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The new Everton stadium in Bramley-More Dock organized its first event on Monday night, since a selection of followers glimpsed the new brilliant future of the toffee.
The Mersyside Club will say goodbye to Goodison Park at the end of this season while preparing to move in the field of £ 800 million, which is located on the docks along the Mersey River in Liverpool.
A multitude of 10,000, including the new owners, the Friedkin group, saw those under 18 of Everton take their wigan counterparts in a friendly, which is the first of the three test events.
First @Evertonstadium Test event ✅
Thanks to all who helped him to happen tonight. Two more at the end! 🔜 pic.twitter.com/uhafy1oqxg
– Everton (@Everton) February 17, 2025
Harrison Rimmer took only 12 minutes to open the scoreboard, before Wigan’s young man milked his moment in front of Everton fans by holding six fingers in reference to the number of rivals in the profits of the Liverpool Champions League.
Cole Simms doubled the leadership of the visitors shortly after and that was decisive, despite the late penalty of Ray Roberts, but that did not stop a positive atmosphere of the supporters who were delighted to see their new stadium for the first time.
“The stadium is excellent. The views are incredible. It’s all you want, as a fan. Everton has returned, ”said Steve Davis, a seasonal ticket holders since 1974 Sky Sports.
The Moodison Park’s move from Everton, his home since 1892, has taken a long time to arrive, with initial discussions about a new stadium that begins in the early 1990s.
The plans to build a stadium on the Mersey River in 2003 were abandoned before the government rejected controversial plans to build a 50,000 seats in Kirkby in 2009.
The first impressions of Everton Stadium fans. 🤩🏟 pic.twitter.com/90Keyjaraq
– Everton Stadium (@evertonstadium) February 17, 2025
A few years later a site was identified in Walton Hall Park, but the idea was filed after the opposition in 2016.
But the work on the current site finally began in the summer of 2021 and the construction was completed in December.
Providing Everton avoids the descent this season, which now seems likely, Everton’s 52,888 stadium will become the largest seventh in the Premier League.
