Big Neville Southall
Player Valuation: £8m
Its 15 left feet thoughThey're 'professional' footballers, 15 feet shouldn't make a difference at all.
Tony Hibbert's Wife
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Went for the first time on Monday. Notes on the place:
The walk was 25 mins from where we were staying on the north side of the city centre - that's what my Mrs' health watch thing timed it at, and we walk at a fair lick.
The walk down Waterloo/Regent Road on a drizzly Monday night was absolutely miserable. Dark (for some reason the street lights weren't on), bounded on one side by the dock wall and on the other by mixed use commercial units in varying states of repair, punctuated by the odd 'pub'. I assume it's nicer on a sunny Saturday afternoon but it does give the feeling that you're walking to an industrial park with a football ground on it. I thought the approach to the ground and concourse area didn't exactly scream 'Everton'.
Inside the ground, absolutely amazing. I've been to grounds all round Europe and in England and our stadium is the most amazing place I've ever watched a game of football. It's insane how good the noise and the sight-lines are in there and difficult to describe to someone who's not experienced it. Knocks every other ground into a cocked hat. I felt absolutely euphoric (right up until some Man United twonk scored). The 1878 flag display looked brilliant.
Presumably the surrounds, walk-up and access are a work in progress, so see how it looks again in a few years.
The walk was 25 mins from where we were staying on the north side of the city centre - that's what my Mrs' health watch thing timed it at, and we walk at a fair lick.
The walk down Waterloo/Regent Road on a drizzly Monday night was absolutely miserable. Dark (for some reason the street lights weren't on), bounded on one side by the dock wall and on the other by mixed use commercial units in varying states of repair, punctuated by the odd 'pub'. I assume it's nicer on a sunny Saturday afternoon but it does give the feeling that you're walking to an industrial park with a football ground on it. I thought the approach to the ground and concourse area didn't exactly scream 'Everton'.
Inside the ground, absolutely amazing. I've been to grounds all round Europe and in England and our stadium is the most amazing place I've ever watched a game of football. It's insane how good the noise and the sight-lines are in there and difficult to describe to someone who's not experienced it. Knocks every other ground into a cocked hat. I felt absolutely euphoric (right up until some Man United twonk scored). The 1878 flag display looked brilliant.
Presumably the surrounds, walk-up and access are a work in progress, so see how it looks again in a few years.
No Alla Violenza
Player Valuation: £10m
Hopefully ‘Callin’ All’ at the Burnley game
No Alla Violenza
Player Valuation: £10m
It’s a lot longer than 20 minutes if you’re elderly or infirm etc
frank_da_tank
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Yer agree 20 min at a fast pace if your fully able
barneygumble
Player Valuation: £70m
Makes sense, was told England wanted two games at BMD...didnt factor it being the women mind.
Another notch on BMD, and more precious revenue.
Think it's one of the reasons we can host the euros. Mentioned it on the stadium tour.
JobForTheMoyes
Player Valuation: £50m
FFS! Who cares about the Euros?
Don't shoot the messenger!
Extra 5m wide?
Surprised the Moyesiah hasn’t tried a back 6
Drico
Player Valuation: £70m
I made my first pilgrimage last night. I am based in Germany so going is a special event for me. I visited Goodison four times between 1997 and 2023, so the Seat Unique option is a good one for me in terms of certainty. I went with my best pal, a United fan. He's a football fan, first and foremost, so there was never any question of him jumping up or wearing colours. He suffered through what he considered a really poor United display.
The Seat Unique experience is very good. I was in Section 229 - so no frills. I was nervous about it as a virgin user - but I would highly recommend it for people who can only go now and again. The only criticism I would have is they informed me that I could access my tickets from their app, then sent them to me by e-mail anyway. Now, this was handy - because the e-mails (there were more than one) has convenient share links for me to send to my pal. But I found it a little confusing (why send e-mails if I was supposed to access via the app). They did inform me that I should wait to download them until I was in the UK. So they had the fan abroad in mind. On the day of the match, my downloaded app "updated" - which threw me slightly. My friend's took a little longer to do so, but it followed suit, so I relaxed. I was a little on edge about getting in to the stadium without issues.
At the turnstiles, my fears seemed realised when he could not seem to get in. So we asked a friendly steward. She was lovely, tried to get the sensor to read his phone but then turned the phone around. He - and she - had been pressing the screen of the phone to the terminal. This is logical. We do this for everything. But this technology seems to require the back of the phone. You learn something new every day. I have to say, it made us feel like idiots, but I think this is a communication issue. I haven't seen any instructions anywhere about how to enter the stadium turnstiles and use your phone in this manner - and I am a trained technical writer. But I digress. Once we know how it works, we'll never look like idiots again...ok, maybe we'll look like competent idiots.
The stadium itself is magnificent. I was on an Old Trafford tour on the Sunday and I have to say that is a club in decline. I will post about that at another time, but we have a stadium that is the envy of the world. We really must capitalise on it and put a team on the pitch deserving of it. The sightlines are marvelous. A few United fans were chucked out after the goal when things kicked off a bit away from us, but 229 seemed to be mainly Irish Everton fans and other foreigners. The flags at the start were marvelous, but I fear they need to learn a trick or two from Germany and leave them up. Yeah, it will block views but ultras aren't bothered by that. Too many old arses who will never sing are in that section when they should be with the likes of me in 229. Do this and it'll stand comparison to the ArenaAufSchalke, which it already brings to mind in its German-style compact enormity.
There's plenty that must be done to brand the stadium as Everton's. Right now, it's too corporate and sterile. Paint the exposed concrete and the safe standing rail seat bars. Hang huge banners over the "glass" end of the stadium. The only blue you see is the seats, and that gets covered up when it fills.
We have a huge opportunity to rejoin the elite. The old tour guides who took us around Old Trafford know that stadium is crumbling and were mortified to ask for money for people to take photos in their media room. The Sir Jim effect. He truly has colonised that club.
We need to show the confidence as a club to drive back into the elite. It's possible with the right ambition.
The Seat Unique experience is very good. I was in Section 229 - so no frills. I was nervous about it as a virgin user - but I would highly recommend it for people who can only go now and again. The only criticism I would have is they informed me that I could access my tickets from their app, then sent them to me by e-mail anyway. Now, this was handy - because the e-mails (there were more than one) has convenient share links for me to send to my pal. But I found it a little confusing (why send e-mails if I was supposed to access via the app). They did inform me that I should wait to download them until I was in the UK. So they had the fan abroad in mind. On the day of the match, my downloaded app "updated" - which threw me slightly. My friend's took a little longer to do so, but it followed suit, so I relaxed. I was a little on edge about getting in to the stadium without issues.
At the turnstiles, my fears seemed realised when he could not seem to get in. So we asked a friendly steward. She was lovely, tried to get the sensor to read his phone but then turned the phone around. He - and she - had been pressing the screen of the phone to the terminal. This is logical. We do this for everything. But this technology seems to require the back of the phone. You learn something new every day. I have to say, it made us feel like idiots, but I think this is a communication issue. I haven't seen any instructions anywhere about how to enter the stadium turnstiles and use your phone in this manner - and I am a trained technical writer. But I digress. Once we know how it works, we'll never look like idiots again...ok, maybe we'll look like competent idiots.
The stadium itself is magnificent. I was on an Old Trafford tour on the Sunday and I have to say that is a club in decline. I will post about that at another time, but we have a stadium that is the envy of the world. We really must capitalise on it and put a team on the pitch deserving of it. The sightlines are marvelous. A few United fans were chucked out after the goal when things kicked off a bit away from us, but 229 seemed to be mainly Irish Everton fans and other foreigners. The flags at the start were marvelous, but I fear they need to learn a trick or two from Germany and leave them up. Yeah, it will block views but ultras aren't bothered by that. Too many old arses who will never sing are in that section when they should be with the likes of me in 229. Do this and it'll stand comparison to the ArenaAufSchalke, which it already brings to mind in its German-style compact enormity.
There's plenty that must be done to brand the stadium as Everton's. Right now, it's too corporate and sterile. Paint the exposed concrete and the safe standing rail seat bars. Hang huge banners over the "glass" end of the stadium. The only blue you see is the seats, and that gets covered up when it fills.
We have a huge opportunity to rejoin the elite. The old tour guides who took us around Old Trafford know that stadium is crumbling and were mortified to ask for money for people to take photos in their media room. The Sir Jim effect. He truly has colonised that club.
We need to show the confidence as a club to drive back into the elite. It's possible with the right ambition.
BullensRoad
Player Valuation: £35m
You must have been the guy with the megaphone shouting and starting the songs in the south stand even when the whole ground was quiet.
Well done mate keep it up.
It’s not just the Euros, it’s a UEFA regulation. Goodison got special dispensation whenever we played in Europe because it was so old. Times have moved on.
Blue Smoke
Player Valuation: £8m
Stadium tour today was brilliant. So strange seeing it up close after watching so many drone vids over the years.
Thoroughly recommend, even for you guys who go and watch all the games.
Thoroughly recommend, even for you guys who go and watch all the games.
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