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Topic Originator: LEGEND85
Date: Fri 16 May 11:12
Why all the hype now that it`s going to be used by the ladies team?
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Fri 16 May 11:35
Retention of a well loved stadium
(Probably) the biggest stadium to regularly host a women`s team?
Personally, I think it`s too big. EEP often feels a bit empty and that`s with it more than 50% full most weeks. Even if they get twice as many fans though the door you`d still have only 10% of Goodison filled.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Fri 16 May 11:39
From BBC Sport website -
Everton are drawing up plans about how they will reduce the capacity of Goodison Park when the club`s women`s team move in, including closing some of the stadium`s upper tiers. The 133-year-old stadium plays host to its final Premier League game on Sunday, when Everton face Southampton, before moving to a new 53,000-capacity arena at Bramley-Moore Dock. Everton have announced that proposals to demolish Goodison Park have been scrapped and will be used for their women`s team from next season.
The women`s team average attendance has been 2,062 at their current home at Walton Hall Park and Everton are keen to make Goodison more intimate with its current capacity at 39,572. The club will now reconfigure Goodison Park, with the Main Stand`s top balcony, the Upper Bullens Road Stand and the upper tier of the Howard Kendall Gwladys Street End not in use, but instead covered in Everton`s women`s team branding.
The club had also offered season ticket holders and seasonal hospitality members the opportunity to buy the seat they have used in the 2024-25 season as a permanent souvenir of Goodison Park after the final men`s game has been played. That plan will go ahead and any seats bought will be replaced by the club in areas that will be occupied by supporters for women`s matches. Everton are then planning to reduce the number of seats in each row where seats have been bought to create extra space, with the current capacity at 39,572.
Under previous owner Farhad Moshiri, the club had announced plans for an ยฃ82m post-demolition renovation project on the Goodison site, which was set to include housing, a care home, retail units and a park. The centre circle, where the ashes of Everton legend Dixie Dean - whose record of 60 league goals in the 1927/28 season still stands - are scattered, was going to be preserved as an area of green space. But after being taken over by private investment firm the Friedkin Group in December, the club carried out a feasibility study into the possibility of maintaining the stadium as a home for the women`s team, and have now opted to continue operating the site.
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Topic Originator: 1985Par
Date: Fri 16 May 11:45
Personally quite pleased about this. As a kid in the 80`s I was fascinated by the old division 1 and, and at the time, Everton were the no1 team (Graeme Sharp`s volley vs Liverpool, ooooft). Was keen to get down to visit the old place, never did, and thought my chance was gone. Now resurrected.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Sat 17 May 09:17
Their new stadium is to be named after a law firm - one of the local senior partners is a family friend.
I feel a hospitality visit coming on !!!
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Topic Originator: SusieQ
Date: Sat 17 May 09:40
Mind your Toffee pals if you do, VEE ๐๐คฃ
Personally delighted that Goodison will live on - yes it`s too big for the women`s team but where they were was too small and probably unable to provide much in the way of hospitality etc.
The women`s game is growing down south, probably due to the recent success of the England team.
As for the "Grand Old Lady", I`m still sad tomorrow will be the last first team game to be played there, but a large chunk of the emotion has gone because of it remaining as a football stadium.
Haven`t managed to get down since before lockdown and was gutted not to be able to this season, so absolutely thrilled I may still have the chance in future ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
COYB UTFT NSNO ๐
COME ON YE PARS!
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sat 17 May 09:48
The `Hill Dickinson Stadium` hardly rolls off the tongue. No doubt the fans will come up with their own name.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Sat 17 May 12:06
Whenever Goodison is mentioned I mind of Eusebio pulling Portugal clear of the North Koreans after being 0-3 down in the 1966 WC - at that point it looked like the Asian team were on course to repeat their astonishing 1-0 win over Italy in the qualifiers.
The Italian team had to sneak back in disgrace reportedly changing their flight to Genoa airport and re-scheduled for a wee small hours arrival - unfortunately for them word got out and they experienced a "meaningful" welcome home reception party !!!
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Topic Originator: saltonsgonagetu
Date: Sat 17 May 20:40
Was meant to host England in world cup semi final v Portugal but England engineered it to be played at Wembley allegedly
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Sun 18 May 10:04
Never knew of that aspect - sounds very plausible.
If more recent rules for deliberate handball had been in force then Jack Charlton might well have missed the final.
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Sun 18 May 12:47
Had the programme for the 1966 world cup and game was scheduled for Goodison until England qualified, it was rapidly moved to Wembley!
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Topic Originator: parathletic
Date: Sun 18 May 14:48
I think the West Germany semi-final v Soviet Union got played there instead of the England game which didn`t go down too well on Merseyside. Crazy they were allowed to change the tournament to suit their needs.
Post Edited (Sun 18 May 14:48)
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Topic Originator: SusieQ
Date: Sun 18 May 15:47
Never cried after a win until today.
Grand Old Lady seen off in the sunshine & in style.
Shame Beto can`t stay onside lol but didn`t matter in the end.
End of an era - the old girl will be missed ๐๐๐ผ
COME ON YE PARS!
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Topic Originator: Jock Par36
Date: Mon 19 May 12:02
Dunfermline athletic played Everton in the
cup winners European cup in 1962 and we
lost 1-0, but we beat them at EEP 2-0
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Topic Originator: SusieQ
Date: Mon 19 May 12:58
Funny to think that was Everton`s first ever European tie!
COME ON YE PARS!
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Mon 19 May 14:28
The Bank of England team they were called back then.
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Pรคckchen Chips bitte
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Mon 19 May 16:49
Quote:
AdamAntsParsStripe, Mon 19 May 14:28
The Bank of England team they were called back then.
And with good reason - they shelled out a lot of money to assemble that team. The Directors were rewarded as they were champions at the end of the season, which makes the Pars result quite remarkable. Can you imagine ANY Scottish team knocking Liverpool out of a cup competition over 2 legs this past season?
Everton didn`t know where Dunfermline was when the draw was made. There was no accommodation posh enough for them in town, so they stayed at the North British Hotel, next to Waverly and travelled to Dunfemline by train before the 2nd leg.
I`m sure they had time to reflect on Dunfermline`s position in the British Isles on their way home. ๐
Not your average Sunday League player.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Mon 19 May 17:11
I haven`t checked but I think Liverpool were in Division 2 then. Bill Shankly had just taken over so the Red revolution was under way.
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Topic Originator: Jock Par36
Date: Mon 19 May 17:27
Bang on Wee Eck, that`s exactly what
happened. Also Everton won the League
that season.
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Mon 19 May 19:51
Quote:
GG Riva, Mon 19 May 16:49
Quote:
AdamAntsParsStripe, Mon 19 May 14:28
The Bank of England team they were called back then.
And with good reason - they shelled out a lot of money to assemble that team. The Directors were rewarded as they were champions at the end of the season, which makes the Pars result quite remarkable. Can you imagine ANY Scottish team knocking Liverpool out of a cup competition over 2 legs this past season?
Everton didn`t know where Dunfermline was when the draw was made. There was no accommodation posh enough for them in town, so they stayed at the North British Hotel, next to Waverly and travelled to Dunfemline by train before the 2nd leg.
I`m sure they had time to reflect on Dunfermline`s position in the British Isles on their way home. ๐
Most definitely GG. To be fair Scotland was like brigadoon to our southern neighbours back then.
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Pรคckchen Chips bitte
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Mon 19 May 20:21
Is that not an urban myth? Everton had three Scots in their ranks - Thomson, Gabriel and Young - who all played up here before they joined Everton.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Mon 19 May 21:11
"Dunfermline athletic played Everton in the
cup winners European cup in 1962 and we
lost 1-0, but we beat them at EEP 2-0"
Wrong competition, it was the Inter Cities Fairs Cup - Halloween 1962 at EEP.
Everton then were bankrolled by the Moores family who owned a chain of department stores and ran the weekly football pools competition.
Post Edited (Mon 19 May 21:16)
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Topic Originator: Jock Par36
Date: Tue 20 May 11:10
It was the Fair Cities cup. 1961/62 was the
Cup Winners cup we went out to Ujpest
Doza.
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