New Everton Stadium - Hill Dickinson Stadium

[Lanolin]

The night games aren`t good on school nights if you were to go with the kids, even if it`s a 7.30 ko, you aren`t getting home until gone past eleven if you`re using the trains. ( imo this a big reason for the drop offs in midweek games )

I doubt it’s a ‘big’ reason to be honest. We have to remember it isn’t a ‘drop off’ at all, if we have 9000 unsold tickets that’s still an attendance of 10% higher than Goodison. This was always going to be the issue, even though loads of people wanted to pretend it wasn’t. Finding an extra 12 thousand people who want to turn up week in week out in all weather and at all times was never going to be the really simple thing that people tried to claim it would be. The stadium is bigger and now we have more seats not being sold, the biggest reason for that is probably a bit simpler than some people want to make it.

 

[dannyboy]

I doubt it’s a ‘big’ reason to be honest. We have to remember it isn’t a ‘drop off’ at all, if we have 9000 unsold tickets that’s still an attendance of 10% higher than Goodison. This was always going to be the issue, even though loads of people wanted to pretend it wasn’t. Finding an extra 12 thousand people who want to turn up week in week out in all weather and at all times was never going to be the really simple thing that people tried to claim it would be. The stadium is bigger and now we have more seats not being sold, the biggest reason for that is probably a bit simpler than some people want to make it.

It wasn't that long ago we'd be struggling to get more than 30k for a night game. Tim Howard goal against Bolton was a very low attendance. If you'd told me back then we'd be in a new stadium averaging 52k, I wouldn't have believed you.

 

[arch stanton]

It wasn't that long ago we'd be struggling to get less than 30k for a night game. Tim Howard goal against Bolton was a very low attendance. If you'd told me back then we'd be in a new stadium averaging 52k, I wouldn't have believed you.

the weather for that game was bad and assisted him for his goal

 

[dannyboy]

the weather for that game was bad and assisted him for his goal

Yeah, remember a lot of rubbish flying round the pitch. Still though, good, bad or anything in between we'd tend to average 36k. No idea where all the new fans have came from over the past decade.

 

[Lanolin]

It wasn't that long ago we'd be struggling to get less than 30k for a night game. Tim Howard goal against Bolton was a very low attendance. If you'd told me back then we'd be in a new stadium averaging 52k, I wouldn't have believed you.

Exactly. It used to drive me mad on here a couple of years ago with people constantly saying we needed to build a 60k+ stadium and we’d fill it ‘easily’. You can’t just double your attendance overnight without getting any better on the pitch or dramatically lowering your prices. The reality is we don’t currently have the sort of fan base that can absolutely guarantee sellouts every week. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, it is what it is, I just don’t know why some people want to find a million and one other reasons rather than the one that’s staring them in the face (not that none of the other things are a factor of course, they definitely are, just not the biggest one).

 

[Benicetoourboys]

I don’t know where you live but there’s plenty of football on Saturdays in the North-west.

I know, I'm 5 mins in the car from one & I know someone there, I will look into & let you know.

 

[Benicetoourboys]

I don’t know where you live but there’s plenty of football on Saturdays in the North-west.

Found one, 31 Jan 1pm ko, I'll let you know what I think.
There's one this Saturday too.

 

[dockroad]

Night games used to be a bit of a novelty . Now Sat 3 pm is a novelty.

 

[Daytripper]

Night games used to be a bit of a novelty . Now Sat 3 pm is a novelty.

Very true sir, sad isn’t it.

 

[gazzaa2]

Yeah, remember a lot of rubbish flying round the pitch. Still though, good, bad or anything in between we'd tend to average 36k. No idea where all the new fans have came from over the past decade.

There's an attendance bubble at the moment in the Premier League and to an extent the lower leagues. Leeds and Aston Villa had their upper tiers closed off, only a few years ago in The Championship, now they've got waiting lists for season tickets and expanding their grounds. Leeds were still filling the ground in The Championship last couple of seasons, 10 years ago it was half empty.

Every Premier League ground is usually full, at least in terms of tickets sold. That wasn't the case 10 years ago.

I think it's partly the ease of buying online. Previously you had to pretty much go to the ground to get them and it was all paper tickets.

 

[NathDogg]

The “atmosphere” is a bit subdued because we’re not playing very well and they’ve broken up groups who were together when we moved. It will take a while for that to sort itself out, as we’ve got some right misery holes near us, but I’m working on them! Probably explains all the yellow cards around us tbh.

BMD has not had her moment yet, that intangible thing when the team and us click, and we feed off each other, and it’s magnificent.

Weve only had glimpses of BMDs potential.

The makems were brilliant btw, made ours place sound loud, the best supporters we’ve hosted by miles.

 

[Drico]

Well, the new stadium won't be having too many "moments" now we're out of the cups. Unless we win a derby or beat United, there's not a whole lot of scope for great moments this season - especially as we are about to drop out of the race we were never actually in - to Europe.

 

[If You Know Your History]

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised how quickly Goodison's atmosphere has been mythologised.

Yes, it was capable of being extraordinary. And it was, on occasion.

But it was also mediocre most of the time, and poor a lot of the time.

I honestly don't think the new ground is any worse. We just haven't had any of those historic moments yet.

Spot on.

Our new home was louder against Palace than Goodison was for 90% of games.

 

[Ferguson1878]

Well, the new stadium won't be having too many "moments" now we're out of the cups. Unless we win a derby or beat United, there's not a whole lot of scope for great moments this season - especially as we are about to drop out of the race we were never actually in - to Europe.

Half time cross bar challenge might need to make a come back

 

[Tom Hughes]

Half time cross bar challenge might need to make a come back

It hasn't gone anywhere.