Brent
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I was just asking. I guess I didn't know it was that bad.
I was just asking. I guess I didn't know it was that bad.
GwladysBlue
Player Valuation: £70m
If we miss a second opportunity to build a stadium on the banks of the Mersey, it will be an utter disgrace.
Goodison is so bad. I don’t know if you’ve ever had the chance to visit, but in the Gwladys Street end you can’t even wash your hands in warm water and there are signs warning people about jumping under low hanging beams.
It is definitely time to move on.
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
I'm sure we will lose a bit of our history and if we struggle for a while afterwards people will be bringing it up more so. The problem is Goodison is so hemmed-in that you would have to lose seats to give the space that modern stadiums afford.
The location on the docks makes it a dream move if we can. It is our best chance of a revolution in where we currently stand in the city and in the game.
..I had the fortune to have a knock about there a few seasons ago and the dressing room area isn’t a lot better than some of the local parks. Great memories but time to move on.
I have only been to Goodison once, when I went back to the UK this year. On that trip I also went to Celtic park, Wembley, NounCamp, Bernabau and Wando Metropolitana (Atletico Madrid’s new ground). Yes, Goodison is home, and there is something special about it, but a new stadium is definitely needed. If you take away the emotion of visiting it, it really is a rundown stadium with very poor views, and due to the location there is no opportunity to improve/expand it as it is hemmed in by houses on all sides.
Also remember, this is not our first ground move, we called Anfield home for the first 30 years.
allezlesbleus
Player Valuation: £35m
I went on. Legends tour recently which was good fun. I was quite shocked though at how tatty and basic the changing rooms still were for the players.
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
Not quite as much as that, around 8 years it was our home for, but we won our first league title while we were there.
Oh yeah, for some reason I thought the rs were formed around 1910.
..more accurate to say 1965. A club with words on their badge mainly associated with a 1960s pop song.
All about money for road repairs etc, and nothing to do with us, yet that RS rag of a paper still find a way of getting us in the piece, and then word it as to stir up trouble:
"Mayor Joe Anderson plans to borrow a total of £185m over the next 25 years at low interest rates - the same type of loan that he intends to use to help fund a new Everton stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock ."
blueboy1945
Player Valuation: £8m
Not quite right @Eggs, was from the musical Carousel made in the 1940's, but know what you mean!
Timinenfield
Player Valuation: £225k
Mikeonlythebestwilldo
Player Valuation: £20m
Uddersfield ????
toffeejack
Player Valuation: £100m
It is needed for us to progress tbh, a stadium these days is more than just atmosphere. Yeah revenue is mainly from TV deals nowadays, but we need to be more proactive with corporate seating, boxes, and the possibility of other events etc. We will all miss goodison badly, it's broken many records along the way, but it's time now for a new stadium, a 21st century stadium to start making its own records.
I think a lot of wealthy investors have looked elsewhere because of the massive sacrifice in funds they would have to spend on a new stadium so this could be the start of a proper improvement of EFC, here's hoping anyway.
I never expected the club would get so much right with the proposed design, fair play, it seems they've considered everything possible to avoid a loss of atmosphere. I don't think they've had enough plaudits yet considering, then again, maybe that come when it's built.