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- 1 2 "Tom Grey". Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ↑ "Newcastle United Footballers in the Great War". North East War Memorials Project. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ↑ "1907–08 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
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