Everton confirm last game at Goodison Park for ’emotional and historic season’
Everton have confirmed they will leave Goodison Park at the end of the 2024/25 season.
The Toffees are preparing to move into a brand spanking new 53,000-capacity stadium on Bramley-Moore Dock on the banks of the Mersey, and plans were initially in place to open it up mid-way through next season. But the club have now pushed the move in date back after "considering numerous commercial, logistical, sporting and fan-related factors".
In a statement published on Everton's website, interim CEO and chief stadium development officer Colin Chong insisted the push-back had nothing to do with constructions delays and said it would allow for Goodison, Everton’s home 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 statement read. "Next season, the 2024/25 campaign, will be the club's last at Goodison Park.
"To be absolutely clear, our decision to not move in mid-season is not because of a construction delay. It is a club decision driven by a combination of commercial insight, a comprehensive review of the logistics required, an analysis of the potential impact upon our football operations and, importantly, fan feedback sourced as part of our recent stadium migration survey, which was completed by almost 10,000 Evertonians."
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The club noted work on the new stadium is set to be completed in "the final weeks of 2024", and Everton fans will be given the chance to sample the new facilities before the ground officially opens ahead of the following season. The Merseyside club will hope to follow in the footsteps of Tottenham, Arsenal and West Ham, all of whom brought the curtain down on their old, historic stadiums with feel-good victories.
Arsenal said goodbye to Highbury in 2006 with a win over Wigan, which saw them leapfrog rivals Spurs and claim the final Champions League spot (courtesy of some dodgy lasagne). West Ham beat Manchester United in the final game at Upton Park in 2016, and Tottenham did the same a year later ahead of their White Hart Lane departure.
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