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The result was Speedy deleted as a hoax (WP:CSD#G3). —BETTIA— ^talk 12:35, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Andy Matthews

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Elaborate hoax. Speedy deleted previously.

The article contains a link for the match report for the game in which he supposedly debuted for Rotherham (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2005/feb/27/match.sport9) The article does not mention him, and the lineups for the game (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/match/592044) have no Andy Matthews in them. No other reference sites such as playerhistory.com or transfermarkt.co.uk have him listed on Rotherham roster for that season either.

There is no record in any Russian media of a player by this name ever playing for FC Torpedo Moscow. Here is the official roster of FC Torpedo Moscow in 2010, he is not on it: http://www.pfl.ru/DESIGN.2001/SOKOLOV/1022_7.HTM. Here is the statistics for all the FC Torpedo Moscow players in 2010, he is not there: http://stats.sportbox.ru/club.php?sp=fb&club=1175066957&turnir=470. Google News Russia searches find nothing. Geregen2 (talk) 19:55, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and salt, as hoax. Edison (talk) 20:22, 10 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:55, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.