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Len Bathurst

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WP:HOAX. No player with the surname Bathurst has played in the English Football League since the Second World War (verified via both the 2015 edition of the book listed under refs and a similar player records book published in the 1980s). I also own the Rothmans Football Yearbooks for most of the seasons during his supposed career and none of them show a player of this name playing for the teams he was supposedly a regular with at the time. If this man does exist, he definitely didn't play professional football. -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:34, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:35, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Seems to have been created by one person, an account with one edit! Not so promising there. We can also ask SmartVandelay who knows about Northampton if a player like this name ever played for them. But if it is indeed a hoax then delete per nom. Govvy (talk) 07:51, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - As per nom, no evidence of this player existing. The one thing you can find online about him was almost certainly taken from Wikipedia.