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- ↑ Coventry City: Alan Dugdale
- ↑ WHERE ARE THEY NOW?; ALAN DUGDALE; GAME ON: FOOTBALL.
- ↑ "A trip down Memory Lane with Ken Dugdale". This Northern Soul. 6 September 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.