New Everton Stadium - Hill Dickinson Stadium

[Tom Hughes]

Bring back Skol

I think you used to be able to get Skol and Harp (in cans) in the Queens (Iron Lung) ..... aswell as Legionnaires, botulism, Dengie fever, Typhus, MRSA too.....before anyone asks, they're not brands of real ale, so put down your CAMRA guide.

 

[duncs pigeon]

Higsons Brown Ale

 

[ManxBlue]

Well I’ll be emailing Dan Friedkin to ensure that the ale includes Guinness, a decent IPA and a nice bitter for the other old boys like me!

 

[MikeyMike]

It's funny listening to the various comments about beer, and how drinking habits have changed. When i first started going to the pub (early 80s), quite a lot of "older" people drank various "mixed" pints like Brown ale over Bitter, Lager over Bitter, Brown ale over Guinness/Mild and the dreaded snakebites (Cider over lager).... and most Pale Ales were bottled (mainly for export) and favoured by women... as were milk stouts etc. The main breweries had a vice-like grip on what was sold then, and people could be quite partisan about their choice of pubs based on the brewery. Over the years choice increased, with the addition of the odd exotically named foreign Lager or new generation of Bitter.... and eventually small brewers started supplying small batch "real" ales to "free" houses.

After the initial experimentation of youth, I eventually followed my uncles' advice and went for the Guinness. It was an acquired taste, but available everywhere and normally regular in quality. I have a few mates who love the rigmarole of trying new real ales and extolling the virtues of the various brews on offer. Most of the ones I've tried (not that many tbf) have been absolute swill, with a certain brand of Plum Porter guaranteed to fill my kecks mid-pint..... but my mates still swear by the quality of their £1.99 favourites.

Yes, as far as I was concerned in the 80s, it was a pint of bitter - usually Higsons or Walkers - unless you were clubbing in town, in which case it might have been a pint of snakebite, or a bottle of Carlsberg 68 in Kirklands. The only other time I ever really drink lager, even now, is on holiday or in a restaurant. These days, I still go for pint of cask ale, unless it's one of those kiddie pubs with loads of keg IPAs that taste like grapefruit, in which case it's definitely a Guinness. Didn't really get into Guinness until I started spending a lot of time in Ireland, but now I'll take it every time unless there's a decent ale. When did it stop getting called Bitter anyway? Or do people still ask for a pint of Bitter? I'm down south these days, it's all fizzy lager and kiddie IPA.

Anyway, I couldn't care less what lager they offer in the new place, I won't be drinking it.

 

[Toffeeforme]

Anyonw know if we can walk around the new ground on off days?

 

[rylojr]

Anybody heard anything about the idiot who filmed himself walking away without paying for his food?

Needs chinning him. Infuriating that our own "supporters" can act like tits. That should be the sole domain of RS.

 

[Toffeeforme]

Needs chinning him. Infuriating that our own "supporters" can act like tits. That should be the sole domain of RS.

Hope the club can find him on cctv somehow. Doing that to the young lad who served him is a disgrace.

 

[Connor mcloud]

Anyone know who are Category A games will be for next season

 

[ultra]

Still no mention of any shuttle buses to/from Goodison area.

We don't ALL wanna go to town or Bootle.

 

[Rich1878]

A nice pullout, last week, from the Daily Post

 

[ManxBlue]

Or do people still ask for a pint of Bitter?

Yes! Me!

 

[Scarecrow]

And Shake Hands..

 

[davek]

When will there be stadium tours available?

 

[Del-boy]

From looking at the video of inside the concourses, the ceilings appear exposed. Can see all the pipe work and ventilation. Is this the design or would it be covered over?

 

[dockroad]

From looking at the video of inside the concourses, the ceilings appear exposed. Can see all the pipe work and ventilation. Is this the design or would it be covered over?

It's called industrial chic these days