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- ↑ "Player search: Farmer, FBW (Brian)" . English National Football Archive. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ↑ Edwards, Leslie (24 April 1962). "West kept busy in Everton goal". Liverpool Echo– via BlueCorrespondent.co.uk.
- ↑ Zea, Antonio; Haisma, Marcel (27 June 2007). "European Champions' Cup and Fairs' Cup 1960–61 – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 13 November 2007.
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