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- ↑ "2005 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ Bamford, Robert (2007). Tempus Speedway Yearbook, Profile Peter I Karlsson. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-07524-4250-1.
- ↑ "SPEEDWAY: Oxford so close to pairs glory". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ "2008 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ↑ "National League Pairs draw". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ "Buccaneers Face A Devil Of A Meeting". Bournemouth Speedway. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ "Stoke Potters' Tim Webster enjoying best ever season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ Butt, Randall (28 July 2012). "On-Song Tigers". Speedway Star page 26-27.
- ↑ "All roads lead to Mildenhall as National League Pairs takes centre stage . . . and who can stop the Cradley Heathens from winning again?". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ "National League Pairs" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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- ↑ "2019 national League Pairs" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ "National League Pairs @ Leicester". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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