Deletion of Kevin Doherty (footballer)

Comment: Reasonably "longform" coverage in national newspapers like https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-102638082.html , http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOOTBALL%3A+GOOD+TO+BE+HOME%3B+eircom+LEAGUE+OF+IRELAND+LATEST+Shelbourne...-a079845139 , http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/0F92F8EA68F7ADBD?p=UKNB  would seem to be in |GNG territory. Special:Contributions/90.210.157.103|90.210.157.103
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: He has not managed or played for a club in fully pro league, or received significant coverage, meaning the article fails  and 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NSPORT||WP:GNG)

Comment: Fails  but I guess it passes 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NFOOTY||WP:GNG)

Comment: I've significantly expanded the article, including references to support a variety of things including his Tier 1 appearance, proving notability under  clause 1. Any claim that he fails  is therefore moot. Simply saying he doesn't pass isn't proof; the citations I've provided prove it. Further, the additions of citations across a variety of media sustain passage of ; he is covered in multiple, independent secondary sources stretching from 1999 through to this year, as now proven by the multitude of citations on the article. I would also like to point out the presence of :Category:Republic of Ireland football managers (101 pages), :Category:Shelbourne F.C. managers (27 pages), :Category:League of Ireland managers (188 pages)...all three of which cover positions that the opposition here seem to think do not qualify those pages for inclusion in Wikipedia
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NFOOTY||WP:GNG)

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

Comment: per the crystal-clear consensus above that the subject passes the general notability guideline, so the anglocentric and male-centric  guideline happily doesn't come into it. I initially shared Hammersoft's surprise that this was relisted, but then when I saw who relisted it I was rather less surprised. Why do we put up with editors whose contributions to deletion discussions are no better than random? Special:Contributions/86.17.222.157|86.17.222.157
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NFOOTY)

Comment: First''', the prior PROD has little bearing, as Doherty has become manager of Shelbourne F.C. since that PROD, which obviously changes his status even if the PROD was valid. '''Second''', there's considerable mention of Doherty in the press, as evidenced https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=%22Kevin+Doherty%22+football&oq=%22Kevin+Doherty%22+football&gs_l=news-cc.3..43j43i53.679.4182.0.4341.24.2.0.22.0.1.276.296.1j0j1.2.0...0.0...1ac.1.qiqURWSnMM4&gws_rd=ssl#hl=en&gl=us&authuser=0&tbm=nws&q=%22Kevin+Doherty%22+football+Shelbourne, in multiple reliable secondary sources. '''Third''', while I fully recognize that the top Irish football league is not considered "fully professional", there is no 'higher' league in Ireland. In effect, the guideline permanently relegates all Irish players who haven't played internationally to a status of never being on Wikipedia. This is senseless. '''Fourth''', six of the other seven teams in the first division have articles on their respective managers. It would seem a severe oversight to not include the remaining two. This isn't a case of othercrapexists, but rather a standard that should be met. '''Fifth''' he played for Liverpool F.C., which is a full professional club,  for a time. '''Sixth''' he played for Shelbourne F.C. when it was fully professional during a time when Shelbourne, and indeed much of the League of Ireland, was fully professional (see http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=214358.html this, where they were in the UEFA championship league). With all this in hand, it's obvious he passes  and . This is a blatant keep, with no disrespect intended to the nominator
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:NFOOTBALL)

Comment: Clear  failure (the guidelines are quite clear that it needs to be an international match – i.e. national team, not European competition). As for GNG, the article is clearly well referenced, but such is the level of coverage that football gets, it's easy to write a well referenced article on a player playing at level eight in England (as I did to illustrate this in a recent AfD), so unfortunately I'm not convinced by that argument
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NFOOTY)

Comment: now. Initially there wasn't evidence of enough coverage to make it clear the subject met ; now there is. And I'm not counting references, I'm looking at their quality. The three picked out by the IP editor above in particular (well, the two I can see: I haven't got HighBeam any more) are lengthy pieces in national newspapers about Mr Doherty, not his club(s). Which added to the ongoing general coverage over approaching 20 years makes it pretty clear that the subject ''does'' meet the general notability requirements. cheers
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)