New Everton Stadium

[degsy]

Grand Old Team has gravitas

Talking total wham mate

- and has long-standing associations with this community in particular. The song was sung and used by Liverpool school kids years ago. It's well documented that St Anthony's (Scotland Road) school team for one adopted the song and it no doubt attracted other admirers.

It's a legacy song and therefore has credibility among scouse club fans.

The Grand Old Lady is an appendage stuck unconvincingly on the side of our identity/culture as a club by an ingratiating journalist. It's alien.

 

[Richie]

Be completely honest, when did you EVER say to someone: "I'm going to the Grand Old Lady"?

You didn't. No one ever has.

 

[davek]

Talking total wham mate

Eh?

Have a look at Terry Cooke's book 'Scotland Road: The Old Neighbourhood'. The school team were using that in the 40s and 50s.

My old feller went there and he confirmed it a long time ago.

Maybe they're all lying?

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Commander Steve's barnet should be listed.

Condemned more like.

 

[John from Bootle]

No chance that term had wide currency among Evcertonians even 3 or 4 years ago. I cant ever remember someone saying they're "going down the Grand Old Lady". Going to Goodison, yes. Going the match/game, yes. Going down/to the Grand Old Lady - no.

It's a commercial-media construct that plays into a lot of narratives around the club's long standing role in English football. It was a journalist playing up toward an Evertonnian conceit.

Well, we'll have to disagree there. It's a moniker I've been aware of for far longer than 3-4 years Dave.

I can't remember anybody saying to me they're 'going down to the grand old lady' either Dave. Why would they? We just don't speak like that, but I've defo heard people use it in a more descriptive or emotive manner.

For what it's worth Dave, a quick use of the search functions concludes that Grand Old Lady was first used to describe Goodison by a member of the GOT community in 2008.

Search results for query: grand old lady

www.grandoldteam.com

 

[PKwalnuts]

Email just about the bars...
After our Goodbye to Goodison, it’s Hello to Hill Dickinson Stadium!


And as we prepare to welcome fans to our stunning new waterfront home later this summer, we wanted to remind you of the huge range of bars, restaurants and experiences that supporters can enjoy on a match-by-match basis.


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However, there will be opportunities to purchase places on a match-by-match basis and experience our wide range of offerings throughout the 2025/26 season.


These include Village Street, featuring four vibrant bars in the West Stand, and Trinity Place Bar, a vibrant, contemporary, football-focused bar located in the East Stand.


There are also opportunities to savour dining options in many of our restaurants and experiences on a match-by-match basis, including ‘Beyond’, a tunnel club experience like no other, which immerses guests within the players’ inner sanctum.

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[jaybx1878]

'Grand Old Team' is a relatively new thing aswell, that only started getting sung in the late 90s I reckon, it certainly wasn't sung at Wembley in 95.

 

[Caso01]

This is the down side to having the blert on ignore, I have no idea what’s going on.

 

[davek]

Well, we'll have to disagree there. It's a moniker I've been aware of for far longer than 3-4 years Dave.

I can't remember anybody saying to me they're 'going down to the grand old lady' either Dave. Why would they? We just don't speak like that, but I've defo heard people use it in a more descriptive or emotive manner.

For what it's worth Dave, a quick use of the search functions concludes that Grand Old Lady was first used to describe Goodison by a member of the GOT community in 2008.

Search results for query: grand old lady

www.grandoldteam.com

Yes, point taken on that mate.

I must admit, the term has never ever registered with me.

Imo the volume of use of it has accelerated enormously in the run up to the move from Goodison and it was never anything other than a niche term up until then used by only a small number of posters.

Of course the broader point is that it all should be left behind now anyway.

We have a new stadium requiring a brand new indentity.

 

[Mrtallywacker]

Be completely honest, when did you EVER say to someone: "I'm going to the Grand Old Lady"?

You didn't. No one ever has.

Probably the same as when someone asks who you support my son.
You wouldn't say 'The Toffeemen', 'The school of science'', 'The people's club' or 'The Grand Old team', you would simply say Everton.
They still remain as nicknames or terms of affection/respect.

God bless.

 

[Rich1878]

 

[SLAVEN BILIC]

'Grand Old Team' is a relatively new thing aswell, that only started getting sung in the late 90s I reckon, it certainly wasn't sung at Wembley in 95.

Early to mid 80s it had a few airings according to a google search.

 

[TrailerTrash]

 

[Trueblue1878]

The 60k variant still had the dip.

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This is a far superior design.
The aesthetics on stadium we have have been spoilt somewhat by the abundance of pitch side wheel chair positions.
Having them in the tiers and at the back of lower looks so much better.

 

[davek]

Probably the same as when someone asks who you support my son.
You wouldn't say 'The Toffeemen', 'The school of science'', 'The people's club' or 'The Grand Old team', you would simply say Everton.
They still remain as nicknames or terms of affection/respect.

God bless.

The Toffees is not the same thing as 'the Grand Old Lady'.

The former is something that's part of the club's origin story. Organic. The latter is from David Conn from the Graunaid. Something foisted on the club.

I suppose you could say 'The Kop' was handed to that Oakland Road stand at Anfield by a Daily Post reporter in the Edwardian era, but at least the naming had some local significance in that it was where a lot of local soldiers died on in South Africa.