) 19:22, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]