Threats to owners, sit in protest. 

deluded cunts.

fuck em.

 

42 minutes ago, Pablo said:

Hell yeah that would be good, but going to be planty of issues with travel & parking to start off, before people get new routines and newrer transport facilities are sorted.

**Saying that though, I doubt they would pay £200 million just to put a car park on it, think it would more likely be similar to whats at CItys ground.

These would still be issues at any new location for a ground, we do have an larger issuse with our transport infastructure UK wide, even without new grounds in pretty much City centre locations.

 

You're right, imagine they'd be looking to develop something in the hospitality line that would make them money year-round as well as on / around matchdays

The transport situation will hopefully work itself out over half a season or so. As you say, not many grounds that are a doddle to get away from, ours is no shining light in that regard. 

7 minutes ago, gonzo said:

I get why they're doing it but it's proper shit to see Goodison go.

That place is everything I loved about football.

Dark horrible streets filled with pubs, the smell of burger vans and random folk shouting. 

Walking through those terraces houses wondering what it would be like to live there. Always found it mad I'd be there with 40k footy fans watching a match and some old Queen is sat watching Catchphrase as you walk past.

Always proper intimidating round there, especially at night. Could always feel a buzz and local passion, in the blood and all that.

That shitty stand with wooden seats is what it's all about. Racket coming from the home end, screeching on every decision. 

Had some of the best days and nights ever there, some of the worst too coming away robbed or beat by the wind.

Not been in ages but I'll miss the gaff.

Another proper football ground gone and another nail in the coffin of tradition.

 

Hope it's worth what they'll leave behind.

Guna make me cry la...💙

10 minutes ago, Pablo said:

Guna make me cry la...💙

Pussy Wool

25 minutes ago, Big E said:

Folk mention problems getting away. I reckon it’s gonna be easier than leaving the Reebok in its first seasons. I mean it is pretty wank even now. 
 

they will sort the transport. The issues with the station no doubt be worked. They will have shuttle buses as well. 
 

it’s only 3.5km from Goodison as it is. Plenty of transport available. 
 

closer to limestreet than Goodison
 

really hope the park stuff takes off it will be mint 

 

Hopefully they get it right, and just listen and responde to the fans and what people want.

So far, so good.

It all works itself out in the end transport wise, always does.

12 minutes ago, Pablo said:

 

Hopefully they get it right, and just listen and responde to the fans and what people want.

So far, so good.

It all works itself out in the end transport wise, always does.

Big things like covered waiting areas need sorting. I can see a couple of extra trains being laid on to get you back into town. It’s a 30 minute walk back to to moorefields then you can get to Chester and limestreet easily. 
 

 

16 minutes ago, Big E said:

Pussy Wool

He's off to see them next week at the wind factory

5 minutes ago, gonzo said:

He's off to see them next week at the wind factory

“Best band ever”

”you got to hear these guys….proper special” 

🤣🤣 Pair of bummers...

55 minutes ago, gonzo said:

I get why they're doing it but it's proper shit to see Goodison go.

That place is everything I loved about football.

Dark horrible streets filled with pubs, the smell of burger vans and random folk shouting. 

Walking through those terraces houses wondering what it would be like to live there. Always found it mad I'd be there with 40k footy fans watching a match and some old Queen is sat watching Catchphrase as you walk past.

Always proper intimidating round there, especially at night. Could always feel a buzz and local passion, in the blood and all that.

That shitty stand with wooden seats is what it's all about. Racket coming from the home end, screeching on every decision. 

Had some of the best days and nights ever there, some of the worst too coming away robbed or beat by the wind.

Not been in ages but I'll miss the gaff.

Another proper football ground gone and another nail in the coffin of tradition.

 

Hope it's worth what they'll leave behind.

Agree with that. One of the best and last proper grounds. It was never the same after they filled the semi circles in behind the goals.

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

I get why they're doing it but it's proper shit to see Goodison go.

That place is everything I loved about football.

Dark horrible streets filled with pubs, the smell of burger vans and random folk shouting. 

Walking through those terraces houses wondering what it would be like to live there. Always found it mad I'd be there with 40k footy fans watching a match and some old Queen is sat watching Catchphrase as you walk past.

Always proper intimidating round there, especially at night. Could always feel a buzz and local passion, in the blood and all that.

That shitty stand with wooden seats is what it's all about. Racket coming from the home end, screeching on every decision. 

Had some of the best days and nights ever there, some of the worst too coming away robbed or beat by the wind.

Not been in ages but I'll miss the gaff.

Another proper football ground gone and another nail in the coffin of tradition.

 

Hope it's worth what they'll leave behind.

Sums it up well. Always a cracking atmosphere - whining or not.

Cold hard truth is we have to move, we all got on board with that years and years ago.....almost 30 years we have been trying to move, its well over-due.

Everton lose money each home game, while others make millions - that just can't continue if we want to move on as a club.

We have been told for decades how bad Goodison is, proper dump, shithole, embarasing....Woodison by EVERY set of fans in the country.....and now we are moving to this stunnner.......everyone loves Goodison all of a sudden!! 🤣

 

Edited February 19, 20251 yr by Pablo

13 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

Agree with that. One of the best and last proper grounds. It was never the same after they filled the semi circles in behind the goals.

A very good point. 

2 minutes ago, Pablo said:

Cold hard truth is we have to move, we all got on board with that years and years ago.....almost 30 years we have been trying to move, its well over-due.

Everton lose money each home game, while others make millions - that just can't continue if we want to move on as a club.

We have been told for decades how bad Goodison is, proper dump, shithole, embarasing....Woodison by EVERY set of fans in the country.....and now we are moving to this stunnner.......everyone loves Goodison all of a sudden!! 🤣

 

 

It is. Fuck knows what these soppy cunts are on about. 

13 hours ago, Underpants said:

I love looking at grounds. Old and new. They are like cathedrals. But I have to say that I'm totally unimpressed by Everton's new home. Looks like a posh St Andrews. Also locating it next to water will make getting away from the area an absolute nightmare. Unless you have a boat that is.

Growing up I was a bit obsessed with seeing football grounds - either from going to games or while on family holidays in England or Scotland (plenty of pics of me inside grounds in 80s summers...Dumbarton, Ayr, Norwich, Hull etc!).  But its disappointing they all look identikit now, and the lack of terraces makes them less appealing. 

I prefer to see non league grounds as they have generally not been modified and so retain character and originality (not many better than Chorley).

20 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

Agree with that. One of the best and last proper grounds. It was never the same after they filled the semi circles in behind the goals.

I never went to Goodison when it was like that, looks fantastic on the old clips on TV (Latchford, King, Dobson).

But you're right, the ground wasn't the same when they made the Park End (away end) really small, and the even newer Park End in last 25 years or so is completely characterless (the rest of the ground isn't though - just too cramped/old).

4 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

I never went to Goodison when it was like that, looks fantastic on the old clips on TV (Latchford, King, Dobson).

But you're right, the ground wasn't the same when they made the Park End (away end) really small, and the even newer Park End in last 25 years or so is completely characterless (the rest of the ground isn't though - just too cramped/old).

Terrible stand, should have been a massive 2 tierd end at least.

9 minutes ago, Pablo said:

Terrible stand, should have been a massive 2 tierd end at least.

Almost prefab those stands in the mid 90s weren't they. Wolves, Blackburn, even Tranmwere all got the same metal boxes.

Surprised it's not being referred to as a different ground name all of a sudden.  Like I'd only ever heard of West Ham's ground referred to as Upton Park all my life.  Suddenly it was the Boleyn Ground in its last season.

9 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Almost prefab those stands in the mid 90s weren't they. Wolves, Blackburn, even Tranmwere all got the same metal boxes.

Yea, cheap looking and quick to throw up, horrible.

 

It's a bit of a shitty patchwork job of a stadium. Looks like a bunch of random stands have just been plonked there.

31 minutes ago, DazBob said:

Surprised it's not being referred to as a different ground name all of a sudden.  Like I'd only ever heard of West Ham's ground referred to as Upton Park all my life.  Suddenly it was the Boleyn Ground in its last season.

I do like The Sewage Works arena for their new gaff

5 hours ago, Cheese said:

35 degrees. Steepest you're allowed to build in accordance with the law, apparently.

Same as the top tier at Denver's Mile High stadium.
Standing up on the back row of that is an experience.

Goodson is a shit hole full of the most whining bitter fans in the country. 

4 hours ago, gonzo said:

Almost prefab those stands in the mid 90s weren't they. Wolves, Blackburn, even Tranmwere all got the same metal boxes.

When we played at Wolves in the White Hot years (2-0, Scott Green etc), they'd just built the stand opposite the big North Bank (which was still a massive terrace, split between home & away).  There was no stand to our left so the new one was really isolated.  I couldn't believe how flimsy and cheap it looked.  Being yellow as well made it look like a Meccano set.

6 hours ago, gonzo said:

I get why they're doing it but it's proper shit to see Goodison go.

That place is everything I loved about football.

Dark horrible streets filled with pubs, the smell of burger vans and random folk shouting. 

Walking through those terraces houses wondering what it would be like to live there. Always found it mad I'd be there with 40k footy fans watching a match and some old Queen is sat watching Catchphrase as you walk past.

Always proper intimidating round there, especially at night. Could always feel a buzz and local passion, in the blood and all that.

That shitty stand with wooden seats is what it's all about. Racket coming from the home end, screeching on every decision. 

Had some of the best days and nights ever there, some of the worst too coming away robbed or beat by the wind.

Not been in ages but I'll miss the gaff.

Another proper football ground gone and another nail in the coffin of tradition.

 

Hope it's worth what they'll leave behind.

You could nearly have been speaking about Burnden then chief