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References
- ↑ Playing Catch Up: Match Day's Jon Ritman at Gamasutra.com
- ↑ The Captain's Top 100 Games of All Time – Part One Archived 2008-01-05 at the Wayback Machine at epinions.com
- ↑ Comment about authors of the game in Ritman's home page, ritman.co.uk
- ↑ Martin Galway interview at c64.com
- ↑ Football games at geocities.com/SiliconValley
- ↑ Matchday 2 review Archived 2008-02-21 at the Wayback Machine at Your Sinclair Rock and Roll Years
- ↑ Interviews: Jon Ritman, a genius in play Archived 2009-06-07 at the Wayback Machine at amstradmuseum.com
- ↑ Interview with Jon Ritman at TimesSquare/Battlefield (through archive.org)
- ↑ Match Day 3 preview Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine at absolute-PlayStation.com
- ↑ Super Match Soccer at gamefaqs.com
- ↑ Super Match Soccer at pc.ign.com