After something like 20 successful FACs for seasons from the history of
Gillingham F.C. I thought I would give people a bit of a rest. But I couldn't keep away forever :-) So here's the tale of another season in the history of the club, one in which one of their greatest ever players (and my absolute idol when I was 13 years old) made his debut after being (reportedly) swapped for a dozen tracksuits....... --
ChrisTheDude (
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19:11, 22 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Pseud 14
30-year old -- hyphen between year and old
teenager Gary Sutton had deputised for him since the game against Burnley after Hillyard suffered a groin strain. -- maybe consider this as a separate sentence.
Dean White, who scored twice against Portsmouth,[38] repeated the feat in the next game, a 2–1 win over Millwall,[41] which meant that Gillingham had equalled the club record of four consecutive Football League wins away from home and won five consecutive league games for the first time since the 1972–73 season;[42][43] he then scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over Swindon Town. -- same as above, perhaps this could be split as well.
who had only two goals to his name since September -- not sure if to his name is needed. I think it should be fine if we say he only had two goals since September.
This would not be a valid way of expressing it in UK English - we would never say that a player simply "had two goals since September". I worded it like that to try and avoid saying "Kemp made his debut in place of Lee, who had only scored two goals since September, and scored...." I can't really think of a different way to express it...... --
ChrisTheDude (
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07:30, 23 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Micky Adams replaced Andy Ford after Ford suffered a knee injury -- maybe the second mention of Ford could be replaced with after the latter suffered a knee injury
19-year old Tony Cascarino -- hyphen between year and old
Three days later Lee was named only as the -- comma after three days later
A goal-less draw at home to Southend -- other instances were written as goalless, except for this one
After further thought, I found a different way to reword point 4, which I think does work as the two instances of the word "score" are much further apart..... --
ChrisTheDude (
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07:40, 23 August 2023 (UTC)reply
"Due to their continued involvement in the FA Cup". Do the sources support this?
More sources added which confirm that at one time the team had more league games scheduled in January but that the dates were given over to FA Cup games --
ChrisTheDude (
talk)
17:52, 26 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Can "6th", "7th", "9th", etc, be converted to "sixth", "seventh", "ninth", etc, as per
MOS:SPELL09?
Hi Chris, I certainly do. Work has taken a turn towards the manically busy over the last couple of weeks and I haven’t had time to do much of anything, but I should be here in the next day or so. Cheers -
SchroCat (
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09:17, 3 September 2023 (UTC)reply
@
FAC coordinators:
, I have another one nearly ready to go (just need to ref a couple of sentences). Given that this one has three prose supports plus completed source and image reviews, would I be permitted to nominate it? Thanks in advance :-) --
ChrisTheDude (
talk)
07:47, 13 September 2023 (UTC)reply
After something like 20 successful FACs for seasons from the history of
Gillingham F.C. I thought I would give people a bit of a rest. But I couldn't keep away forever :-) So here's the tale of another season in the history of the club, one in which one of their greatest ever players (and my absolute idol when I was 13 years old) made his debut after being (reportedly) swapped for a dozen tracksuits....... --
ChrisTheDude (
talk)
19:11, 22 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Pseud 14
30-year old -- hyphen between year and old
teenager Gary Sutton had deputised for him since the game against Burnley after Hillyard suffered a groin strain. -- maybe consider this as a separate sentence.
Dean White, who scored twice against Portsmouth,[38] repeated the feat in the next game, a 2–1 win over Millwall,[41] which meant that Gillingham had equalled the club record of four consecutive Football League wins away from home and won five consecutive league games for the first time since the 1972–73 season;[42][43] he then scored the only goal in a 1–0 win over Swindon Town. -- same as above, perhaps this could be split as well.
who had only two goals to his name since September -- not sure if to his name is needed. I think it should be fine if we say he only had two goals since September.
This would not be a valid way of expressing it in UK English - we would never say that a player simply "had two goals since September". I worded it like that to try and avoid saying "Kemp made his debut in place of Lee, who had only scored two goals since September, and scored...." I can't really think of a different way to express it...... --
ChrisTheDude (
talk)
07:30, 23 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Micky Adams replaced Andy Ford after Ford suffered a knee injury -- maybe the second mention of Ford could be replaced with after the latter suffered a knee injury
19-year old Tony Cascarino -- hyphen between year and old
Three days later Lee was named only as the -- comma after three days later
A goal-less draw at home to Southend -- other instances were written as goalless, except for this one
After further thought, I found a different way to reword point 4, which I think does work as the two instances of the word "score" are much further apart..... --
ChrisTheDude (
talk)
07:40, 23 August 2023 (UTC)reply
"Due to their continued involvement in the FA Cup". Do the sources support this?
More sources added which confirm that at one time the team had more league games scheduled in January but that the dates were given over to FA Cup games --
ChrisTheDude (
talk)
17:52, 26 August 2023 (UTC)reply
Can "6th", "7th", "9th", etc, be converted to "sixth", "seventh", "ninth", etc, as per
MOS:SPELL09?
Hi Chris, I certainly do. Work has taken a turn towards the manically busy over the last couple of weeks and I haven’t had time to do much of anything, but I should be here in the next day or so. Cheers -
SchroCat (
talk)
09:17, 3 September 2023 (UTC)reply
@
FAC coordinators:
, I have another one nearly ready to go (just need to ref a couple of sentences). Given that this one has three prose supports plus completed source and image reviews, would I be permitted to nominate it? Thanks in advance :-) --
ChrisTheDude (
talk)
07:47, 13 September 2023 (UTC)reply