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Everton set to top the league at Stoneleigh

THE football club may not be top of the tree – although eighth place in last season’s Premier League campaign is far from shabby – but nameplate Everton will surely finish ahead of the rest at Great Central’s sale on September 7.

The plate, with its brass football, comes from LNER B17 No. 61663, built by Robert Stephenson & Co of Darlington in February 1937 and withdrawn from Stratford (30A) in February 1960. The from No. 61666.

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