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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Rebecca Koncienzcy

The Everton FC kit that will cost you £800 and you can't even wear it

There is a vintage Everton FC kit that's up for sale for a whopping £800 - but you won't actually be able to wear it.

That's because it is a very rare boxed Action Man set featuring the vintage 1969-70 season shirt.

The collector's item is on sale on eBay for £799 and shows the final plain blue shirt before there were any labels or sponsors added.

Everton FC's monogram started appearing on kits in 1972 with sponsorship from Umbro starting in 1974.

The classic clean lines of the retro shirt are all captured in miniature form in this rare action figure set, perfect for the greatest hero of them all.

Vintage Everton Action Man kit on sale on eBay (ebay)

And many Blues fans may want a piece of title-winning history from when Harry Catterick's team won the Championship by a clear nine points.

The tiny kit sets began in 1971 after the launch of the Action Footballer sets in 1968.

Everton footballer Alan Ball poses in pre season training July 1969 (Mirrorpix)

The Toffees weren't the only team to be immortalised in doll form - Liverpool, Manchester United, Leeds United, Chelsea and West Ham all had their own miniature kits.

You can currently buy replica versions of the classic jersey for around £30 - making Action Man's items considerably more expensive.

The most expensive football kit ever sold was the number 10 shirt worn by Pele in the 1970 World Cup final which entered the the Guinness World Record book when it was sold for £157,750 at Christie's in London on March 27, 2002.

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