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- ↑ Patrick, James (1973), A Glasgow gang observed, Eyre Methuen, p. 152
- ↑ Forbes, George; Meehan, Paddy (1982), Such bad company: the story of Glasgow criminality, P. Harris Pub., p. 67, ISBN 978-0-86228-042-0
- 1 2 Petrol bomb pensioner shows old gang hatreds die hard, Janey Godley, The Scotsman, 6 January 2008
- ↑ Bessel, Richard; Emsley, Clive (2000), Patterns of provocation: police and public disorder, Berghahn Books, p. 47, ISBN 978-1-57181-227-8