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- ↑ Scottish Cup Final 1958 – Clyde 1-0 Hibernian
- ↑ Clyde Win Glasgow Cup With Fine Display, The Glasgow Herald, 23 October 1958
- ↑ 1960 – Glasgow v Sheffield
- ↑ Clinton Steps In, Aberdeen Press and Journal, 25 September 1976
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