New Stadium Timeline

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McBain

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Okay can we just recap on the old stadium debate?

Starting from Kings Dock or whatever it was called upto today?

Its just difficult to know where we are now in the scheme of things. I mean like a point form simple timeline of the shiznick thats happened over the past few years.

For the Laymen out of towners like me. Anyone wanna have a crack? And just facts please no rubbish.

:D thank you!
 

And to add, Kirkby council has agreed planning permission for Everton to build a new stadium in Krikby, however many surrounding local authority's have objlected to the plan. For the stadium to go ahead it needs government asscent, so they will either call the "project in" for a detailed analyse, listening to objections/arguements-for by all parties which could take anything up to a year. Or not call it in and the first spaid will be turned on the kirby stadium in July 08.
 
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Interesting enough - it says the proposed Kirkby move in 1997 was a "non issue" among fans that the town "outside the city".
 
kenada_blue said:
Interesting enough - it says the proposed Kirkby move in 1997 was a "non issue" among fans that the town "outside the city".
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That's true for the most part. Although the GFE group were well supported (especially by Bill Kenwright!!!) in wanting to keep the club at GP. The Kirkby Golf Course was slightly different though in that the stadium would have been this (Liverpool) side of the M57, and nestling inbetween Fazakerley and Aintree right on the City/Sefton/Knowsley border.

This is what was offered...

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"A 60,000 all-seater bowl-shaped two-tier stadium. Surrounded by a huge parking area dotted with trees, this would be the idyllic future home for one of England's greatest clubs. A purpose-built rail link, 12,000 car-parking spaces, and room for 350 coaches... Famous Everton players would be honoured in full-height statutes... A hotel, theme pubs, restaurants, and other leisure amenities would also be included to woo the punters every day of the week, not just on match days."

Put that next to a plot of land for a bog standard off the peg stadium squeezed into a corner of Tesco's retail park and I'd give it the thumbs up too.
 
The golf course isnt too far (less the 3/4 of a mile probably) from the where the new stadium is probably going. Its interesting that a few yards/metres makes all the difference for the city boundries.

Though that is a bad arse stadium.
 
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The golf course isnt too far (less the 3/4 of a mile probably) from the where the new stadium is probably going. Its interesting that a few yards/metres makes all the difference for the city boundries.

Though that is a bad arse stadium.
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I think the point is not so much where it is, as how it is treated. What was illustrated there was probably worth moving for, a worthy successor to the old lady. Not the poorly thought out, half-arsed, lazily designed enabler to a Tesco's that we're getting :P
 

But a big problem for some vocal fans is that its outside the city. If it was that stadium now, would they still complain?
 
I'd say the location would have been less of a factor had the new Stadium been something to be truly proud of. As it is, it's a logistical nightmare, a dull, anonymous design, and - above all - a shitty deal that doesn't meet the brief.
 

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