Deletion of Daniel Johnson (footballer)

Comment: fails . has not played highest professional level
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE)

Comment: per nom. Having never actually played for Aston Villa, he clearly fails . He also fails 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE||WP:GNG)

Comment: The basic facts about this person seem well established and I see coverage at national level such as ''The Guardian''.  Perhaps the article should be merged into Aston Villa or some sub-article/list so that the edit history is not lost, per our |editing policy.  Deletion and recreation of the article would be a pointless chore contrary to |policy
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Editing policy (WP:PRESERVE||WP:BURO)

Comment: Fails .  No prejudice against re-creation of the article if this guy plays in a few games and gets some coverage
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NSPORTS)

Comment: clearly fails  currently (youth player for Aston Villa explicitly does not count), and as the relevant section of that only says that "players who have appeared ... in a fully-professional league ... will ''generally'' be regarded as notable" (my emphasis), I would suggest that it would take more than a single appearance to conclude that he is ''definitely'' notable under that criteria. No non-trivial, non- coverage, so no 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE||WP:NOTNEWS||WP:GNG)

Comment: fails  and 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE||WP:GNG)

Comment: Doesn't meet , and a Google News search I performed found no evidence of the coverage about him that was referred to above
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NSPORTS)