New Everton Stadium - Hill Dickinson Stadium

[mahermi1]

Be disappointed if he never heard me. Was also expecting a tap on the shoulder from a steward

Don't even think he was favouring Spurs, always thought Lawson to be incompetent and very arrogant for some reason unknown to me, he ignored Spurs time wasting and gamesmanship, until he couldn't ignore the noise of a disgusted crowd. Terrible ref but tell me a good one..

 

[mightymoyes]

Toilets are a joke they are big but only about 15 urinals crazy could fit 5 times more in there....

they need to put a steward at the toilet exits, knobheads coming in the exits and bunking the queue ahead of people who had came in the correct way is gonna cause aggro at some point

 

[duncs pigeon]

Toilets are a joke they are big but only about 15 urinals crazy could fit 5 times more in there....

If people didnt smoke in the cubicles it would be better ffs

 

[Harryflashman]

they need to put a steward at the toilet exits, knobheads coming in the exits and bunking the queue ahead of people who had came in the correct way is gonna cause aggro at some point

I honestly didn’t see one kick off over that in all the years i went to goodison , could happen obviously but feels like it’s just the way its always been .

 

[everton1953]

I was disappointed to get very wet in the east lower. Not sure if the rain blew in from the river or just dropped from above. People were leaving as it got worse probably unprepared for it. Maybe souwesters are the solution just in case.

 

[Vaughan]

I took out a lot of frustration, vocally, on Sunday. But not sure many people were willing to join in. Im not convinced the cadence of my words were particularly melodic.

I think on at least two occasions though, Pawson heard me.

i gave adam wharton absolute dog’s for no other reason than someone had to

munoz and van de ven have celebrated for a long time in that corner twice between south and west. it was a mockery

of course, no player should be struck by a missle or face violence at the hands of a fan

but they should be scared of the possibility it might happen

 

[James Patrick]

i gave adam wharton absolute dog’s for no other reason than someone had to

munoz and van de ven have celebrated for a long time in that corner twice between south and west. it was a mockery

of course, no player should be struck by a missle or face violence at the hands of a fan

but they should be scared of the possibility it might happen

Goodison always carried an intimidation factor that the crowd could reach out and grab you or easily get to you. That's gone at this new place.

 

[Vaughan]

Goodison always carried an intimidation factor that the crowd could reach out and grab you or easily get to you. That's gone at this new place.

yes. we can now buy bottled drinks with the lids still on, as it seems like no one is going to throw it. this gives the away side an edge. they really ought to fear that a bottle of lucozade might smack them in the head if they take the mick.

of course, no one should or is going to, but there should be an implication ...

 

[Leylo]

they need to put a steward at the toilet exits, knobheads coming in the exits and bunking the queue ahead of people who had came in the correct way is gonna cause aggro at some point

Always happend at goodison.... don't think they've done their homework on this problem and the lack of urinals it's nuts literally

 

[If You Know Your History]

Interesting that initial consultations he said that Everton fans expressed a wish for our capacity to be bigger than the RS. We’re some way off that, but have a far better stadium. I’m still convinced that we have sold ourselves short with the capacity still though. But as a football stadium it’s second to none.

100% agree.

It's far bigger than Anfield in terms of its footprint, but the capacity is disappointingly low.

 

[Goodison87]

Goodison always carried an intimidation factor that the crowd could reach out and grab you or easily get to you. That's gone at this new place.

Got to agree but I’m not sure a new venue could possibly replicate such an intimidating atmosphere. Absolutely brutal when needed, up to us to adjust and get somewhere near it.

 

[If You Know Your History]

With the high upturned roofline, it's a quite a big cavernous space to fill with noise, with a fairly high threshold of fan engagement to get the place to really reverberate. Yes, when a good to high proportion of fans do make the effort, it is loud....ie a good "whole stadium" atmosphere, when the don't it's very quiet. Away fans are generally more vocal, and even though they're low down at BMD, being concentrated around that corner section, where they can see and bounce of each other, and singing up to the eves of two full expanses of roof..... is a fairly acoustically efficient arrangement. Hence the reason why they can really fill the stadium with noise, when the situation favours them. Whereas our most vociferous fans in the lower south are largely singing up into a wide open expanse.... with little or no acoustic enhancement to assist them. Also, at 60-63 rows the south stand isn't quite the real muscle home end intended (yet). Great when in full voice, but the relatively low massing combined with the higher roof, does not a good "Kop" make (pardon the expression). If it had been a full continuous 63 rows of safe-standing right up to the roofline it could've better reflected that blue wall marketing, attracting the younger fans more exclusively, and better grouping them..... at 80 rows, even more so! Whether the club thought that there was insufficient demand to stand, I don't know. Hopefully, the traditional home stand culture will grow as we all settle into the place. I think the upper corners would've been the ideal location for marketing a "singing section" (again, pardon the expression), to take full advantage of the barrel roof acoustics.... but this doesn't seem to have been a real consideration.

Brilliant post

 

[If You Know Your History]

From where I sit the south stand looks very sparce. Its full but there's loads of space between people.
The street end always looks rammed.

Are we utilising the space in the South Stand as effectively as possible?

Could we pack a few thousand more in there?

 

[If You Know Your History]

I don't mind where you sat at Goodison, but if you're buying seats in the South stand you should be aware that it's the end we are counting on to create the atmosphere. If you're just going to moan about people standing up or giving side eye at anyone trying to sing etc then you're in the wrong end.

100%.

 

[chippy1722]

yes. we can now buy bottled drinks with the lids still on, as it seems like no one is going to throw it. this gives the away side an edge. they really ought to fear that a bottle of lucozade might smack them in the head if they take the mick.

of course, no one should or is going to, but there should be an implication ...

Never understood why Goodison banned bottle tops years ago when people had coins in there pocket.