Goodison park or New Stadium.

[Dymak]

120 days or less between the end of one season and the beginning of the next. It would be a very impressive construction schedule to pull off the roofs of the Main Stand and Park End and replace them with ones that do not obstruct view. Even doing one each per summer would be no small feat. If you know how to do that in less than 120 days, you know far more than me, friend.

We replaced the Gwladys Street roof in that time frame in 1987. The Gwladys is on its third roof, I think. Sheffield United also replaced a roof on their away end in order to remove the obstructions, and I don't think it took them very long to complete. I can't remember too many examples of adjacent stands needing to be closed due to the construction or redevelopment of a nearby football stand either.

 

[Blue Cheese]

I've heard there's a patch of land free in Kirkby...











*runs

 

[andy4efc]

Same weather affected that newer stadium in Manchester on the same day, but details aren't useful in the wind up.

Surrounding areas as well pal, deemed unsafe.

Rightly so, I remember turning up at 7:15 and constantly saying why is this being allowed to ahead.

 

[The Cowboy]

We should've bought the RS when the first yanks fked it up, disbanded them, bulldozed Anfield and built Goodison mkII there.

More chance that happening than us getting a shiny new stadium any time soon.

 

[JP McMurphy]

Don't disagree that a new stadium could be marvelous, but the point is that the county carried the burden of the development of the Seattle stadium. Let's not miss the fact that it is home to three teams. If you're comparing apples to apples, let's talk about a Merseyside-financed shared stadium. I'll admit a fair amount of ignorance on new stadium development in the UK, but aren't publicly-financed deals rather rare?

As rare as Action Mans puke my friend; for all the Income tax, Council tax, road tax etc. that's paid, we can't get a decent refuse collection, the roads are all potholed and the country's almost bankrupt. So unless we find a 'generous benefactor' and/ or LFC decide to join us in Stanley/Walton Hall Park, were stranded in a 'Time' warp, but if you're the glass-half full type, 'watch' this space.

 

[bourneblue]

Why waste time and money redeveloping Goodison ?
Goodison is landlocked on 3 sides, there's a church, a school countless residential and business premises to be purchased via cpo's taking decades to complete. Just as it did when the rs redeveloped the anfield rd and old kemlyn rd stands.
The most cost effective and quicker option is to build a new ground on brown field site within the city.

 

[Polish_Blue_Army]

Be careful what you wish for. New arenas all look the same and they have no soul. After 2 months of playing at the new ground everyone is going to miss good old Goodison, restricted views, [Poor language removed] seats etc

We have the best ground in the uk on par with ibrox maybe

 

[sbbefc]

I want Everton winning and playing at the highest level, whether its at Goodison or not I don't really care. Obviously if we pack up and move 10 miles way or something that's a different issue.

 

[sbbefc]

Be careful what you wish for. New arenas all look the same and they have no soul. After 2 months of playing at the new ground everyone is going to miss good old Goodison, restricted views, [Poor language removed] seats etc

We have the best ground in the uk on par with ibrox maybe

Never been to Ibrox but the stadium looks brilliant on tv and in pictures. Exactly what Goodison should have become in the last 20 years, shame on the board.

 

[radiostar]

Maybe, reluctantly we should move.

Kirkby came too early with the wrong location, however I wonder where the club would be now if we had moved to a big nice shiney new ground.

 

[degsy]

Why waste time and money redeveloping Goodison ?
Goodison is landlocked on 3 sides, there's a church, a school countless residential and business premises to be purchased via cpo's taking decades to complete. Just as it did when the rs redeveloped the anfield rd and old kemlyn rd stands.
The most cost effective and quicker option is to build a new ground on brown field site within the city.

Oh is it now...Spunk out countless millions all in one big hit AND move away from our Spiritual Home, even if it is only to Walton Hall Park.
The various vested interests consistently deny any plausibility of a phased rebuild

Do yourself a favour read everything you can by a man called Tom Hughes, his writings give you chapter and verse in a much more coherent way than I could in paraphrasing him.

It is eminently do-able.

Short ( official ) version; not can't, won't

 

[chicoazul]

Maybe, reluctantly we should move.

Kirkby came too early with the wrong location, however I wonder where the club would be now if we had moved to a big nice shiney new ground.

Like the King's Dock?

weeps*

 

[degsy]

Concentrate on the Team, get into the CL on a regular basis and that will go a long way towards paying for the phased redevelopment.

and if the restricted views are that bad, how many full, or v near full houses did we have last season.
If the footy's good to watch there will be more people wanting seats than there are seats...every week
If the footy's good to watch the Sponsors will crawl over broken glass to a tent in the Park End car park and be thankful they're on the bandwagon
The footy powers the bandwagon
The bandwagon pays for everything.
Get the footy right
The footy powers the bandwagon
The bandwagon pays for everything



And No, I'm not saying Do a Leeds

Upgrade the footy in stages
Then Upgrade the Ground in stages

So it takes 5, 10, 15 even 20 yrs....doing nothing for the last 20, 15, 10, 5, yrs has done exactly what.

Where's the plan stan, no need to be coy roy, what's in the till bill.

 

[Taff]

I totally get people's attachment to Goodison. I love it too. It was great when I had a season ticket and parking spot sorted. Without a season ticket though, I find it a pain sorting half descent seats without an obstruction from a pillar or stand above.


Give me a new stadium with better transport links, parking and guaranteed unobstructed views and there's no doubt I'd go 3x more games, whatever our form is.


I wonder how many people are put off going the game for the same reasons?

 

[Blue Cheese]

Is there nothing in modern structural engineering that could make staying at Goodison viable, i.e safely removing the obstructed views and redeveloping for an extra tier.

I know nothing at all about engineering or construction so I ask this genuinely?

I'm sure all these ideas have been discussed before at boardroom level and obviously it must be unfeasible.