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References
- ↑ "Archie Irvine". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ Williams, Tony; Peskett, Roy, eds. (1971). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1971–72 (2nd ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0362000948.
