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[edit] Reg Smart

  • Recent editor added note about Reg Smart stepping down from role (unspecified) in early 2006. I cannot find any verification for this elsewhere on the web - could this statement be clarified? -- MightyWarrior 12:03, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
The official website lists Baker as the current chairman and Smart as life president, so I believe this information to be correct. Although I can't find any verification for the fact that he resigned in early 2006, at http://www.cambridge-united.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/Feature/0,,10423%7E793946,00.html it does state that Baker was named president on 20/02/2006. --Oli 22:21, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Yes, but Reg Smart ceased to be chairman (stepped down from board of directors) in 2002; see http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cambridge_utd/1789540.stm. So what role did he step down from in 2006?? -- MightyWarrior 23:48, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Is it realistic to expect that the list of current players can be kept sufficiently up-to-date? From the club's official web-site it looks as though a number of players listed in this article have now moved on. -- MightyWarrior 12:03, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Table of Managers

Here is a table of managers to add. I'm holding back at the moment until I can verify some of the dates that look iffy.

Cambridge United managers, post-war
Manager From To Duration
Bill Whittaker August 1949 July 1955 6 Seasons
Gerald Williams 1955 1955  
Bert Johnson August 1955 July 1959 4 Seasons
Bill Craig August 1959 May 1960 1 Season
Alan Moore August 1960 May 1963 3 Seasons
Roy Kirk August 1964 May 1966 2 Seasons
Bill Leivers December 1967 October 1974 7 Seasons
Ron Atkinson November 1974 January 1978 3 Seasons
John Docherty January 1978 December 1983 4 Seasons
John Ryan January 1984 January 1985 1 Season
Ken Shellito March 1985 December 1985 1 Season
Chris Turner January 1986 January 1990 4 Seasons
John Beck January 1990 October 1992 3 Seasons
Gary Johnson October 1992 December 1992 Caretaker
Ian Atkins December 1992 July 1993 Half-season
Gary Johnson August 1993 April 1995 2 Seasons
Tommy Taylor April 1995 November 1996 1.5 Seasons
Roy McFarland November 1996 February 2001 4.5 Seasons
John Beck March 2001 November 2001 Half-season
John Taylor November 2001 March 2004 2.5 Seasons
Dale Brooks March 2004 March 2004 Caretaker
Claude Le Roy March 2004 July 2004 8 matches
Herve Renard July 2004 December 2004 Half-season
Ricky Duncan December 2004 December 2004 Caretaker
Steve Thompson December 2004 May 2005 Half-season
Rob Newman May 2005 Present

TomDestry 12:56, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • I've used this information and created the page List of Cambridge United F.C. managers with a link from this page. I think the information is now correct using a combination of Soccerbase and the official website. Oli 22:34, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Headings

Seems to be too many sub-headings in the history section (more of User:AlexWilkes edits). Can I suggest that the sections are combined, rather than having one sentence per heading? WikiGull 13:50, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

  • I did do this some time ago when there were many more headings, but I would agree there are still too many, especially the first few which could probably come under one 'older' history section. Why not have a go WikiGull? Oli 15:50, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Kit

Cambridge United have today released a new Home kit and as I am not very experianced with Editing football related articals I am going to suggest someone else to do it. The new kit looks like this,

http://www.cambridge-united.premiumtv.co.uk/javaImages/75/6e/0,,10423~3305077,00.jpg

Jazza5 19:17, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Women's Team

I've added a short sentence about this under players in line with a lot of other club pages, but I can't find much information about it. I think it would be beneficial to have something about this if any information can be found. Oli 22:32, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History

I think the History section is too long and needs condensing, with a longer history (including more pre-league era information) being created on a separate linked-to page. I will start to do this unless anyone has any objections? Oli 22:36, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fandom

An unnamed editor today (21/08/2007) added a section entitled 'Fandom' to the article. I've since removed this as there's already a section on 'Supporters', and most of the information read like an advertisement (price and sale information) and was thus unsuitable for Wikipedia (see WP:SOAP). I've put a more objective sentence on 'United in Endeavour' in the supporters section which I think is more appropriate. Oli 22:59, 21 August 2007 (UTC)