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- ↑ Special Investigation into Glasgow Gangs | Evening Times 06.02.06 [ dead link ]
- ↑ "Glasgow Gang Map of 2006 | Evening Times 06.02.06". Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
- ↑ The list does not include two gangs from Drumchapel: Young Kendoon Boys (Kendoon Avenue), Young Drummy Derry (Drumry Road East). These days, a gang from Drumchapel area is usually called the "Drum Boys" - members come from different parts of the district. See: Graham Mann, 'Murder victim's brother vows to get revenge...', The Scottish Sun, 27 May 2023.
- ↑ "Clashes Between Rival Gangs Decreasing (Daily Record 2016)".
- ↑ "Police swoop to arrest thugs as young as 13 after brutal gang battle". Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ↑ Easterhouse Gangs - Reporting Scotland, BBC Scotland, 11 November 2013, archived from the original on 20 December 2021, retrieved 19 October 2018
