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- ↑ Turkkilainen sauna - nuori Jari Ilola oli tekemässä Istanbulin ihmettä 1998, Lapin Kansa, 21 March 2017
- ↑ "Uskottavuuden kannalta oli tärkeää päästä valtakunnalliseen sarjaan", utj Jari Ilola, RoPS, pallotv.fi, 17 March 2024
- ↑ Taloutensa kanssa kamppaileva RoPS on lähellä liiganousua - joukkue lähtee kauden viimeiseen runkosarjan otteluun jalkapallon Ykkösen johdossa, Yle, 17 September 2021
- ↑ Jari Ilola jätti jalkapallon ja muutti Rovaniemelle, Yle, 12 May 2011
