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- 1 2 3 4 Mark Smith at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ↑ "Mark Smith". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- ↑ "Mark Smith". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ↑ Crisp, Marco (1998). Crewe Alexandra Match by Match (2nd ed.). Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-81-1., p.125.
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