Install the app
How to install the app on iOS

Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.

Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.

 

New Everton Stadium

Dymak said:
Great video. I think the old main stand was better than the new one. The new main stand is like an expensive plastic surgery that makes the person look uglier than what they were before.
Click to expand...
With a decent roof the main stand would be excellent. The steepness is great for viewing angles. Just the two rows of posts... I get one of the rows is needed to support the top balcony but the roof supporting one could easily be replaced by a cantilever/truss structure.

I love the quirkiness of the main stand. There's nothing like it in UK football. The small bits of the top balcony without any posts in view give the best views of any ground in England in my opinion.

Even in the 90s it was better than most stands in the top flight...

The old main stand was a bit before my time. If you look at the photos, some of the upper sections are miles away from the pitch
 
cooperman said:
With a decent roof the main stand would be excellent. The steepness is great for viewing angles. Just the two rows of posts... I get one of the rows is needed to support the top balcony but the roof supporting one could easily be replaced by a cantilever/truss structure.

I love the quirkiness of the main stand. There's nothing like it in UK football. The small bits of the top balcony without any posts in view give the best views of any ground in England in my opinion.

Even in the 90s it was better than most stands in the top flight...

The old main stand was a bit before my time. If you look at the photos, some of the upper sections are miles away from the pitch
Click to expand...
Wasn’t Chelsea’s main stand built at the same time as our one? If so, their main stand is miles better than what we ended up with. Bearing in mind that we were a much bigger and more successful club than them at the time.
 

blue1948 said:
Given that you could stand one in front of the other ,there will then be more space to fill the voids ,I reckon 3-1 is not too overcrowded at all .
Click to expand...

Its not about how crammed you can make the stands (Though 3-1 is unachievable given current standards), its about how many you can safely accommodate in the concourses and how quickly people can flow though vomitories.
 
H.H. said:
Safe standing isn't even yet in law so for the foreseeable years (maybe forever,) rail seating will be on a 1-1 basis and will still be the case when BMD is built.

Also, IF more than 1-1 was to ever be allowed, there is a lot more to it than just squeezing more in (like size of concourse/how many toilets there is/how many exits there is etc,) to be taken into consideration.
Click to expand...

This is a huge reason as to why 1:1 will be the maximum for the vast majority of existing stadiums, though its nearer to 0.8:1. The design of BMD is smaller as a seated capacity to allow for larger circulation space and therefore a higher ratio can be reached safely through standing. A big party of the 'Yellow Wall' is not just capacity but density which, in my opinion anyway, is why that stand has been mentioned specifically.
 
The binman chronicles said:
Yes theirs is about 2/3 years younger. They didn't have the angled road to contend with though.
Click to expand...


Also due to land space and issues with the housing behind, cantilever like chelseas takes space further behind the stand.

I was shocked to learn Chelseas main stands where built the same time as our main stand. Ours actually looks like it was built in the 70's but theirs looks like it could have been built this decade.
 
Jacko93 said:
This is a huge reason as to why 1:1 will be the maximum for the vast majority of existing stadiums, though its nearer to 0.8:1. The design of BMD is smaller as a seated capacity to allow for larger circulation space and therefore a higher ratio can be reached safely through standing. A big party of the 'Yellow Wall' is not just capacity but density which, in my opinion anyway, is why that stand has been mentioned specifically.
Click to expand...
I would be shocked if Meis has not provided for extra capacity due to standing otherwise there is no point in installing it .The generation that new standing are so old they are glad to sit now ! I stood for many years but as I am not tall I was on my tiptoes for both halves ,I couldn't /wouldn't do it now .
 
GwladysPhil said:
Also due to land space and issues with the housing behind, cantilever like chelseas takes space further behind the stand.

I was shocked to learn Chelseas main stands where built the same time as our main stand. Ours actually looks like it was built in the 70's but theirs looks like it could have been built this decade.
Click to expand...
I have never liked our main stand for a variety of reasons.
Personally I thought the stand it replaced was far more impressive and atmospheric with its massive terrace.
Also ,rightly or wrongly, I always blamed the cost of that stand for our failure to maintain the finest side I have ever seen and enjoy the kind of dominance our neighbours achieved.
Sadly although I have stood on every terrace at Goodison over the years before settling on the paddock I never stood on the old main stand terrace ,an oversight I now regret. I did however sit in the stand on a number of occasions and remember being impressed by the mass of humanity below.
 

Eggsyblueskin said:
I have never liked our main stand for a variety of reasons.
Personally I thought the stand it replaced was far more impressive and atmospheric with its massive terrace.
Also ,rightly or wrongly, I always blamed the cost of that stand for our failure to maintain the finest side I have ever seen and enjoy the kind of dominance our neighbours achieved.
Sadly although I have stood on every terrace at Goodison over the years before settling on the paddock I never stood on the old main stand terrace ,an oversight I now regret. I did however sit in the stand on a number of occasions and remember being impressed by the mass of humanity below.
Click to expand...

It looked great, but I doubt it had the facilities and capabilities for modern football.
 
Eggsyblueskin said:
I have never liked our main stand for a variety of reasons.
Personally I thought the stand it replaced was far more impressive and atmospheric with its massive terrace.
Also ,rightly or wrongly, I always blamed the cost of that stand for our failure to maintain the finest side I have ever seen and enjoy the kind of dominance our neighbours achieved.
Sadly although I have stood on every terrace at Goodison over the years before settling on the paddock I never stood on the old main stand terrace ,an oversight I now regret. I did however sit in the stand on a number of occasions and remember being impressed by the mass of humanity below.
Click to expand...
Agree with this
The terracing underneath looked great. The main stand for me must be one of the most boring stands ever built. Why there are posts in the way of yr view is criminal considering United were building their canterlever stands at the same time. The top balcony feels like yr detached from the game. I hate ever going in there. A mate who goes in there tells me its great seeing the tactics and it give you a bird's eye view. Me I want to be as close to the action and atmosphere as I can. So I suppose each to their own
 
Jacko93 said:
Its not about how crammed you can make the stands (Though 3-1 is unachievable given current standards), its about how many you can safely accommodate in the concourses and how quickly people can flow though vomitories.
Click to expand...

This really, and I love that word ‘vomitories’......
 
GwladysPhil said:
Also due to land space and issues with the housing behind, cantilever like chelseas takes space further behind the stand.

I was shocked to learn Chelseas main stands where built the same time as our main stand. Ours actually looks like it was built in the 70's but theirs looks like it could have been built this decade.
Click to expand...
Didn't it nearly bankrupt them though?
I seem to remember Bates either buying or selling the club for a nominal amount (£1, or £10) due to the debt
 

Welcome to GrandOldTeam

Get involved. Registration is simple and free.

Register
Back
Top