# Talk:1872 FA Cup final

"Scottish club Queen's Park were allowed a bye all the way to the semi-final stage, and were told that should they defeat their opposition, The Wanderers, they would be allowed to play the final the following day." - this isn't correct, QP did not receive a bye all the way to the semis.  They were drawn against Harrow School in round 1, but as the two teams could not agree on match dates they were both (somewhat bizarrely) allowed to progress to round 2, where they were drawn together again.  The school team then withdrew, sending QP into round 3 via a walk-over, and QP were then given a bye from round 3 into the semi.  So while they did reach the semi without ever playing a match, it was not something that had been agreed from the start of the competition....... ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:1872 FA Cup Final/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: GaryColemanFan (talk) 16:45, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
This article is very well written and appears to met most of the criteria. I have a few minor comments:
Route to the final:

"crack Scottish club" - I'm not sure what is meant by "crack" - could a wikilink be used?
It really means just "leading/top/best" in UK vsports vernacular, but I'll reword it so that people don't think they were on drugs
Summary:

"extremely attaacking strategy" - seems like awkward phrasing
reworded
"coin toss" - could use a wikilink
I think it's a pretty common term, but wl added nonetheless
"acute angle" - could use a wikilink
As above
"handled" - could use a wikilink
Done
Details

It has been a while since I reviewed a football match article. Can the details (attendance, lineups for the teams, referee, etc.) be sourced?
Done
Post-match:

"Mr" - a very trivial detail, but is it standard in British English to not use a period/full-stop at the end of this abbreviation?
Yes
I will place it on hold to allow for responses. Any questions or comments can be left here, as this page is on my watchlist. GaryColemanFan (talk) 16:45, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks for your comments, all addressed I think -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:23, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
Looks good. I am promoting the article. Thanks for the quick replies. One thing: I forgot to check the article for disambiguation links when I was doing the review. In the discussion of Cresswell in the "Summary" section, there was a link to Winger, which I changed to Winger (sports). If this is incorrect, the link might need to be fixed. GaryColemanFan (talk) 15:36, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

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--JeffGBot (talk) 23:17, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Alfred Stair is listed as the "referee", but the position of "referee" was not introduced until 1881.  Contemporary reports list Stair as "umpire".  Should we make this change?   Grover cleveland (talk) 20:53, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Replying to my own question -- it looks as if this is an issue with the template.  I've raised the possibility over there.  Grover cleveland (talk) 21:07, 30 January 2018 (UTC)