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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Colin Harrison Archived 16 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine at Walsall F.C. official site
- ↑ Glenda & Jack Rollin, Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-2011, Headline Publishing, 2011, p. 389
- ↑ Colin Harrison statistics
- ↑ Wacka Celebrations at Next Home Game Archived 5 August 2012 at archive.today