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- ↑ "Frank Carrodus". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ The Times, Powell reports fit for Cup, 28 February 1974
- ↑ Norman de Mesquita, Millwall's approach more direct, The Times, 13 April 1977
- ↑ Norman Fox Football After the feast, back to the kitchen, The Times, 20 October 1978
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