Talk:Dingley Dell F.C.

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Did you know... that the short-lived English football club Dingley Dell F.C. was named after a fictitious village in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens?

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 07:02, 11 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the short-lived English football club Dingley Dell F.C. was named after a fictitious village in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens? Source: Curry, Graham (2017) "Football in the capital: a local study with national consequences", Soccer & Society, Volume 20, 2019 - says: "Dingley Dell is a fictitious English village in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. The author’s popularity, the existence in The Pickwick Papers of a cricket match between Dingley Dell and All Muggleton together with the fact that Dickens’ son, also named Charles was a keen sportsman (he was a rower and athlete), may be among the reasons for the choice of name for the club."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Port Vale F.C. league record by opponent

Created by Paul W (talk) and In Vitrio (talk). Nominated by Paul W (talk) at 13:06, 20 April 2022 (UTC).[reply]

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: I assume good faith on the references. However, the 8th reference needs a page number. SL93 (talk) 06:18, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, SL93. I have gone back to the sources and added the relevant page numbers. Paul W (talk) 13:03, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. This is now approved. SL93 (talk) 21:52, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]