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Rare Middlesbrough football shirt sells for almost £20,000

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A rare Middlesbrough football shirt dating back more than 130 years has sold for almost £20,000

Auctioneers said the jersey was thought to date from about 1886 to 1890 and was "possibly the oldest example of a shirt from a league club still in one piece".

The shirt has polka dot collar and cuffs and an embroidered MFC badge and club motto Erimus - "We Shall Be".

Graham Budd Auctions said there was a lot of interest in the top which went to a private collector for £19,840.

Middlesbrough later switched to blue shirts before adopting red at the turn of the 20th Century.