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Did you know... that Adam Murray became the youngest manager in the English Football League when he was appointed at Mansfield Town at the age of 33?

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GA Review

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Comments

"17-year" should be hyphenated.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I would expand U20 on the first mention.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Link promotion.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"and Football Conference." vs "Conference National"?
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"play-offs in 2005" probably ought to have the whole lot in the pipe.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Could link captain.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"much of his 97" many, not much.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Could link "loan".
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a link for caretaker?
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Link substitute.
- It already was?--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"1998–99 season" etc etc, put the "season" inside the pipe.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Could link "manager".
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"Derby would be relegated" avoid the "would be" and stick with "were".
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"Murray would feature only" ditto, -> "Murray featured irregularly"
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"for the "Stags", " avoid these unexplained nicknames.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Link "sending off".
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"after a tough spell battling alcohol addiction" bit tabloidy.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"overcame this battle" ditto.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"transfer-listed" is there a link?
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"helping the "Cumbrians" to qualify" again, no unsourced/unexplained nicknames.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"of the 2006–07 League One season" this is confusing linking.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"; "Gulls" manager" see above.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"for the "Silkmen"" etc. Not mentioning it again.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"a virtual ever-present" what is that?? "nearly ever-present"??
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"A back operation caused Murray" maybe "Following an operation on his back, Murray..."?
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"but he now saw Wilder as one of the best manager in " -> "but now saw him as one of the best managers in "
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"Hatters", but departed" probably "and" rather than "but".
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"20 miles from" convert.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Link extra time.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"to qualify for the play-offs" is there a link?
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"red carded" hyphen.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Link player-manager.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"with energy and tenacity whose natural talent" according to whom??
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"later at Field Mill, was" overlinked.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Any link for "free transfer"?
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"After a successful month" more like two weeks??!
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"in 21st-place" no hyphen required.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"in 15th-place and" again. Not mentioning this again.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"at Burton Albion.[103]" Burton is overlinked.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"to assist Valérien Ismaël" no need to repeat his first name.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"is known as a manager with an eye for detail" according to whom??
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"Karl Hawley was" who he?
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Fix all the spaced hyphens (should be en-dashes)
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Consistent BBC Sport or just BBC Sport.
- Done.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That's enough to be getting on with. On hold. The Rambling Man (Keep wearing the mask...) 17:08, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Okay thank you, I've done all that.--Echetus Xe 08:44, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 22:17, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Adam Murray became the youngest manager in the English Football League when he was appointed at Mansfield Town at the age of 33? Source: Mansfield Town have appointed Adam Murray as player-manager, making him the youngest boss in the Football League and Premier League.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Sharpe Mason

Improved to Good Article status by EchetusXe (talk). Self-nominated at 13:55, 4 May 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Substantial article, meeting of GA criteria implicates DYK pass. Article was nominated within 7 days of passing GA. Earwigs pings only properly attributed quotes. QPQ has been completed. Hook is interesting, cited, and short enough for DYK. Morgan695 (talk) 23:18, 5 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Youngest manager

Should it be clarified that he was the youngest manager at the time of his appointment and younger managers had been appointed before? Dja1979 (talk) 08:41, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]