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I was referring to the bit where you insinuated Liverpool fans caused the need for all seater stadiums mate. Hopefully it was just a poor choice of words.

It’s the way you worded the post mate. It could be misinterpreted that you were blaming fans for Hillsborough. Obviously I know that wasn’t what you meant.

No argument , it’s the fact reading this thread you could think it used to be a jam packed and full on bombonera every week and let’s be honest it wasn’t . I know everyone claims to have been at an empty ground against Coventry but I’m sure...

Awful shout that mate 😡

Unreserved seating was only a thing when you could pay on the gate. There hasn't been a match that's not been all ticket for years. Agree, some of the atmospheres at Goodison, particularly recently towards the end of seasons when we've been...

i think there are some rose tinted glasses around goodison , it’s crowd and atmospheres over the years . Keeping in mind we were famous for fiddling the figures but I think we’ve officially averaged over 50,000 once in the grounds history . We...

Goodison was a fantastic stadia in its day - if you think it rocked sitting down - I went when average attendances were 50.000 plus - it was a bear pit of a place - when you put your hands in your pockets & could not get them out etc - I don't...

That is the height of cringe. Knobheads with megaphones who don’t even watch the game. All weapons wearing the same t shirt. I pray to the Lord we never see that.

If they'd have built a 60k stadium, you'd have cried for a 65k. Built a 65k stadium, you'd have cried for 70. Etc etc etc

An extra 8,000 seats would have generated less than £6m per year in revenue at a cost of hundreds of millions. Theres no argument for it other than willy waving, based on our current finances and on pitch performance.

Yes but it was the incompetent owner who made the stadium possible and got it off the ground. If he'd have opted for 60k+ he would still have been just as incompetent and the issues we faced (Usmanov sanctions etc) would still have happened...

But that was reality. Under Kenwright we were moving to Kirkby next to a Tesco. Moshiri was the owner and this was the way he was able to finance it. And there is no proof that a bigger stadium would have made financial sense. Some people just...

I take issue with that. An incompetent owner and management of the club is what caused the financial issues. That was not the stadium's fault. The stadium may have also benefited with a proper financial loan instead of the way Moshiri financed...

They key word is average

As someone pointed out many posts ago, Everton have only once exceeded average attendances of over 50000 in its entire history. And that was in 62/63.