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- ↑ "A knockout blow for Gilmour Ewing Grahame gives his verdict on the death of a fight club while Brian Donald remembers St Andrew's greatest moments", Glasgow Herald , 2 September 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ↑ "Cattouse Fails", Glasgow Herald , 24 February 1982, p. 39. Retrieved 27 December 2015
- ↑ Horsley, Richy & Richards, Stephen (2005) Born to Fight, Blake Publishing, ISBN 978-1844540969
- 1 2 "Ray Cattouse...", Glasgow Herald , 19 December 1984, p. 19. Retrieved 27 December 2015