Template:Did you know nominations/1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season
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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 20:20, 22 January 2021 (UTC)
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1961–62 Ipswich Town F.C. season
- ... that Ipswich Town won the Football League First Division in the 1961–62 season having been promoted from the Second Division the previous season?
- Reviewed: 2008 FA Cup Final
- Comment: On a word count basis, Jan 6: 713 words, Jan 11: 3572 words.
5x expanded by The Rambling Man (talk). Self-nominated at 13:23, 11 January 2021 (UTC).
Hi The Rambling Man, review follows: 5x expansion in character count confirmed 6 to 11 January; article is well written and cited inline throughout; I am no expert on reliable sources for football articles but those used appear to pass the mark (I trust this editor who has put many football articles through GAN, FAC, FLC etc.); I don't have access to some of the newspaper articles but I did a spot check on a random samples of sources and found no concerns with overly close paraphrasing; hook is interesting (something could be made of the fact that they were the first to do so since Preston in 1889 but that would lengthen the hook and I am happy to go with the nominator's preference) and mentioned in the article; AGF as I don't have access access to Bowler (2013) but the hook fact is readily verifiable elsewhere; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks good to me - Dumelow (talk) 06:56, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks Dumelow - the "Preston" thing is all very well but they won it on the first time of asking because it was the first season ever, so it's not quite the same thing. I prefer, especially in the context of the modern game and the huge gulf between Premier League and Championship, to recognise that "back in the day" teams coming up from the second division were competitive, to the point of being champions. Cheers for the review, much appreciated. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 08:21, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
