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- ↑ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Clapton Orient" . Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1 2 3 "Our Her-O's: Part two of Orient's WW1 Heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ↑ "Remembering Spencer Bassett". www.exetercityfc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2020.