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	Alf Ramsey is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
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Article milestones Date Process Result April 9, 2017 Good article nominee Listed March 28, 2019 Featured article candidate Promoted A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on April 28, 2017. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Alf Ramsey (pictured) led Ipswich Town to become English football champions four years before leading England to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup? A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on April 28, 2019. Current status: Featured article

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Is everything now addressed? --

Yes, that's why the template at the top of the page says "Alf Ramsey has been listed as a Sports and recreation good article under the good article criteria." Woot!! The Rambling Man (talk) 15:00, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ace. --

old fashioned! 15:05, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply

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I share that opimism. Standards are at an all-time low around here, this is going to be a cakewalk. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:07, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

1. Check all sections of copy for style, citations for claims, balance
2. Review for comprehensiveness
3. Check that Lead is a good representation of the article
4. Check MOS compliance: images, citations etc
5. Get a third-party copyedit
6. Check that the copyedit hasn't broken any compliance issues!
7. FAC

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Probably need a sympathetic ear for most of this, we can't see the wood for the trees. I'm sitting with my 90-year-old Grandad right now who knew Alf well, so my opinions aren't NPOV enough for most of this...! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:09, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Check all sections of copy for style, citations for claims, balance

In terms of balance, the story breaks down as follows:

1920-1938: 4 parags for 18 years (Early life)

1939-1946: 6 parags for 6 years (War time)

1947-1949: 7 parags for about 3 years (Portsmouth)

1949-1955: 15 parags for 6 years (Tottenham and England)

1955-1963: 6 parags for 8 years (Ipswich manager)

1963-1974: 19 parags for 9 years (England manager)

1974-1977: Nothing at all

1977-1980: 3 parags for 3 years (Later mabagement)

?: 2 paragraphs (Later life and death)

Reflections... I think it's mostly about right. This is a very rough and ready way of looking at the balance but it's useful because one thing stands out a mile to me. I suggest that there is far too little about his time as Ipswich manager. The numbers suggest that a better balance would be about 15-16 parags on the subject, a substantial expansion. --

old fashioned! 11:56, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply

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If I'm very lucky, I'll have a quick look when I get home if I make it through the day. The Rambling Man (talk) 11:58, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

January 2020 will be the 100th anniversary of his birth. That gives us plenty of time to get this done! --

Hope you don't mind, but I've expanded the After England section a bit, to include what he did between England and Birmingham, as well as a bit more detail on his Birmingham career. Contemporary sources make no mention of his leaving for health reasons. Please feel free to trim/rearrange/remove at will. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:52, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Omg,

old fashioned! 13:45, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply

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Recent additions have Ramsey as “manager” of Eton Manor F.C.. Based on the one added reference of limited detail, this is questionable as other refs^[1] have him as merely doing some coaching.--Egghead06 (talk) 05:46, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I concur. From his biography Winning Isn't Everything by Dave Bowler, p. 107: he "began to coach non-League Eton Manor on a part-time basis". It was later described as Ramsey's first "rung on the managerial ladder" but part-time coaching does not equal manager. The Rambling Man (Stay indoors, stay safe!!!!) 08:48, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]