Everton have confirmed they’ll depart Goodison Park on the finish of the 2024/25 season.
The Toffees are making ready to maneuver into a brand new 53,000-capacity stadium on Bramley-Moore Dock on the banks of the Mersey, and plans had been initially in place to open it up mid-way by means of subsequent season. But the membership have now pushed the transfer in date again after “considering numerous commercial, logistical, sporting and fan-related factors”.
In a assertion revealed on Everton’s web site, interim CEO and chief stadium improvement officer Colin Chong insisted the push-back had nothing to do with constructions delays and mentioned it will enable for Goodison, Everton’s dwelling since 1892, to be given “a fitting send-off”.
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“Everton Football Club can confirm the men’s senior team will play competitive fixtures at its new stadium at the start of the 2025/26 season,” the assertion learn. “Next season, the 2024/25 campaign, will be the club’s last at Goodison Park.
“To be completely clear, our resolution to not transfer in mid-season is just not due to a building delay. It is a membership resolution pushed by a mixture of business perception, a complete evaluate of the logistics required, an evaluation of the potential impression upon our soccer operations and, importantly, fan suggestions sourced as a part of our current stadium migration survey, which was accomplished by nearly 10,000 Evertonians.”
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The membership famous work on the brand new stadium is ready to be accomplished in “the final weeks of 2024”, and Everton followers might be given the prospect to pattern the brand new amenities earlier than the bottom formally opens forward of the next season. The Merseyside membership will hope to observe within the footsteps of Tottenham, Arsenal and West Ham, all of whom introduced the curtain down on their outdated, historic stadiums with feel-good victories.
Arsenal mentioned goodbye to Highbury in 2006 with a win over Wigan, which noticed them leapfrog rivals Spurs and declare the ultimate Champions League spot (courtesy of some dodgy lasagne). West Ham beat Manchester United within the ultimate recreation at Upton Park in 2016, and Tottenham did the identical a yr later forward of their White Hart Lane departure.