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Australians Keith Gurtner and Ron Phillips who transferred over when the
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449:"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - POST-WAR ERA (1946-1964)"
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602:Sport in Motherwell
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202:Bluey Scott
155:The Stadium
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591:Categories
410:References
139:Motherwell
95:Track size
82:Club facts
52:Motherwell
458:26 August
248:Position
178:Edinburgh
534:27 April
61:Scotland
566:12 June
133:were a
87:Colours
66:Founded
58:Country
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74:Closed
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502:ISBN
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