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- ↑ Bluff, Tony (2011). Donny:Doncaster Rovers F.C. The Complete History (1879−2010). Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0-9569848-3-8.
- ↑ "Tom Tompkins (right-half) 1907-08". The Mighty Mighty Whites. Retrieved 23 May 2013.