Deletion of Mem Martins Sport Clube

Comment: The reason for this AfD appears to be '''the club has played no higher than the fifth tier of the Portuguese league system'''. In this context we must remind ourselves that in England we have clubs playing in the eleventh tier that are notable because they have played in a national cup. At the moment the underlying principle that we follow is set down in the essay  which states '''All teams that have played in the national cup (or the national level of the league structure in countries where no cup exists) are assumed to meet WP:N criteria.''' In this context Mem Martins Sport Clube is clearly notable as they played 2 matches in the Portuguese national cup (Taça de Portugal) in 1990–91. More importantly there is evidence above that the article can be prepared to a standard that meets 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:FOOTYN||WP:GNG)

Comment: I'm finding zero English language references for "Mem Martins Sport Clube." The article cites {{cite news | date=4 July 2010 |language=Portuguese| title=Sporting and Mem Martins Sport Clube reached a deal | url=http://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi2004/emitentes/docs/FR29226.pdf |work=CMVM }}, but that has no mention of Mem Martins Sport Clube. The references cited by League Octopus above are a mixture of non-independent sources and non-Wikipedia reliable sources, neither of which contributes towards meeting 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: With reference to the above comments the fact that there are no English language references is absolutely of no relevance at all?  There are 2 excellent Portuguese language sources - ZeroZero and ForaDeJogo. There is a good newspaper source with a wealth of material in the Journal de Sintra.  I know that I can produce an article that meets  if we keep to our normal standards of 4 or 5 sources (and I would expect to provide around 10 sources for this article).  However, in this case I am not going to produce a revamped article as I think we should concentrate on the core issue of whether appearances in the national cup confers notability. For the last 5 years this has been a core parameter in our decision-making
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: There are no sources either in the article or, as far as I can tell having gone through a fair number of them, listed above, to indicate ''non-trivial'' coverage in independent reliable sources as required by . The local weekly paper refs are mostly fixtures and results, and the others are sites connected to the club, stats sites or blogs, which can be used to supply detail but not to establish notability. As to , there isn't even a ''local'' consensus to suggest that a club entering any national cup ''regardless of entry criteria'' can be assumed notable, whatever it may say in the essay WP:FOOTYN or in any other essay, so we do need to demonstrate GNG, and as yet we haven't.No prejudice against re-creation as and when notability can be demonstrated. If League Octopus or anyone else thinks they can improve the article so that it demonstrates general notability, that would be a benefit to the encyclopedia and much appreciated. But that would be better done in userspace, not mainspace. cheers
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:CONLIMITED)