New Everton Stadium - Hill Dickinson Stadium

[dockroad]

I've attended most matches this season and my only gripe is getting away afterwards. I've tried the 919 and 929 buses to town and it takes for ever. There might be 6 buses waiting but the jobsworth marshalls will only load one at a time then the next one moves up empty when it could already be full . On Gt.Howard St. there is a lane coned off presumably for buses as far as Leeds St. but it is not enforced and results in gridlock . I'm 75 and I have found it quicker to walk to town even at my pace.

 

[mccole]

Peel own the docks, not the council. The council can only build what they get funding for, and that is generally dependent on cost:benefit analysis, which stadiums are notoriously poor for..... and why most football clubs have to fund any new infrastructure themselves. Fact is, the club's transport strategy was fully implemented. If we had won the CWGames bid, the project would have received the £750m+ that Brum got. That would've given a new station at Vauxhall and more enabling funding for further infrastructure, but nothing would have changed the basic logistics and geography. Kopites have been asking why the loop line hasn't been opened up for them since before their first expansion took place, but that will only happen if/when that proposal meets CBR criteria..... and let's face it, they generally bring far more money into the city than us, but would we be happy if the council funded all of their new infrastructure?

This is the exact small and narrow mindset out council has.

Unless someone gives us the cash or we pay, we'll just reap the benefits.

They have money (£1.2b) and still nothing gets done.

Baltic Station - £100m - delayed until 2029?

Merseyrail is a disaster they could bring that into public ownership.

 

[Bez2k2k]

I've attended most matches this season and my only gripe is getting away afterwards. I've tried the 919 and 929 buses to town and it takes for ever. There might be 6 buses waiting but the jobsworth marshalls will only load one at a time then the next one moves up empty when it could already be full . On Gt.Howard St. there is a lane coned off presumably for buses as far as Leeds St. but it is not enforced and results in gridlock . I'm 75 and I have found it quicker to walk to town even at my pace.

It’s a shame isn’t it. Trains are rammed and people can’t walk. I wonder if Everton could put in a golf cart style system, ferry disabled and elders from Moorfields to the ground. All the roads are basically closed so why not give something like that a go.

 

[Tom Hughes]

This is the exact small and narrow mindset out council has.

Unless someone gives us the cash or we pay, we'll just reap the benefits.

They have money (£1.2b) and still nothing gets done.

Baltic Station - £100m - delayed until 2029?

Merseyrail is a disaster they could bring that into public ownership.

That's how all councils operate. They are dependent on government or other funding vehicles. They only got that funding very recently. It certainly wasn't available during the build. Even then, any proposals will be subject to Cost: Benefit analysis with lots of competing priorities probably coming ahead of a once a fortnight venue. If Vauxhall station goes ahead, it wil be mainly because of Liverpool Waters, Ten Streets/Pumpfields etc and not our stadium.

 

[Johnniepk]

I've attended most matches this season and my only gripe is getting away afterwards. I've tried the 919 and 929 buses to town and it takes for ever. There might be 6 buses waiting but the jobsworth marshalls will only load one at a time then the next one moves up empty when it could already be full . On Gt.Howard St. there is a lane coned off presumably for buses as far as Leeds St. but it is not enforced and results in gridlock . I'm 75 and I have found it quicker to walk to town even at my pace.

Same. But its a killer walk for me. I dread it and it shouldn't be like that.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

I absolutely love the stadium. It's incredible. For 90 minutes, the best football ground I've ever been in. I've been in them all, apart from Palace, Brighton, Burnley and Wolves.

The infrastructure around it, and management including ticketing - woeful.

In 10 years, at least we know the first will be sorted. It's just a real kicker generations of fans have been, and will continue to be forced out because of logistical failings.

 

[DRINGOSTAR]

Where is the closest I can park tonight to the stadium if the roads are open for the youth match ? Cheers

 

[Jacko93]

I'd like the club to publish the real attendance figures, rather than "seats paid for" which is an important metric for the club accountants but meaningless to anyone else, like the fans. It's easily done, they can base it on the number of scans at the gates. Then I'd like them to acknowledge the shortfall is partly due to not having physical tickets that can be passed around, and rectify that.

They were so bad on Tuesday, I can't even remmeber it being announced.

 

[Daytripper]

I absolutely love the stadium. It's incredible. For 90 minutes, the best football ground I've ever been in. I've been in them all, apart from Palace, Brighton, Burnley and Wolves.

The infrastructure around it, and management including ticketing - woeful.

In 10 years, at least we know the first will be sorted. It's just a real kicker generations of fans have been, and will continue to be forced out because of logistical failings.

agree , one other thing for me tho it’s a bit too bland looking internally, some recognition That it’s Everton’s home.

I raised this during the summer and was told it would be sorted once the naming rights were done, I knew it wouldn’t.

 

[matty1878]

I absolutely love the stadium. It's incredible. For 90 minutes, the best football ground I've ever been in. I've been in them all, apart from Palace, Brighton, Burnley and Wolves.

The infrastructure around it, and management including ticketing - woeful.

In 10 years, at least we know the first will be sorted. It's just a real kicker generations of fans have been, and will continue to be forced out because of logistical failings.

if we can win more imagine!

( when we have to me it’s been so so loud)

and them grounds are turd lol

 

[GrandOldTeam]

agree , one other thing for me tho it’s a bit too bland looking internally, some recognition That it’s Everton’s home.

I raised this during the summer and was told it would be sorted once the naming rights were done, I knew it wouldn’t.

Yeah that does wind me up - people joke about people getting wound up about grey but c'mon. What are they waiting for?

Even the seats was meant to have branding on.

 

[Benicetoourboys]

Just a little thing (& I know its petty), the signs on the roads outside saying Event on 10/2/26 at Hill Dickinson Stadium, why can't they say Everton match?

 

[sam domingo]

They were so bad on Tuesday, I can't even remmeber it being announced.

They did actually put it up on the screens, they just didn't announce it over the speakers. I can't remember the exact figure, somewhere around 50,200? I remember thinking when I saw it that it was around 2500 under capacity. Obviously a fair chunk of those empty seats was the visitors section.

 

[UltraVires]

I am sure it’s already been mentioned but i just noticed a debate raging on twitter about fans telling other fans to sit down for the penalty.

It was happening all around me and it was a joke. We are quite high up in the stand so if you can climb the stairs all the way up, you can then stand up for 1 minute while a penalty takes place. If you are going to sit all game, you may as well stay at home and avoid the hassle of getting to and from the ground that we are all probably sick of by now

 

[mickefc]

I am sure it’s already been mentioned but i just noticed a debate raging on twitter about fans telling other fans to sit down for the penalty.

It was happening all around me and it was a joke. We are quite high up in the stand so if you can climb the stairs all the way up, you can then stand up for 1 minute while a penalty takes place. If you are going to sit all game, you may as well stay at home and avoid the hassle of getting to and from the ground that we are all probably sick of by now

The fan behaviour at the new ground is a million miles off Goodison, and not in a good way. Its sad.