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- ↑ "Football West: All Flags State League". www.footballwest.com.au. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ↑ "WA football enters new era - Football West - NPL".
- ↑ "NPLWA unchanged in 2017 season". www.footballwest.com.au. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- ↑ "NPLWA expansion for 2017". www.footballwest.com.au. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ "NPLWA Review Report to guide future". www.footballwest.com.au. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ↑ "Bayswater-Perth to kick off revamped season". Football West. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
