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Transfer speculation sources

I've rewritten these paragraphs (I assume the second was added later) and added a link:

After his performance against Stoke former Saints manager Dave Merrington drew parallels with Arsenal's French striker Thierry Henry. The 30th October 2005 copy of the Mail On Sunday then linked Walcott with a bidding war between Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, with bidding starting at £10 million next summer.
Simon Peach, Daily Telegraph, Mail, Times, every paper in the world!

The Mail on Sunday article mentioned certainly isn't the first piece in the media linking Theo Walcott to bigger clubs. I've added a link to an article from the Guardian which isn't the first either but has some good general information and mentions the transfer speculation. Andy Smith (talk) 16:34, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]


Middle name source

Please do not put a middle name that is not easily verified on the internet

Theo vis a vis inclusion in the England World Cup Squad 2006

I'd just like to say as a (currently drunk) Chelsea FC supporter, having seen Theo's skills on youtube, I am very, very excited that he could take the world by storm this summer. The English Pele? Gooners, I am extremely jealous! Beerathon 21:15, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, no article on Gooners yet? According to the papers today, Sven claims to have only ever seen Theo play on video before calling him up (never in person) is this a first for English football? --JamesTheNumberless 08:50, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Probably in the World Cup, yes, but I remember one big manager (Wenger or Ferguson, I think) made a signing after only seeing a few videos of a certain player (I'm a bit hazy on the details, but I remember reading about it a few times). Also, Eriksson probably had scouts watch, at the very least, his U19 appearance and his reserve matches. A very big gamble, though, but Eriksson will be a hero if it works out. If it doesn't work out... he's leaving anyway so life won't be that hard for him... =P – ugen64 19:29, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Apparently Tord Grip watched him several times, and Arsene Wenger has been suggesting that he should be called up for England for a couple of months now. And with Wenger's history of spotting talent, that's a pretty cast-iron recommendation if ever there was one.--Ukdan999 20:43, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

International Appearances

Theo Wallcott has never made an international appearance[1], whoever keeps changing it to say he played for U17 stop it. Philc TECI 22:08, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well I'm not sure if it was the U-17's (and I'm not the one who keeps changing the article) but he has definitely played for England at some level because they showed footage of it on Sky Sports News earlier today! --Ukdan999 22:54, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Also, see this link [2] particularly the picture. I'm pretty sure he's not wearing that England shirt while just out doing his shopping.--Ukdan999 23:00, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, you have a fair point, apologies, I didn't realise you had any basis for this, and were just deleting conflicting statements. Well, now we have a very reputable organisation that seems to be conflicting with what appears to be true, what do we do, all the hard evidence points to him not having made an appearance, but like you said, he probably didnt where that shirt for shits and giggles. Philc TECI 23:06, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Don't believe the BBC stats - they're often wrong. The FA claim he's got U17 caps and one for the U19s. [3]
Slumgum | yap | stalk | 23:17, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
UEFA.com mentions him playing in the last season's U-17 Championships too (if only for one match). And [4] has photos of him playing in several different matches for England.--Ukdan999 23:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

At the time of writing he has one under 19 cap. --JamesTheNumberless 08:52, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Photo

There used to be a decent photo of him up on this page, I don't know why it was taken down, but it would be cool is someone could find a photo we could show up here legally.

May as well post a big Nike logo --JamesTheNumberless 08:53, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, I think a picture of Walcott would be better. -- Slumgum | yap | stalk | 09:41, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Previous clubs.

Pretty sure he was a youth player at Swindon between playing in Newbury and going to Southampton. Can anybody verify this?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.32.186.132 (talk • contribs)

A Google search for walcott swindon [5] provides some evidence that he did.
Slumgum | yap | stalk | 22:06, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Or, at least - he isn't according to Clyde Walcott. Gerry Lynch 09:15, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Birthplace

I have removed his place of birth as "London" and "West London", as there is conflicting data on the ever reliable internet. Half the pages I read state "Middlesex", the others state "Newbury, Berks". arsenal.com says Middlesex BTW. He still lives near Newbury, in Compton, but certainly half the WWW has got it wrong, so we play safe and say neither. Andymarczak 10:23, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This IP address keeps removing all external links except for, seemingly, his own, Theo Walcott Web.

Theo Walcott Web is Argentinia based, contains no original content or information (duplicate content), website only launched very recently. non-authoritative source.

There are numerous other Walcott genuine fan sites that have been in existance long before Theo gained his recent fame. These sites contain original content and fan discusions, though not official fair more deserving of a link than Theo Walcott Web, which appears to be an opportunistic site spamming wikipedia for visitors. In fact parts of this very article were formed from information from these other sites, for example www.theo-walcott.org.uk.

Please see article history and comments. IP continues to spam wiki with his site.

Wikipedia:External links - guidance on external links. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:EL

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