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- ↑ "Civil Service". Northern Amateur Football League. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ↑ Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook, 1985/86
- ↑ H. Johnstone & G. Hamilton (n.d.) A Memorable Milestone: 75 Years of the Northern Amateur Football League, p. 184
