Talk:John Ryan (businessman)

Latest comment: 11 years ago by Cjwilky

What are the criteria for this man being denoted as a "striker"? From the article it seems he allowed himself one fatuous vanity appearance for a team he owns. He's not even a footballer, let alone a footballer with a specific position. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.133.7.237 (talk) 20:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

He played in the centre forward position in those last few minutes of the final league game of the season, replacing club first choice centre forward Paul Barnes - see the references. He qualifies as he played for a fully professional club in the English football league structure. See WP:Player Notability where he fulfills both criteria 1 and 2, plus he qualifies through WP:Notability anyway. That is was a vanity performance doesn't come into it. Cjwilky (talk) 03:26, 22 January 2013 (UTC)Reply