Talk:Ben Foster (footballer)

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Added tonight's match details to Ben's page.91.107.190.24 (talk) 22:50, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Appearance stats[edit]

Would be better to see goals conceded for goalkeepers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.28.23.169 (talk) 16:10, 22 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Although Stoke come up as "No appearance data available", in 99.9% of cases from 1996/97 onwards that means that a player did not make any appearances. However, for absolute certainty, here are the Stoke player stats for 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04 and 2004/05. I feel that the current sourcing is okay, as there is a link to soccerbase, but it may be worth incorporating the specific URLs in the article, especially if there is ever an effort to take this to GA. Regards, WFC (talk) 17:45, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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That dude Benjamin Anthony Foster better come back to Manchester United.I'm so missing him.I don't fancy him.lol!

Last edited at 09:49, 24 October 2006 (UTC). Substituted at 09:25, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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Serious quality issues[edit]

This article consists of about 25 paragraphs of text. Within these, Foster's surname is repeated approximately 100 times. That is crazy. Nobody should write in this way. You use someone's name once per paragraph at most, and then refer to them using pronouns. Has one person specifically decided to write this article in this incorrect way? Ponymouse (talk) 20:31, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]