West Ham are heading for the top of the Premier League
for the most valuable car number plate.
The DVLA is to auction the registration number WE57 HAM and expect
it to fetch more than £50,000. And it could well go to a celebrity
supporter.
If the plate reaches its expected price it will rocket West Ham to
the top of the number plate league.
The previous most valuable footie-themed number was AR53 NAL, which
fetched £36,000. V1 LLA was snapped up for £35,000, ALB 10N
realised £19,000 and other pricey plates include EVR 70N (£6,400),
S9 URS (£4,600) and CHE 153A (£4,300).
Damian Lawson, marketing manager for DVLA Personalised
Registrations, said: We get huge amounts of interest whenever we
release football-related numbers for auction. But we are
particularly excited by this one.
We know what a large and passionate support there is for West Ham.
And because the number reads so well we think it stands a real
chance of beating the previous record.