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- ↑ "Scottish Football Association: The Scottish FA: Scotland :". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
- ↑ http://www.qosfc.com/08inter.htm%5B%5D
- ↑ Scotland - International Matches 1891–1900
