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Lancashire derby

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Fails notability because there is no single "Lancashire derby". There are a number of teams in Lancashire, and while the East Lancashire derby and West Lancashire derby are both notable rivalries, this one is not. Furthermore, Wigan Athletic did not become a league club until the late 1970s, by which time Bolton and Wigan were both part of Greater Manchester, so the term "Lancashire derby" would never have applied, even historically. Jameboy (talk) 16:45, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Football-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:49, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. Jameboy (talk) 16:53, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Thinking about it, Lancashire derby should be a disambiguation page for East Lancashire derby and West Lancashire derby, as well as mentioning that it could be applied as a general term for a match between any two teams that are or were in Lancashire. --Jameboy (talk) 16:56, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguate into East Lancashire derby and West Lancashire derby, as suggested by the nominator. Giant Snowman 18:33, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Should these even disambiguate into East Lancs and West Lancs? If all we have is a one liner saying this is a derby between Wigan and Bolton does it deserve an article or should it just be relegated into Local derbies in the United Kingdom. NtheP (talk) 09:06, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguate per nom. I'm a Bolton fan but even I can't find a good reason to keep this. On the other hand it's a valid enough search term that a disambig page feels like a good idea. Alzarian16 (talk) 18:04, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I added some results