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The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was promoted by Ealdgyth via FACBot (talk) 8 May 2020 [1].

1980–81 Ipswich Town F.C. season

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Nominator(s): The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 22:04, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The greatest season in "my" club's history. Everyone's second-favourite team, Ipswich fought on multiple fronts and could have won everything, the league, the League Cup, the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup, but fell short on all but one front. But still they punched above their weight by some magnitude. And with Bobby Robson at the helm, this was an incomparable season in the history of the club. This is a true labour of love so any question will be taken seriously and and worked on with diligence. Thank you in advance for your interest in the article and any time you might spend making this a definitive season coverage. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 22:04, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment by RetiredDuke

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I went ahead and archived all links in the article, except for the ones already in the British Newspaper Archive. Just an heads up, the Times article from 2004 is dead and I couldn't find an archive for it. RetiredDuke (talk) 18:32, 23 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers dude. Replaced the dead one, it was easy. Thanks for looking. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 18:58, 23 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Image review

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All images are appropriately licensed and captioned, except:

That's all, thanks. Moisejp (talk) 17:48, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Moisejp cheers, comments above. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 18:12, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks for fixing the link for the first image, TRM. For the second image, possibly if Howcheng, who originally uploaded the photo in 2008, can help, that would be great, otherwise I'm satisfied to assume good faith. Moisejp (talk) 19:06, 24 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I no longer have access to OTRS, but based on what I put in image description page when I uploaded, it was somebody's personal photo of Beattie that they declared as PD. —howcheng {chat} 00:55, 25 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It all looks good, then. Thank you. Moisejp (talk) 14:57, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support from 54129

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Leaving the claret and blue at the door for this one  :)

I was dumb, TRM—I didn't realise it was a dab page (even though, yeah, it says), just a stub. But it is a shame not to be able to explain the term.
Sortable's a good idea for price-comparison purposes  :) ——SN54129 16:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • First names for Cooper, Brazil and Beattie? (Reading on, that applies to everyone that gets mentioned)
    Done, and that's an artefact of not actually working on the article in top-to-bottom order. I realise I should do this and will double-double check before I'm done. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 15:27, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why had Terry been suspended?
    Well I'm afraid the source doesn't reflect on that, but I strongly suspect that the only reason would have been he was naughty in the previous game (or hit a card limit over the previous games...) I'll see if I can find another source for the game preceding this one to see if sheds any light on the deal. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 15:27, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Great stuff! ——SN54129 16:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Understood. ——SN54129 16:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Not a major point. Just thought it might sound a little punditry, but we haven't got an article to link to (the nearest is Form (horse racing), but that's eggy). ——SN54129 16:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Ouch, must've been a bullet head. ——SN54129 16:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Check. ——SN54129 16:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I admit I'm confused now! So are Ipswich at home, and that's why Rep is in the away team? It's just that, I'm reading Ipswich faced French team AS Saint-Étienne in the quarter-finals in March 1981, the first leg being held in the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard to indicate that Ipswich was playing in St Étienne's stadium, which would make them the away team? No problem with keeping the Dutch bit though. ——SN54129 16:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)]][reply]
Gah, that's what happens when I try to rush things. It should (somewhat obviously now!!) say "put the home team" and thus now it does. Sorry for the confusion and thanks for your patience! The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 18:52, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it works for me now, odd. Cancel this one! ——SN54129 16:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers TRM, bloody good article. ——SN54129 14:22, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Serial Number 54129 many thanks for your comments, I've addressed them all above, I think almost all of them entirely. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 16:28, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers TRM, there's just one thing I'd like clarifying if you could, re. St Étienne. To mop my confused brow! ——SN54129 16:55, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Serial Number 54129 that last point addressed with my apologies for such clumsiness! The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 18:52, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, thought I was losing it! Good work. ——SN54129 18:57, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support by Dweller

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This is looking good. I noticed a lack of information about Paul Cooper. In such a magnificent season, the fact that he was the club's player of the year, means he was outstanding, yet the text only mentions him when we wasn't playing! Was it that season he saved a lot of penalties? There's generally a lack of mention of defensive players, except when they scored or were absent, which is I know hard to fix, but Cooper's omission is significant. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 12:14, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you mean Paul Cooper (footballer, born 1953).... Sure, I'll take a look to see if I can make more mention of him. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 12:29, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Dweller I noted his (and his defenders') 27 clean sheets and also discovered that he was man of the match in the UEFA Cup final second leg, so added that into the prose too. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 15:33, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Nicely done. I'll continue looking when I get a chance. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 10:12, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Dweller whenever you can, of course. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 10:59, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Easily good enough for FAC. Splendid work on the dark side, TRM. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 07:53, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

SupportComments from Truflip99

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This article looks great from a quick glance and am reserving a spot for comments. Hoping you could provide comments to MAX Yellow Line in return. --truflip99 (talk) 22:24, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think that's it from me. Great read. --truflip99 (talk) 23:07, 2 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Truflip99 thanks for your comments and suggestions, I've responded to each of them above. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 10:59, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Looks great! Support. --truflip99 (talk) 16:39, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sauce review by Cas Liber

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Looking over...

  • Earwig's copyvio clear.
  • FN 3 used once - aligns with text.
  • FN 61 used once - aligns with text.
  • FN 46 used six five times - aligns with text on 5/6. Last use is to reference, " Leading the way was Wark, who set a UEFA Cup record by scoring 14 goals, including two in the final", which I can't see in source....

  • Formatting of refs is consistent.

So one minor issue above.Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:19, 6 May 2020 (UTC) all good now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:27, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Casliber thanks so much for that. I don't know what I was thinking there. I've adjusted it on another article too. Should be fine now. Cheers. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 13:34, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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