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The POV language of this article needs to be toned down. Rick K 23:05, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
I agree. Also the grammar is rather atrocious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.149.228.138 ( talk) 15:52, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
As regards Trivia, in my opinion there is a big mistake: in April 2nd, 1955 Stanley Matthews scored no goal in England-Scotland -- 80.104.88.41 23:59, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
Yes, created is what I meant. Thanks for the clarification. The quote added recently about his death says 'January 2000'. Is this a copying error or just an error in the original quote? If it is the latter, maybe we should add '[sic]' so that people don't think it is our mistake? Ben davison 12:05, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
I added the reference to Matthews in Fever Pitch (1997 film), but I don't know how to add a reference. So I checked how many references there were, saw 173, and cited the quote as follows:
174. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119114/quotes?ref_=tt_trv_qu
Moderator may make it correctly added at his convenience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pacholeknbnj ( talk • contribs) 19:45, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm no expert on Sir SM but multiple biographical sources state that his mother was Ada Matthews, not Elizabeth For example, https://ryan-pierce-r8x8.squarespace.com/biography . Selimap ( talk) 10:48, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Was he really a vegetarian? His teetotal status was always well know, but he doesn't even mention being a vegetarian in his Autobiography - citation to back up this statement would be nice 86.139.119.213 15:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
In his autobiography SM makes it clear that, while he had dietary views decades ahead of their time, he was not a vegetarian. He did however have a diet with no red meat and high on vegetables and fruit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.151.241.157 ( talk) 20:09, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
I know the story about never being booked is often repeated, but bookings as a concept were only introduced in 1970. 68.144.160.23 ( talk)
A temporary subpage at User:Polbot/fjc/Stanley Matthews was automatically created by a perl script, based on this article at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. Polbot ( talk) 14:35, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
"On 15 May 1957, Matthews became the oldest player ever to represent his country. On his last appearance for England, in a 4–1 defeat to Denmark in Copenhagen, he was 42 years and 104 days old." But what about this from the South Wales Echo? The Billy Meredith artice doesn't mention this, but is it true? Martinevans123 ( talk) 18:41, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
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Why there is not any information about his management career in Hibernians?-- Rapsar ( talk) 23:21, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
'He played his final competitive game in 1985, at the age of 70' is very misleading. Was that really a competitive game? What is the definition of 'competitive' in this context? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.133.19.225 ( talk) 01:37, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
"Most notable of his coaching experiences". Says who? "Most notable of his coaching experiences came when he established an all-black team in Soweto..... despite South Africa's harsh apartheid laws". One does not know whether to laugh or cry. Whatever the horrors of apartheid may have been, it did not include a ban on soccer teams, whether white, black or green.
I watched this great man play a demonstration match at Hartleyvale in Cape Town in about 1953 to a segregated crowd. I have mentioned this before in the article. The fact keeps disappearing.... I have no axe to grind. I merely have no time for suppressio veri and currently fashionable twaddle.... 121.219.160.145 ( talk) 13:39, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
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The POV language of this article needs to be toned down. Rick K 23:05, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
I agree. Also the grammar is rather atrocious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.149.228.138 ( talk) 15:52, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
As regards Trivia, in my opinion there is a big mistake: in April 2nd, 1955 Stanley Matthews scored no goal in England-Scotland -- 80.104.88.41 23:59, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
Yes, created is what I meant. Thanks for the clarification. The quote added recently about his death says 'January 2000'. Is this a copying error or just an error in the original quote? If it is the latter, maybe we should add '[sic]' so that people don't think it is our mistake? Ben davison 12:05, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
I added the reference to Matthews in Fever Pitch (1997 film), but I don't know how to add a reference. So I checked how many references there were, saw 173, and cited the quote as follows:
174. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119114/quotes?ref_=tt_trv_qu
Moderator may make it correctly added at his convenience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pacholeknbnj ( talk • contribs) 19:45, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
I'm no expert on Sir SM but multiple biographical sources state that his mother was Ada Matthews, not Elizabeth For example, https://ryan-pierce-r8x8.squarespace.com/biography . Selimap ( talk) 10:48, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Was he really a vegetarian? His teetotal status was always well know, but he doesn't even mention being a vegetarian in his Autobiography - citation to back up this statement would be nice 86.139.119.213 15:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
In his autobiography SM makes it clear that, while he had dietary views decades ahead of their time, he was not a vegetarian. He did however have a diet with no red meat and high on vegetables and fruit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.151.241.157 ( talk) 20:09, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
I know the story about never being booked is often repeated, but bookings as a concept were only introduced in 1970. 68.144.160.23 ( talk)
A temporary subpage at User:Polbot/fjc/Stanley Matthews was automatically created by a perl script, based on this article at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. Polbot ( talk) 14:35, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
"On 15 May 1957, Matthews became the oldest player ever to represent his country. On his last appearance for England, in a 4–1 defeat to Denmark in Copenhagen, he was 42 years and 104 days old." But what about this from the South Wales Echo? The Billy Meredith artice doesn't mention this, but is it true? Martinevans123 ( talk) 18:41, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
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Disambiguations: England Schoolboys in the infobox needs disambiguating, I was unable to determine the correct target. Jezhotwells ( talk) 02:25, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
Linkrot: Repaired 2 and tagged one deadlink. [1] Jezhotwells ( talk) 02:35, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
I aim to post a full review within 48 hours. Jezhotwells ( talk) 02:35, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
Why there is not any information about his management career in Hibernians?-- Rapsar ( talk) 23:21, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
'He played his final competitive game in 1985, at the age of 70' is very misleading. Was that really a competitive game? What is the definition of 'competitive' in this context? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.133.19.225 ( talk) 01:37, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
"Most notable of his coaching experiences". Says who? "Most notable of his coaching experiences came when he established an all-black team in Soweto..... despite South Africa's harsh apartheid laws". One does not know whether to laugh or cry. Whatever the horrors of apartheid may have been, it did not include a ban on soccer teams, whether white, black or green.
I watched this great man play a demonstration match at Hartleyvale in Cape Town in about 1953 to a segregated crowd. I have mentioned this before in the article. The fact keeps disappearing.... I have no axe to grind. I merely have no time for suppressio veri and currently fashionable twaddle.... 121.219.160.145 ( talk) 13:39, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
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