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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Scott Murray

Frank Lampard and fears for another dignity-sapping Everton scrap

Oh Frank!
Oh Frank! Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images

LAMPS LEAVES EVERTON LIGHT

The famous Everton Football Club – founder members of the English league, nine-time title winners, Dixie’s team, the school of science, the Bank of England – is going through something of a transitional phase at the moment. They last lifted silverware in 1995, since when major trophies have been won by Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Leicester, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Wigan, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn, Middlesbrough, Birmingham City – Birmingham City, for goodness sake – and Swansea. Say what you will about the poorly received 2013 crest, but in retrospect the designer may have been on to something when they took Nil Satis Nisi Optimum off the bottom.

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