New Everton Stadium

[Thetigerblue]

First league game at Goodison in 1892 was against Forest. So maybe them?

Or one of the other original 12 members of the League. Villa or if they’re promoted, WBA.

 

[Tom Hughes]

He's exhausting isn't he. I remember being in the first 20 rows at in park end and getting pelted with hail stone when Andy Johnson scored in the last minute against Arsenal.

Weathers getting worse recently and he needs to accept goodison is getting bulldozed.

I didn't bring up this issue. Nor is it a new one.

I also sit in row P of the Park End and in 30 yrs have never arrived at my seat to see the floor/seat wet nor have ever got soaked while sitting there myself. Occasional drops of rain or hail in a gust perhaps, but nothing remotely close to what we can see at BMD.

I accepted Goodison's possible fate decades ago and even voted for it for the King's Dock.

 

[Aries]

Tell that to LOR. Just be happy we've got an amazing stadium.

Surely you mean Dan Meis? LOR are just the constructors. If there’s a “design flaw”, then that’s down to the architect, not the construction team carrying out his design.

 

[blackie_jones75]

I blame Emlyn Hughes.... It wasn't great before him but that horrible bag of helium stepped it up in '77 at their celebrations for the European cup. Tommy Smith wrote that he was embarrassed and furious

What did Emlyn Hughes do?

 

[The binman chronicles]

Surely you mean Dan Meis? LOR are just the constructors. If there’s a “design flaw”, then that’s down to the architect, not the construction team carrying out his design.

Meis should be considering the elements and baking that into the design but Buro Happold are responsible for taking the architects designs and ironing out any issues with them. They had a lot to do with the wind mitigation around the site that were not Meis' work for instance.

Bottom line is although it would have been great to have a bit wider roof covering there is no guarantee people towards the front would still get wet depending on the harshness of the weather. All stadiums suffer from this that have high roof lines, it's not just our issue. Due to the shape it might make it easier to add a full roof in future which would be harder on a downturned one.

 

[Dr Baxter]

Sadly the local council and police are riddled with Kopites - it’s nailed on that any trophy parade will go right past BMD.

They can’t just celebrate success, they have to belittle others in the process.

Why is this?

The majority of their fan base seek vicarious glory to fill a void in their lives i.e. they have a very low status job, live a meaningless life, are incels, are bullied etc.

I hope it does go that route. It'll show just how much we live in their heads rent free. It seems to me the more they've won, the more this is the case. I suspect they hate the fact that we are still a football club and they are a brand. Or maybe it's because in the local area we have more match going fans than they do (soon to have even more). Oh, and another reason is that they are all classless gobsihtes.

 

[PrekisCrossBarlow!]

Just to settle the distance from town thing, it ain't a twenty minute walk as I've seen quoted. You would need to be walking like one of them fellas marching down the grass verge of a dual carriageway in full adidas trackie with a carrier bag full of Stella and a missus stumbling along twenty yards behind in floods of tears. And even then it would take twenty five.

It is a thirty minute walk from Matthew Street to the stadium. And if you have mobility issues or are walking into a gale force wind (which we will be) more like 35-40 minutes.

It's a brilliant stadium in a good location. But it's not a 'perfect' location' and is just far enough and windy enough to be a SLIGHT pain in the ass. Plus, I hope they close off Regent Road to traffic before and after the match or people are gonna be falling off that little metal bridge and found full of molluscs six months later in Newfoundland.

 

[Dr Baxter]

Just to settle the distance from town thing, it ain't a twenty minute walk. You would need to be walking like one of them fellas marching down the grass verge of a dual carriageway in full adidas trackie with a carrier bag full of Stella and a missus stumbling along twenty yards behind in floods of tears.
And even then it would take twenty five.

It is a thirty minute walk from Matthew Street to the stadium. And if you have mobility issues or are walking into a gale force wind (which we will be) more like 35-40 minutes.

It's a brilliant stadium in a good location. But it's not a 'perfect' location' and is just far enough and windy enough to be a SLIGHT pain in the ass. Plus, I hope they close off Regent Road to traffic before and after the match or people are gonna be falling off that little metal bridge and found full of molluscs six months later in Newfoundland.

I totally agree with your post and what you say is accurate. Just be prepared for a load of responses telling you a) it's a 10 minute walk from anywhere and b) we're Evertonians, we don't need public transport. Good luck.

 

[Hickson9]

I recently walked it in 25 minutes from the Denbigh Castle.

It's a 10 minute walk from Sandhills and there will be loads of buses and taxis.

Transport really isn't an issue.

 

[tommye]

Nothing says GOT of a morning better than a beef about getting wet watching a game in a stadium nobody has sat and watched a game in.

Never change fuddamuckers

 

[Dr Baxter]

Nothing says GOT of a morning better than a beef about getting wet watching a game in a stadium nobody has sat and watched a game in.

Never change fuddamuckers

Nobody knows for sure, but i suspect it might be a problem. I just hope if it is, it can be retro fixed

I recently walked it in 25 minutes from the Denbigh Castle.

It's a 10 minute walk from Sandhills and there will be loads of buses and taxis.

Transport really isn't an issue.

53,000 people will be having a pint in the Denbigh Castle before the game? Stu will be made up.

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

I didn't bring up this issue. Nor is it a new one.

I also sit in row P of the Park End and in 30 yrs have never arrived at my seat to see the floor/seat wet nor have ever got soaked while sitting there myself. Occasional drops of rain or hail in a gust perhaps, but nothing remotely close to what we can see at BMD.

I accepted Goodison's possible fate decades ago and even voted for it for the King's Dock.

 

[Tommy.]

What did Emlyn Hughes do?

Quite a bit before my time but I believe at the celebrations he grabbed the mic and started singing “Liverpool are magic, Everton are tragic” with a load of blues there turning out with their red friends and family.

 

[allen]

It’s a fuss over nothing this rain business.

I’ve never been to a football match in wet weather and stayed dry.

You get wet coming in and leaving regardless of how good the roof is.

No big deal.

 

[Bryan+]

This is my favourite thread on grandoldteam.com