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Football club always associated with heavyweight (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

everton

'football club' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'always associated with heavyweight' is the wordplay.
'always' becomes 'ever' (synonyms).
'associated with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'heavyweight' becomes 'ton' (a ton weighs a lot).
'ever'+'ton'='EVERTON'

(Other definitions for everton that I've seen before include "One side in blue" , "'The Toffees' FC" , "Premiership football team" , "Merseyside soccer team" , "Football team whose home is Goodison Park" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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