Template:Did you know nominations/2014 FA Cup Final
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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:14, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
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2014 FA Cup Final
[edit]- ... that Arsenal reached the 2014 FA Cup Final today without leaving London?
- Reviewed: Manchester United–Arsenal brawl (1990)
- Comment: For 17 May (the date of the final)
Created by The C of E (talk). Self nominated at 10:10, 13 April 2014 (UTC).
The hook is indeed interesting, but I don't see how it is supported by the article's sources. Part of this is the meaning of "reached": yes, they could have gone from their home stadium to the venue today without leaving London, but the implication here is that they made it through the FA Cup competition by playing entirely in London, and that isn't fully sourced. (The article's larger claim, about it being the first time since 1949–50 FA Cup, is not adequately supported by the source, since a 2005 publication will of necessity be missing the most recent decade of Cup finals.) BlueMoonset (talk) 14:17, 19 April 2014 (UTC)e
- It is sourced through the Arsenal route to the final paragraph. Each sentence about the rounds are sourced to it was at the Emirates or Wembley so it is sourced. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 14:42, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
The new Independent source from 11 April (FN11) directly supports the hook; I'm AGF that the offline FN10 accounts for the article's claim that this is the first time since the 1949–50 FA Cup that it's been an all-London contest for Arsenal, since FN11 just says that 1949–50 required less miles traveled than this year, even though both were within London, not that they are the only two all-London contests since 1949. Will move to special holding area under May 17.(Already there!) BlueMoonset (talk) 02:27, 21 April 2014 (UTC)