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- ↑ Nannestad, Ian (8 January 2016). "'Bubbles', 'Abe my boy' and 'the Fowler war cry': singing at the Vetch Field in the 1920s". In Bateman, Anthony (ed.). Sport, Music, Identities. Routledge. pp. 30–31. ISBN 9781315763149.
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- ↑ "Football Crazy by Ewan MacColl". SecondHandSongs.
- ↑ Kingsley, Hilary (1989). Box of Delights: the Golden Years of Television. Papermac. p. 275. ISBN 0333499409.
- ↑ Traditional Scottish Songs. Accessed 29 December 2012
- ↑ "Rolf Harris". 45Football.
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