Everton gona move house
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Everton are considering a move away from Goodison Park, their home for the last 114 years, to a new stadium outside the city of Liverpool.
Under the plans, which have provoked angry opposition from many supporters, the new stadium would be built in the nearby town of Kirkby as part of a development in partnership with Britain's biggest supermarket chain Tesco and Knowsley Borough Council.
Goodison has been Everton's home since 1892, when the club moved from its former base at Anfield, which was taken over by local rivals Liverpool.
The ground has a capacity of just over 40,000 and local planning constraints mean Everton cannot expand on the site to capitalise on their potential to draw bigger crowds.
Club chairman Bill Kenwright told the annual general meeting of shareholders on Monday evening that a move was vital for Everton's future.
"I would love to say here forever," he said Tuesday. "But it is not an financial option for Everton to remain at Goodison Park."
Although club executives stressed that no decision had been made on the proposed move to Kirkby, Everton will not look at alternative sites.
Liverpool are close to finalising plans to leave Anfield for a new 60,000-seat stadium at nearby Stanley Park in time for the start of the 2009-10 season. -
lidat liverpool and everton still derby anot
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once rivals forever will be rivals.Originally posted by anhydrouscoppersulphate:lidat liverpool and everton still derby anot
even if singapore floats all the way to africa, we'll still be rivals wif malaysia -
i can see supporters forming a new afc everton in the non league