Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/English non-league task force
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The primary goal of this project to improve the quality of articles related to English non-league football . This page and its sub-pages describe the goals and scope of the task force; list the members of the task force; collate the task force's assessment data; organise mini projects and to-do lists; and keep track of various useful online sources. It is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of Wikipedians interested in English non-league football. If you would like to help, have a look at the projects and tasks lower down the page, or inquire on the talk page.
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Main goals
[edit ]- To increase the standard of Wikipedia's coverage of non-league football
- To provide basic information on notable non-league clubs and competitions
- To provide an area where contributors interested in non-league football can identify each other and discuss any issues
- To organise a collaboration on non-league football, with a view to writing featured articles on the subject
Scope
[edit ]This Task Force aims to improve all articles related to English non-league football. This includes the following:
| Article type | Scope | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Club | Played non-league football at some point in its history. | Gillingham F.C. |
| Player | Played non-league football at some point in his career. | Bert Trautmann |
| Manager | Managed a non-league football club at some point in their career. | Fred Keenor |
| Ground | Hosted non-league league games and/or competition finals. | Kenilworth Road |
| League | Past and present non-league leagues. | West Midlands (Regional) League |
| Competition | Past and present competitions entered by non-league clubs. | FA Vase |
| Season | Season articles for above leagues and competitions. Club season articles for seasons spent in non-league. |
2010–11 Northern Premier League 2011–12 York City F.C. season |
| History | History of above topics. | History of Ipswich Town F.C. |
| List | Lists related to above topics. | List of Oxford United F.C. players |
Participants
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This is a list of active members. Members who have not edited non-league articles in over six months are considered dormant. Members will be removed if they have not edited non-league articles in over a year.
| User | Non-league club supported | Relevant stuff you'd like to work on |
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| ChrisTheDude | None, just general interest | I'm currently working to de-stub all articles in the Conference South and the leagues working down from it..... |
| Mattythewhite | York City | Conference and York City. |
| Harrias | Truro City | Non-league football in the Midlands and Cornwall. |
| Eddie6705 | Oxford United | Southern League, Lower Leagues, Aylesbury United |
| Bald Zebra | Andover | Southern and Wessex League teams, starting with Andover. |
| Jimbo online | Grays Athletic | Conference National teams. The top tiers of non-League football, non-League football in Essex, Kent & Greater London. |
| Narom | Southport | Mainly BSP/BSN, but dabble in the NPL and other North West non-league teams/leagues. |
| SBFCEdit | Stevenage Borough | Stevenage Borough pages and correcting current squads. |
| Half Price | Sutton United | Sutton United, other Isthmian teams, non-league stadiums (I've been to quite a few!), general tidying. |
| Jeffnz | Longwell Green Sports | Mainly focused on Longwell Green Sports FC (a non league club near Bristol) but also some edits to the Western League |
| Delusion23 | F.C. United | Northern Premier League topics. |
| Bretonbanquet | Truro City | Conf/Southern/Isthmian/Northern league tables, stats for ex-Orient players |
| Liamtaylor007 | Hyde | Conference National, Hyde F.C., northern non-league football with the occasional edit on the south. |
| David | Church Stretton Town F.C. | Shropshire-related non-league... notably the Mercian Regional Football League page. |
| Stag180 | Mansfield Town | General non-league football |
| MCMXCsports | Deeping Rangers | UCL, P&DFL and anything within this region, But will help elsewhere. |
| BigDom | Nelson | North West Counties League, specifically the East Lancs teams |
| Cazza3012 | Romsey Town | Romsey Town, the Wessex League and Hampshire League. |
| Thekidpsd | Conference, Isthmian, Southern and Northern Premier Leagues. | |
| Sunderland06 | FC United of Manchester | Non-league, local football |
| Zanoni | None, just general interest | Transfers, squad updates - focusing on the North West |
| Babylon77 | None, just general interest. (West Ham is my Supported club) | Southern & Greater London non-league football clubs |
| GauchoDude | Weston-super-Mare | Weston-super-Mare. |
| Greverod | Bromsgrove Rovers | Worcestershire football, or anything. |
| Rillington | York City | Yorkshire, north Midlands, north west and north east England. |
| Catgamer | None, just general interest | Eastern Counties, Essex Senior, Hellenic, Kent, Midland, Northern Counties East, Spartan South Midlands, Sussex. |
| Footballgy | Grimsby Town | Lincolnshire clubs, general tidys, updating transfers, expanding player intro sections and keeping an eye out for vandals. |
| Arthur7171 | None, just general interest | Football Conference, Northern Counties East Football League, Northern Premier League & United Counties League |
| Æthelred | AFC Wulfrunians | West Midlands area, updates and citation, general tidy up and spelling / grammar. |
| drawoh46 | Alsager Town | Predominantly North West Counties League and its constituent teams, but also have an interest in other leagues, particularly those at step 5. |
| dfcfozz | Darlington 1883 | Predominantly Darlington 1883, Northern League, Wearside League and Northern Alliance |
| Montgomery15 | Gosport Borough | Career stats of players, Gosport Borough-related stuff, spelling and/or grammatical improvements where required. |
| Kivo | Kiveton Park, Worksop Town and a few others | Have revamped all pages for non-league clubs in South Yorkshire |
| BoroFan89 | Eastbourne Borough F.C. | Eastbourne clubs and player articles |
| Thinkingsam | Tiverton Town F.C., Stockport County F.C. | De-stubs, non-league grounds, Devon non-league, general improvement of existing articles |
| JonnyDKeen | Altrincham | Altrincham, also North West Counties and Northern Premier League clubs as well as anyone else I might visit on away days or whilst groundhopping. |
| EddersGTI | Eastbourne Town | Sussex County League, Eastbourne Town and other Sussex related clubs. |
| CybJubal | Welwyn Garden City | Southern League, mainly SL Division One Central and whatever WGC is involved in. If needed I will assist with other leagues and clubs. |
| Fishygy | None - General Interest | Interested in adding season articles for teams formerly in non-league/currently in non-league |
| Gateshead FC Ole Ole | Gateshead F.C. (and a few other Tyne and Wear/Southern Northumberland sides) | Gateshead FC, South Shields, Blyth Spartans and a few other North-East clubs. |
| F1fan00 | Market Drayton Town, AFC Telford United and various other Salopian non-league clubs | I am looking to help make some relavant edits, specifically in Leagues that have teams from the likes of Shropshire, Cheshire, Stafforshire and the other local English Counties |
| ThorneySX | Southend United F.C., Billericay Town F.C. | Essex non-league... |
Members who have not been active on non-league football pages for over six months, but have edited them in the last year.
| User | Non-league club supported | Relevant stuff you'd like to work on |
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| WMcDuff | Ashington | Ashington and some Northern League stuff. |
| Gasheadsteve | Mangotsfield United | Anything |
| CU4ever | None, just general interest | Conference clubs, and player articles |
Showcase
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Some of the articles supported by the English non-league task force have reached featured article or featured list status (FA and FL, respectively), meaning they are amongst the very best content in Wikipedia. They are listed below; a bold title indicates the article was "today's featured article" or "today's featured list" for the date listed. Also included here are articles that are featured article candidates (FAC) that failed, those that have undergone peer review (PR) as part of an effort to get them to FA status, and those that have achieved good article (GA) status, the next-highest level of quality.
| Featured articles (24) | |||
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| Article | Type | Peer Review | FAC / FLC |
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| Blackburn Olympic F.C. (December 22, 2012) | Featured Article | PR | FAC |
| Dover Athletic F.C. | Featured Article | PR | FAC |
| Gillingham F.C. (December 12, 2011) | Featured Article | PR | FAC |
| Leek Town F.C. | Featured Article | PR | FAC |
| Luton Town F.C. (June 10, 2011) | Featured Article | PR | FAC |
| Margate F.C. | Featured Article | PR | FAC |
| Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. | Featured Article | PR | FAC |
| York City F.C. (August 26, 2007) | Featured Article | PR | FAC |
| Grounds | |||
| Bootham Crescent | Featured Article | FAC | |
| Priestfield Stadium (9 November 2008) | Featured Article | PR | FAC |
| Gateshead International Stadium | Featured Article | PR 1st, 2nd | FAC |
| History | |||
| History of York City F.C. (1922–1980) | Featured Article | PR 1st, 2nd, 3rd | FAC |
| History of York City F.C. (1980–present) | Featured Article | FAC | |
Recent achievements
[edit ]Successful FACs, FARs, GANs, GARs, or milestones in the last year:
- List of F.C. United of Manchester seasons became a featured list on 20 April 2016
- History of York City F.C. (1980–present) became a featured article on 11 March 2016
- Adam Stansfield became a good article on 13 February 2016
- Broadhurst Park became a good article on 2 January 2016
- Bootham Crescent became a featured article on 7 October 2015
- James Crumley (footballer) became a good article on 2 September 2015
For past achievements please see the archive.
Club articles
[edit ]Improve your favourite club's article, and put them on the map! There are only eight current and former non-league clubs with Featured Articles, and ten current and former non-league clubs with Good Articles.
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| Good articles |
Sudbury • Andover • Crystal Palace • Darlington • F.C. United • Kingstonian • Middlesbrough • Millwall • Oxford United • Team Bath • Tow Law Town • Wanderers | |
| Featured articles |
Blackburn Olympic • Dover Athletic • Gillingham • Leek Town • Luton Town • Margate • Stocksbridge Park Steels • York City | |
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Popular pages
[edit ]Assessment department
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Current status
[edit ]The assessment department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's English non-league football related articles.
The proportion of all articles with an assessed project banner:
100% assessed (estimate: some more article talk pages may still need a banner tag)
The proportion of all articles with known importance is:
97.5% known importance (estimate: some more article talk pages may still need a banner tag)
| English non-league football articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| FA | 2 | 4 | 18 | 24 | |||
| FL | 24 | 24 | |||||
| GA | 19 | 39 | 64 | 122 | |||
| B | 1 | 13 | 27 | 50 | 91 | ||
| C | 1 | 65 | 74 | 282 | 422 | ||
| Start | 53 | 241 | 3,287 | 3,581 | |||
| Stub | 2 | 41 | 2,213 | 194 | 2,450 | ||
| List | 91 | 4 | 95 | ||||
| Category | 266 | 266 | |||||
| Disambig | 11 | 11 | |||||
| File | 424 | 424 | |||||
| Project | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Redirect | 204 | 204 | |||||
| Template | 77 | 77 | |||||
| NA | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Assessed | 2 | 154 | 426 | 6,029 | 994 | 198 | 7,803 |
| Total | 2 | 154 | 426 | 6,029 | 994 | 198 | 7,803 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 34,810 | Ω = 5.20 | |||||
The Quality Log keeps track of the changes made to this table as it is updated by the bot. If you wish to update the summary table, use this link, then select or type "English_non-league_football" and click "Go". It may take a few minutes as the bot goes through all the non-league articles. When it is finished it should display a summary page, after which you may exit the page.
Article alerts
[edit ]Good article nominees
- 16 Mar 2026 – Southwell City F.C. (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Curlymanjaro (t · c); start discussion
- 30 Dec 2025 – Billy Vigar (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Afrowriter (t · c); start discussion
- 25 Aug 2025 – Dino Maamria (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by SBFCEdit (t · c); start discussion
Projects
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icon To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/English non-league task force:
- Article requests : Season articles for level 9–10 leagues. Coventry Spartans F.C., Ruislip F.C.
- Cleanup : Northern Premier League seasons pre-1991
- Expand : Non-League football, National League System league articles
- Stubs : See: Category:Stub-Class English non-league football articles
- Update : Pics/Graphics wanted: National League (division), Ashton United F.C..
- Verify : NPL Chairman's Cup, NPL President's Cup and Peter Swales Shield results.
- Other : Project: Add {{Football|non-league=high/medium/low}} to the talk pages of all English non-league football-related articles.
- Reduce number of clubs stubs: (see Category:English football club stubs) As of 14 May 2015 there are around 284 (
(削除) 414 (削除ここまで),(削除) 352 (削除ここまで),(削除) 327 (削除ここまで),(削除) 318 (削除ここまで),(削除) 286 (削除ここまで),(削除) 276 (削除ここまで),(削除) 247 (削除ここまで),(削除) 215 (削除ここまで),(削除) 174 (削除ここまで),(削除) 157 (削除ここまで),(削除) 137 (削除ここまで),(削除) 123 (削除ここまで)) English non-league football club stubs (26 extant clubs). If all participants aimed to make one club article per day non-stub, then it would not take long (5 days to be precise!). Things a club page should have to be made non-stub:- Details of league played in, and rough geographic location (county/borough).
- Completed infobox
- Brief history, honours list and club records (Football Club History Database is useful here, but always cite your sources)
- Link to club website
- League template (where there is one – see here for current list)
- See Lutterworth Athletic F.C. for an example of an article with the minimum for non-stub status.
- Letter of month: B There are just two extant non-league club stubs starting with the letter B: Belper United F.C., Broadfields United F.C.
- In the past the project has de-stubbed all of the extant clubs starting with E, J and R!
- See Club stubs by league for a list of clubs by league.
- Expand league articles: Any league article should include:
- {{Infobox football league }}
- Geographic area covered
- Current number of divisions / teams.
- Recent champions, if not all.
- League template (for all divisions), plus promotion/relegation info
- External link
- A list of stub league articles can be found at Category:English football competition stubs (as of 14 May 2015 there are 98)
- Most of the articles for leagues at level 10 or below are so far only start class. Midland Football Alliance is an example of what to eventually aim for.
- Create all season articles for Step 3–4 (levels 7–8): 225/253 (89%) – as of 23 December 2013
- Northern Premier League – 48/48 (100%) Done
- Southern Football League – 113/113 (100%) Done
- Isthmian League – 101/101 (100%) Done
- Add club badges for every team down to level 10: 611/611 (100%) – as of 2 December 2012
- All step 9–10 leagues Done
- See the list of club articles needing badges for which articles need attention
Please feel free to add any new projects you think the taskforce should focus on.
Adopt an article
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Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.
| Article |
User | Aim |
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| Clayton Donaldson | Mattythewhite | |
| Southern League Division One Midlands | Eddie6705 | |
| Shaun Whalley | Liamtaylor007 | |
| Kaid Mohamed | Liamtaylor007 | |
| F.C. United of Manchester | Delusion23 | Get to FA class |
| Ashington A.F.C. | wmcduff | Get to GA class |
| Romsey Town F.C. | Cazza3012 | Get to GA class. |
Online resources
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The following table shows useful, reliable sources that have been shared by our members to mutually improve the coverage of Non-League football. Websites listed here include primary, secondary and tertiary source material on football team statistics, attendances, kits and ground. Members may wish to refer to this section to gather material for developing pages. please feel free to add any new sources which you have found helpful.
| Hyperlink | Content | Quick reference | Suitability |
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| The Football History Database | Statistics on past team seasons in the league, FA Cup, FA Trophy and FA Vase | *History *Honours *Records |
Updated all the way to 2010–11 Goes down to approx. level 11–12. |
| The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | Historical league table archive | *Seasons | English leagues down to level 10, most all the way back to first season |
| Tony's English Football Site | Statistics on league seasons. Attendances for low leagues. | *Seasons *Result grids *Attendances |
Not updated past season 2008–09. Goes back to season 1997–98. Goes down to levels 10–11. |
| Mike Avery Non-League Football Site | Season 2009–10 replacement for Tony's Football Site | *2009–10 season *Attendances *Results |
Down to levels 12–14. |
| Non-League Matters | Seasons from 2010–11 onwards. | *Very recent seasons *Attendances *Results |
Down to level 15. |
| Historical kits | Kits through history with pictures and descriptions. | *Kit designs | Only old (i.e. Victorian) or high level non-league clubs present. |
| Conference grounds | Guide to Football Conference National grounds. | *Ground info | |
| English Non-League Archive 1965–98 | Archive of Conference, NPL, Southern and Isthmian League seasons. Some cup results, | *Levels 5–8 seasons | Only between 1965–98. Only down to level 8 (or 7 as it was at the time) |
Templates
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Categories
[edit ]- Category:Football competitions in England
- Levels 5–6
- Levels 7–8
- Levels 9–10
- Category:Eastern Counties Football League
- Category:Hellenic Football League
- Category:Midland Football Alliance
- Category:Northern Counties East Football League
- Category:Northern Football League
- Category:North West Counties Football League
- Category:Southern Counties East Football League
- Category:Spartan South Midlands Football League
- Category:Sussex County Football League
- Category:United Counties League
- Category:Wessex Football League
- Category:Western Football League
- Category:West Midlands (Regional) League
- Levels <10
- See list at Category:Football leagues in England
- Cup competitions
Major articles on non-League football
[edit ]- Main Article
- League System
- Level 5
- Level 6
- Levels 7–8
- Non-league Cup Competitions
Related WikiProjects
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The parent project of this Task Force is WikiProject Football. It is also a descendant of the English football taskforce. No descendant Task Forces have been defined.