The brand new Everton stadium in Bramley-Moore Dock organized its first event on Monday evening while a selection of supporters had a glimpse of the new future of the Toffees.
The Merseyside Club will say goodbye to Goodison Park at the end of this season while they are preparing to move into the 800 million pounds Sterling field, which is located on the quays near the Mersey River in Liverpool.
A crowd of 10,000, including the new owners, the Friedkin group, watched Everton’s under -18s face their Wigan counterparts in a friend, who is the first of the three test events.
First of all @EvertonStadium Test event ✅
Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen tonight. Two others to go! 🔜 pic.twitter.com/uhafy1oqxg
– Everton (@Everton) February 17, 2025
It only took Harrison Rimmer 12 minutes to open the scoring, before Wigan’s young man milking his moment in front of Everton fans, brandishing six fingers in reference to the number of Liverpool Rivaux victories in the Champions League .
Cole Simms doubled the example of visitors shortly after and it turned out to be decisive, despite the late pain of Ray Roberts, but that did not prevent a positive atmosphere of the supporters who were delighted to see their new stadium for the first time.
“The stadium is superb. The views are incredible. That’s all you want, as a fan. Everton is back, ”said Steve Davis, a season subscription since 1974 Sky Sports.
The move of Everton of Goodison Park, their house since 1892, is to come, with initial discussions on a new stadium from the early 1990s.
The construction plans of a stadium by the Mersey River in 2003 were abandoned before the government rejects controversial plans to build a 50,000 -seat stadium in Kirkby in 2009.
The first impressions of fans of the Everton Stadium. 🤩🏟 pic.twitter.com/90Keyjaraq
– Everton Stadium (@EvertonStadium) February 17, 2025
A few years later, a site at Walton Hall Park was identified, but the idea was put aside after the opposition in 2016.
But work on the current site finally started in the summer of 2021 and the construction was completed in December.
Offering Everton to avoid relegation this season, which now seems likely, the 52,888 stadium of Everton will become the seventh largest in the Premier League.
