The 118-year old Goodison Park stadium is not the easiest place to play at as Chelsea found last night. With their plans to move to a new 50,000-capacity stadium at Kirkby effectively vetoed by the government, Everton are taking a fresh look at rehabilitating their traditional home. They have talked to developers and landowners and brought in an architect who has not been involved with the club before to come up with some ideas.
The 118-year old Goodison Park stadium is not the easiest place to play at as Chelsea found last night. With their plans to move to a new 50,000-capacity stadium at Kirkby effectively vetoed by the government, Everton are taking a fresh look at rehabilitating their traditional home. They have talked to developers and landowners and brought in an architect who has not been involved with the club before to come up with some ideas.
It will be a challenging task given the ground’s location hemmed in by Victorian housing and a church and with an inadequate surrounding road network. The club are working with the city council who would prefer one stadium for Liverpool and Everton. But that is unlikely ever to happen.