The result was Withdrawn by nominator below. Giant Snowman 09:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
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I'm quite sure that this is a duplicate article for the Scottish footballer Willie Clarke (footballer), also referred to as Billy, who did play 35 times for Lincoln (the number noted here). The sources here are very weak and expired and do not corroborate his position or era. I can find no references for a William Clarke who only played for Lincoln City in this era, only the aforementioned Willie Clarke (footballer). Mountain cirque 15:34, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Keep. It's not an uncommon name. Sources list them as two different people who played for Lincoln City 12 years apart who each made 35 league appearances (but scored different numbers of goals and made different numbers of total appearances).
If you visit the ENFA website player search facility and search for surname Clark and club Lincoln City, it returns two W Clarkes. The first is William Clarke (footballer), the second, whom they list as Willie, is Billy Clarke (footballer, born 1878). It's a subscription site, so clicking on them won't help unless you've got an account, but they have no details on William Clarke (footballer) beyond what's in his article.
Archived copies exist of the Lincoln City Archive sources. William Clarke (footballer) is here and Billy Clarke (footballer, born 1878), whom they listed as Willie Clarke, is here.
William Clarke (footballer) appears to be a Billy Clark signed from Aberdeen in 1898, per the Aberdeen heritage site, and sacked in January 1900 and his fare paid home (Lincolnshire Echo, 6 Jan 1900). I'll put him on my list of articles to expand..... cheers, Struway2 ( talk) 16:50, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
The result was Withdrawn by nominator below. Giant Snowman 09:32, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
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I'm quite sure that this is a duplicate article for the Scottish footballer Willie Clarke (footballer), also referred to as Billy, who did play 35 times for Lincoln (the number noted here). The sources here are very weak and expired and do not corroborate his position or era. I can find no references for a William Clarke who only played for Lincoln City in this era, only the aforementioned Willie Clarke (footballer). Mountain cirque 15:34, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Keep. It's not an uncommon name. Sources list them as two different people who played for Lincoln City 12 years apart who each made 35 league appearances (but scored different numbers of goals and made different numbers of total appearances).
If you visit the ENFA website player search facility and search for surname Clark and club Lincoln City, it returns two W Clarkes. The first is William Clarke (footballer), the second, whom they list as Willie, is Billy Clarke (footballer, born 1878). It's a subscription site, so clicking on them won't help unless you've got an account, but they have no details on William Clarke (footballer) beyond what's in his article.
Archived copies exist of the Lincoln City Archive sources. William Clarke (footballer) is here and Billy Clarke (footballer, born 1878), whom they listed as Willie Clarke, is here.
William Clarke (footballer) appears to be a Billy Clark signed from Aberdeen in 1898, per the Aberdeen heritage site, and sacked in January 1900 and his fare paid home (Lincolnshire Echo, 6 Jan 1900). I'll put him on my list of articles to expand..... cheers, Struway2 ( talk) 16:50, 10 September 2020 (UTC)