Template:Did you know nominations/2014 Football League Cup Final

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The result was: promoted by Orlady (talk) 23:25, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

2014 Football League Cup Final

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... ~~that Manchester City's semi-final first leg victory against West Ham United, led to West Ham lowering ticket prices before City reached the 2014 Football League Cup Final?~~

Reviewed: Alleged 2011 Lenin statue bomb plot in Boryspil
Comment: To be held for the date of the final (2 March).

5x expanded by The C of E (talk). Self nominated at 21:56, 21 January 2014 (UTC).

Comment The source does not support the hook (and the hook is inaccurate). The source states "The club are expected to announce plans to reduce admission fees" (my emphasis). As it turned out, general admission prices were unchanged; only the price for under-16s was reduced. Oldelpaso (talk) 18:41, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

~~I did say that it's probably best to wait until after the second semi final tonight when a more interesting hook might arise.~~ The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 18:44, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

Alt1 ... that Manchester City eliminated the FA Cup holders on their way to the 2014 Football League Cup Final?
Alt2 ... that Sunderland gave free bus rides to their fans to their semi-final before the 2014 Football League Cup Final?
Alt3 ... that Sunderland's semi-final penalty shootout win against Manchester United in order to reach the 2014 Football League Cup Final had no English players scoring any of the penalties?

Full review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:02, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Long enough, new enough, QPQ done. No copyvios detected. All three hooks are short enough; ALT2 isn't sourced (though information is available in [16]). ALT3, and I could be totally wrong here because I am not much of a football fan, but it is very common to outsource players from other countries and so nowadays I've come to expect that! Going with ALT1.--Laun chba ller 10:53, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

I believe the hook is good enough, but instead of the ALT3 can't we have a hook about the "worst penalty shoot-out" in a very long-time? Mentoz (talk) 15:38, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Mentoz, not unless the article says it was, and it currently does not. (It's also the opinion of one sportswriter, which lessens the dramatic impact.) BlueMoonset (talk) 15:59, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

I would not be in favour of that as it does appear to be subjective and POV. I think that either alt1 or alt3 are fine and equally valid. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 17:50, 22 February 2014 (UTC)

Opinions always make good hooks. If you have a reference to suggest a reputable pundit had called it that, then I would be very in favour of it.--Laun chba ller 17:59, 22 February 2014 (UTC)