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- ↑ "Cosmopolitan Soccer League".
- ↑ "Kevin Layne". FootballCritic. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ↑ "Kevin Layne mentally focused on return of football". Stabroek News . 10 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
