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- ↑ Crusaders Official Programme, Vol. 4, No. 4, 18 August 2009
- ↑ "IRISH CUP: Jordan Owens breaks goalscoring record as Crues defeat Rathfriland Rangers - Belfast Newsletter". Archived from the original on 22 February 2016.