165:". I disagree that an appearance at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup makes a player notable by those criteria, despite the competition being an "officially sanctioned international competition", as it is not a fully professional competition, nor is it the highest level of football. It may be the highest level of football for that age group, but there are hundreds of players who have played at the Under-17 World Cup (an annual competition, compared to the quadrennial senior FIFA World Cup), but never went on to have a fully professional career. The other case for Porritt's notability was his involvement in the 2006 tapping-up case involving
339:- Perhaps in the future, but "Knowledge is not a Crystal Ball" and thus putting a page in now is a tad premature. If there are 158+ links/references, then userfying this article, expanding it with references, and then recreating it in a way that solidly references it to show notability would probably be the best option. This is borderline, though, I will give it that and I could see it legitimately falling either way.
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