Our Goodison Photographs

[cooperman]

Goodison Park in its infancy with a game being played -

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Would that be the main stand side we're looking at? That building with a cross on the top looks like the bookies

Sure I was told that st Luke's church was extended at some point, so that's the original version in the photo perhaps?

 

[Joey66]

Would that be the main stand side we're looking at? That building with a cross on the top looks like the bookies

Sure I was told that st Luke's church was extended at some point, so that's the original version in the photo perhaps?

It's the then main stand with the church more prominent with more land perhaps..

 

[Tom Hughes]

How much did the upper tier hold?

My dad had a season ticket up there.

Think it was about 4,000 upstairs.

 

[Joey66]

The Gwladys street end full - standing - fans used to get the 1/2 an hour & the chanting started - before kick off for a normal home game, even earlier for a big game -

 

[Joey66]

The Goodison Park of today really began to take shape after the turn of the century, beginning in 1907 with the building of a double-decker stand at the Park End, costing £13,000. In 1909, the large Main Stand on Goodison Road was built. Costing £28,000, it housed all the offices and players' facilities and survived with modernisation until 1970 -

 

[Joey66]

Main stand finally demolished - 1971/72 -

 

[Joey66]

In all its glory, the old grandstand & Terracing held a large amount of fans -

 

[Joey66]

Goodison Ave early 1960s before north side demolition; Right: Goodison Avenue signs

 

[Joey66]

 

[Joey66]

 

[Joey66]

Goodison Road in the mid-1960s; Right: Goodison Road circa 1960 with Goodison Avenue entrance visible -

 

[Joey66]

The demolition of the old Stanley Park end stand gave the residents of Goodison Ave a perfect view of the pitch -

 

[Joey66]

 

[Connor]

Did the stadium tour today with the special pitch walk

 

[arch stanton]

Did the stadium tour today with the special pitch walk

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sounds good, how far onto the pitch did they let you go? Did you net into the GS end and do your own crowd roar?