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- ↑ Luton Town: 1974 - 1985 Archived 12 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Dave Scheiber (3 March 1980). "Rowdies slam to No. 1". St. Petersburg Times.
- ↑ How Peter Anderson runs Bayshore Technologies Inc. like one of his soccer teams
