A short video on why Everton have to leave Goodison Park. A little bit of history about Everton’s firsts and no longer being Liverpool F.C’s neighbour.
There's a reason why grounds like goodison are squeezed in amongst the back to back houses, the working man's game , when fans would walk to their ground or jump on a bus or tram for a couple of stops, Everton was one of my favourite away grounds with its character and atmosphere, something that has been lost in the new styles stadiums, and that's the difference , football clubs had grounds, now they are called stadiums but that's progress for you
It's not only the houses it is the direction in which they run. We can't buy a row at a time on on Goodison Road side as we would have to buy many roads.
LFC fan here, good video. Will be sad to see one of the last remaining grand old stadiums disappear. Still holds a better atmosphere than most of the new Lego stadiums. A huge loss to the English groundhoppers.
In my opinion the move is good for Everton but the demolition of goodison isn’t. Because of its age and history it should stay and have the u18s play there and the womens team just because of the history
however doing this is missing out on the community aspects that Everton will be doing with the stadium, special place for people with dementia, flats for people to live in cheaply, cafes, a park and other medical buildings. i agree it will be sad to see goodison go but that ground is basically going to belong to the people and dedicated to helping people around the area
Although it is an historic stadium, i think everton need to make some money from the goodison park site, in order to fund the new stadium. Plus keeping it means huge maintenaince costs, wich may not be affordable without revenue
I am sure that many people " especially the older fans" will probably shed some tears when the whistle blows at the end of the last game played there. As well as many firsts that many people may know about it held the first semi final in the 66 world Cup. England played the following day.
Thanks very much for making that video. Watching it I fondly remembered my dad taking me to my first game, in 1970 and me taking first one, then another son to their first games and ensuring another generation of my family becoming a part of the Everton family. It is going to be like losing a member of my family when Goodison Park is demolished, but we must look forward to what hopefully, one day, will be a future bringing even more success to our team. God Bless Goodison!
Same as me mate me old man took me in 72and I went on my own in 76 ,I've got loving memories when Bob latchford scored 30th goal of the season last game with a penalty,ran on the pitch at end and walked home buzzing with me younger brother and me mate back to Huyton,great days ,🏴✌️🙏💯
it will be a sad day when we leave the Old Lady, maybe i'm biased but on its day or night, the best ground i've ever been to. Good impartial work by the way!!!
Same as Arsenal, Highbury was in large built up area and couldn't be expanded to seating capacity they needed, so we moved to the Emirates, but i must admit I really miss Highbury, so it's a shame for Everton as these old school stadiums are so rare but they offer so much charm and atmosphere and fans are so close to pitch
@@alienatorterminator1543 West Ham could have expanded Upton park if they wanted, Just Newham council wanted them out of that area due to the land being perfect for housing, they could have easily renovated different parts of the stand like they did in in 2007 i think it was with the East Stand.
Buying up houses and land around football grounds would be a financial nightmare especially in London, that why Emirates was built on old railway sidings land I believe, and look how Brentford's new ground looks hemmed in a virtually triangular piece of land which has give the stadium character with different shape stands, I look at Southampton's stadium then look at the Dell with its odd shape terracing, the Dell wins every time , and does filbert st, roker park, ayresome park, burden park,boothferry park , old Stamford bridge, Maine road , baseball ground, the list goes on, but you are not allowed to put sentiment infront of progress you get left behind
I'm a Red but think its a great shame Everton are leaving the iconic Goodison was a tremendous place to visit in the 80's when there was still lots of terracing I do think in years to come the likes of Everton, Arsenal and Spurs will still have a pang of regret but football now is all about cash.
From an Everton fan in city of Santa Fe, in the state of New Mexico, in the USA: Thank you so much for making this video. You presented a whole new perspective. I apologize in advance for the lack of metric conversions. All I can say is American public schools…. I live on 5 acres of desert at an elevation of 7000+ feet. So it’s remote. Seeing the all houses so close together is strange to me but not that shocking. However I had never heard of nor seen the church in the corner of the grounds. And my friend from, and supporter of Liverpool told me about the short walk across Stanley park. However your picture towards the end of the video of the two grounds really blew my mind. No wonder it was known as the “friendly derby” at one time. I could almost imagine myself making the trek and feeling the excitement. I’m done gushing now. I just wanted to thank you. Cheers
20 years ago all English stadiums were like this, football was a working game and the poor could walk from the factory or house to the match but due to health and safety Goodison is basically the last example left
Thd loudest atmosphere ive dved heard when Everton win the league and the glorious and mighty Luton Town were visitors. 45,000 made a staggering noise. Everton fans conned into believing Goodison Park was somehow in need of knocking down in favour of a new soulless pile of misery. Bramley Moore is a boring design. Modern architects don't have the football nous of the old chaps like Archibald Leitch.
Very emotional video to watch . Each angle of the stadium just floods back memories of the stadium . Will be such a shame when we move to the dock despite the commercial benefits .
Goodison Park is like taking a step back into the past...wonderfully unique, a timelessness permeates it. May all who come to matches in these last seasons at Goodison cherish the memories, while looking forward to the new stadium. Thanks for sharing this video.
All I’ll say as a City fan is enjoy these last two seasons at Goodison as much as you can. Try and remember your journey, being outside and inside the stadium as much as you can - all the little details. I’d love nothing more to experience another game at Maine Road. The new stadiums have a lot of benefits but they never quite capture that ‘old school’ feeling of going to a football match. Also prepare to put up with a few fans saying ‘I wish we were still at Goodison’ as soon as you lose a couple of games at the new gaff! Ha
Little detail - the stick man hitting his head with a hammer, on the wall on Bullens Rd at the end of Muriel Street. Been gone years but I still think of it.
This footage will go on to become a very important historical record. Thank you for taking the time to film this. So many memories over the last forty years are attached to this structure - even some happy ones LOL! I'll be switching to making Haig Avenue my go-to after they move. Money has ruined what I related to in football at this level, and without the sentimentality and nostalgia associated with going to Goodison Park, watching Premier League football will lose its appeal for me. I'll still keep up with what Everton are doing, but I'm going to nail my colours to Southport's mast as far as going on to the matches is concerned. Sad, but this is where I'm at. Thanks again.
As a NFFC fan it would kill me to have to change stadium location so my heart goes out to Everton. I'm glad that we are able to redevelop our stadium without changing its location from city ground.
Brilliant and fascinating video, the clarity of your camera is superb. The school on the bullens road another major factor we can’t expand. Grand old team are selling a gorgeous looking print of goodison by sunset, like you say I would love to see that view with the completed bramley moore in the back ground and vice versa.
When City left Maine Road it was heartbreaking, so many memories but I can assure all you Everton fans it will be worth it. Everton FC need the new stadium to progress as a football club, on and off the pitch so cherish these last two seasons but embrace what the new stadium will give you and enjoy the new shiny 50,000+ stadium, do not let it stop you loving your football club.
when west ham left upton park it was such a sad day, so many happy childhood memories going to football there and it had so much character. the location of the london stadium is a lot better but it just doesn’t have the same feel. a lot of benefits of moving, but still sad. everton fans enjoy goodison while it’s still here!
💙Great vid mate 👍🏼 Another fact: During the 1966 World Cup tournament Goodison Park was used for 5 matches. Making it the second most used venue of the tournament. Obviously Wembley was most used with 9 matches (including all 6 featuring England, the final and the third-place match). The original schedule of the 1966 World Cup meant that if England won their group and then reached the Semi final, the match would be held at Goodison Park. However, the organising committee were allowed to swap the venues, with England playing Portugal at Wembley Stadium. The other Semi-final (West Germany vs USSR) was held at Goodison. It’ll be an emotional day when Everton leave Goodison, it’s such an unrivalled stadium on so many levels in footballs long history.
This Stadium will Rival Tottenham's for best in the Premier League, May even become the best with its setting on the Docks. Hope we are still in the Prem so I can go on away days and hope Everton manage to push up the Table
Thanks mate, so good this. Great view. I will be sad to see it go. My son, dad,grandad, great grandad and me of all seen seen great times here. So many great days and nights. We have to move on but part of me will go with this iconic ground, I hope our new ground gives as much as the old lady has.COYB
Excellent video. We do need to move on but the memory of the grand old lady will live on forever. It will be a sad, sad day when she retires. English football will be losing one of the truly great heritages to the beautiful game.
As a Liverpool fan from Australia, I am glad that Everton will get to move to a brand new, state-of-the-art stadium. Goodson Park is really showing its age, inside and out and isn’t befitting a club of such stature. I can’t wait for the first Merseyside Derby at the new ground once it opens…..
It's more sad than anything the Grand old Lady has seen more top flight games than any other venue and it's the largest surviving example of traditional English stadium design
Just wanted to say in 1948, at the derby, with that massive 78k attendance, near enough the whole ground was standing. No health and safety in those days but what an atmosphere it must of been! I work near to Bramley Moor Dock and to see it changing day by day is fab 👌. I should be able to see the top of the ground from my desk. COYB!
I was at Everton's 78,000 and also at Liverpools record crowd. As many have said it is all about money nothing else our greed. Will Everton change their name now to Bramley Moor? Does not have the same ring does it?
@@lenvella9541 It definitely won't be called Goodison, maybe if they have a ground sponsor they may have a name like the Etihad or King Power Stadium. We'll have to wait and see.
Loving your vids mate 👍🏼that’ll be a brilliant photo once the new stadium is up . God I love that place so much and it’ll be a sad day when the blues finally leave the “grand old lady “
Nice video mate, thanks for documenting this, it's fascinating seeing a different perspective of a place we often trundle those streets to on a match day 👍
Boss pictures them mate. Been going to Goodison for years but couldn’t believe just how many houses there are around it until now - crazy! I’ll be sad to see her go but we need a new stadium
Excellent video Mr KCI .. And all the genuine well wishes and heart rending reminiscing from footy fans everywhere.. Have to agree with almost every sentiment & concern expressed up now.... Full stop.. But I have to say this, having been involved in the new stadium process at supporter level, and having enjoyed matches at a fair percentage of modern bowl type stadiums, and hopefully with a genuine sense of modesty, our new stadium will be a degree above the norm .. I won't name the stadiums I consider all of a type, we all know them anyway, Obviously the the spurs one is a bit special in terms of quality and while ours won't be as big or as technically excellent as that, I guarantee it match it for build quality and in terms of appearance ours will be unique. As for the concerns around the goodison atmosphere, believe me, it was high on the list of considerations throughout every stage of planning. There's going to be a wall of sound from that single tier south stand that will make Rorkes drift look like a walk in the park As an attendee of the grand old lady since 1966 I am gonna miss her every bit as much as everyone else but I bet after a few seasons in the place there won't be quite so many looking back.. THANKS for an excellent perspective lad ..
Sat in almost every part of this ground except family enclosure. Great memories and some terrible memories but all special in their own way. My dad had a season ticket for 32 years and goes whenever he has chance these days. Both granddad's went regularly back in the 50s and 60s, even though one supported Liverpool. He'd watch Everton 1 week then go to Anfield to watch Liverpool the next. My great grandad watched Dixie Dean in his pomp. So much history. Sad it has to go but times change and the game has moved on. Hopefully they get the new stadium right.
You should be very happy 😊 moveing to a new ground ,as noway on earth 🌎 can everton be expanded due to all 4 stands haveing houseing infront of there stands and on 1 corner next to yr stand you have a 130 year old holy church ⛪ plus ➕ you wont be seeing Anfield from yr ground no more ,,be happy 😀
Didn't realise Everton had so many firsts. Interesting history video thanks. From a rangers supporter good luck to everton this year and hope our lad Patterson becomes the top player we think he will.
I recently visited Goodison after an absence of 45years due to moving away. Without planning it I happened to be sitting g in the same area of the ground I sat in when what was the 'new main stand was opened. Sadly this experience showed all the flaws I what was once a futuristic football experience the roof support posts still got in my line of vision. The provision of only one toilet block in the whole of the 2nd tier. Worryingly the sight of cracking concrete roof supports made me fearful when the foot stomping started. Yes sad but a new stadium is the only way forward. However happy memories of watching 'The Golden Vision' ,Bob latcbford' , Alan Ball and many more.
@@samsingh3753 That’s the new Park Lane end. Amazing single tier stand. It has a bar called the Goal Line Bar because it’s literally the length of the goal line.
Really enjoyed video and very informative also, but it was also a heartbreaking watch, I've got tons of great memories of our famous ground but it will break many an evertonians heart when we leave,😪
Great footage didn't realize how close Everton and Liverpool grounds were to each other I'm a Birmingham City fan can't imagine being that close to Villa we would be smashing each others grounds up and fighting in the park. Seems sad to leave Goodison park with all that history that neighborhood will never be the same again be great if Birmingham could somehow have your old ground ST Andrew's is falling apart
We didn’t have to leave we could have moved the park end stand back towards the Road, then moved the pitch and rebuilt the bullens Rd made it higher and took away the obstructed views maybe ad some boxes, then bring the street end out to the edge of the pitch like it is now and rebuild that and make it similar length and High to the Park End…. Family enclosure, Main Stand, Top balcony, restructure and add a second tear inside the main Stand for more executive boxes! The question was would it be cheaper to rebuild Goodison Park or make a clean brake and build a new stadium? So we didn’t have to move! It was more convenient and possibly cheaper as the club would have lost money due to one end or side being closed during the season or even 2 that it would take to rebuild the stadium! Great video though, love the Old lady and you have captured her from every angle and as long as you save the film People 100 years from now will be looking at it and saying my dad or my grandad used to tell us about it!
As a Celtic fan iv got to say I'll miss Goodison cos it's one of the last stadiums with character n would much rather of saw your club try everything to redevelop it cos that's where the history n heart n soul of the club belongs...New stadiums don't have that same feel
@@chubbygallasso I'm a Celtic fan as well a number of years ago we travelled to the Neville Southall testimonial maybe what previous Celtic fan ment was the old atmosphere's are the best granted I've on been once but was a great occasion we are still at Celtic park ground definitely loads better some great scalps last few years maybe just nostalgia
@@matthewsc5173 lol thanks for your input from undoubtedly a sevco fan with a massive 2 trophies in 10 year you had a fantastic run last year in Europe but if Celtic are shite what that make you lot
Great video and thank you for the time taken,. I loved it when you picked out the Bramley Moor development as you could see in the far distance the North Wales mountains. At that height, possibly Snowdonia National Park? If you had swung yout drone in the other direction, we could have seen the Pennines.
Just shows how things have changed in relatively recent history. I'm a Spurs fan but I was in Liverpool to look up an old girlfriend (hope your doing fine Denise by the way) in December 93 and while there, I took in the match between Everton and Southampton. I sat high in that huge stand and the empty seats around me were many in number. Everton won 1-0 courtesy of I think, a goal by Tony Cottee, but with the game petering out, after about 85 mins I left and had a few pints in the lovely pub right opposite the stand in the narrow street behind. Anyway now for my point, the people behind the bar, obviously Everton through and through asked me if i'd heard what the attendance was and I said that I think it was around 24,000. I was quite taken aback when they seemed very happy with that. Actually I later got told it wasn't quite that high but nevermind. It just shows how, since the start of the PL just how incredible the thirst for football is nowadays with Everton to name but one club now enjoying attendances of almost double the crowd that was in that day, not only that but them having to think about building a new stadium because even this is'nt enough. Of course my team has been able to do this much to my and thousands more Spurs fan's huge satisfaction. Everton's low attendance of course wasn't just a problem for them at the time, most stadiums were suffering low attendances too. Hope you manage to get round to building a magnificent new stadium and you all end up loving it as much as we do ours.
Apparently the attendance at that game was 13,667, and, you were right, Tony Cottee scored the only goal. Won't be long before every ground in the premier league has an attendance of at least 40,000.
I am glad you are getting nice videos all around the ground. Be sure to back up your footage. One day this will be historic as there will be no Goodison park very soon.
if you look at the Bullens Rd side, those houses could have easily been compulsory purchased. They are a mixture of social landlords, slum landlords and about 5 private.( I know this due to my previous job.) The school could also have been demolished and relocated to the old Priory school site 1/2 mile away. After all this the ground could have been turned 90 degrees and rebuilt. Just would have took a bit of willpower to do it and Everton could have built a new stadium with all the local businesses dependant on Everton being able to trade in the future.
Great video. Love Goodison, had a season ticket when I lived further north, but will see if I can manage a game to say goodbye to the old lady. Got to say, the new ground looks fantastic, and that steep single tier stand will be a magnificent wall of sound, so glad they designed a proper football stadium and not a bowl.
We messed up with the Park End stand. You can see how much further back a bigger stand could have been built, which would have enabled the pitch to move up and create a bigger foot print for the Glawdys St. It obviously wouldnt have solved the Bullins Rd, but it would have gave us about 55'000 , more exec suits, and thus put us in in a better financial position the past 25 years.
Nice clip bro. Anfield used to be Everton's ground didn't it? Until a dispute with the landlord, which saw Everton move to Goodison, and the creation of Liverpool F.C. (I think). No probs if somebody corrects me in the chat.
I'm a Leeds fan and I wouldn't give up an old school stadium like Elland Road for anything. Goodison Park has a great atmosphere and good history moving to an expensive new stadium will kill the atmosphere like Arsenal did when they left Highbury
Great shots there. I'm a Newcastle fan and we're in exactly the same situation as Goodison Park. We have listed buildings directly behind the east stand and they can't be pulled down, people have even suggested that they be moved brick by brick. It would be a real shame if both Goodison and St James's went.
Newcastle did buy some land to expand st james park ,but fat Ashley sold the land for 10 million before he sold up ,,now 50 /50 whether to move to a new ground
Goodison park has a 130 year old church built on one of the corners of the stand ,and theres rows and rows of houseing 10 feet away from Goodison park ,there for theres no way on earth they can expand 1 stand ,,they should be happy to move in there new ground on 24 /25 season
I'm late to this upload, but it was interesting to see the opening drone footage of the Old Lady from the Bullens Rd side of the ground. I don't think I've ever seen Goodison from that perspective.
I think it would be such a great photograph to get a picture of Goodison, with Anfield to the left and Bramley Moore to the right. It might be the only time in history there will be 3 fully functioning stadiums all within 1km of each other.
It’s going to be a crying shame when Everton leave Goodison, but they were never going to ruin the area & evict ppl for a pound note. Classiest club in Lancashire.
Hello KC Imageworks and very good video thanks as you explain yourself superbly on the facts and figures of Goodison Park Stadium and Everton fc with your endearing scouse accent as I guess you’re from south Liverpool also I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Goodison Park as a Chelsea fc fan many years ago about at least half a dozen times and have been in three parts of the ground including the old Goodison Avenue end standing area and the balcony of the Goodison Road stand and had many a beautiful view of the field of play and the Bullens Road stand upper and lower tiers though of course I’ve never been in the Gwalladys road end if I’ve spelt it properly as I’ve always been aware that’s where the Everton fanatics are in the lower tier once standing area so that’s it thanks for reading so take care stay safe peace for Ukraine and cheerio
I bet there has been a few close to that attendance , ie Leeds Utd cup replay in the 60s , a lot bunked in , the Daily Post said something like 72,000 .
I'm sure we had 78000 on against SUNDERLAND the father in law who by the way is a RED was there at that time mates would go to watch both teams UTFT NIL SATIS NISI OPTIMUM
buying houses doesnt mean being homeless, you simply buy 18 houses in a better area, the owners leave the properties behind , six houses on each road and the kids school to extend that stand and into the car park to extend towards Stanley park. Its not going to be good for the pubs and food outlets.
I'm 22 and I went to goodison for the first time this year, but I'm thankful we're moving to Bramley Moore because as a tall person there wasnt enough leg room and the seats are so uncomfortable. It's a good ground but it's so old. But our new stadium will be amazing so I am extremely thankful that they made this decision. Up the blues 💙💯
Well Liverpool City has a disgraceful record of demolishing amazing buildings since the 60's so a church wouldnt get in its way.. Plus the way Everton is going its hardly likely to need a big stadium. I also think its a disgrace to move from the area.
As a life long Liverpool fan First game Liverpool v Blackpool August 62 I have to confess my first games was at Goodison Dumbarton or Dunfermline Inter cities I soon saw the light
Chelsea fan here. But that was some lovely footage mate. Try to set up a hyper lapse and save it in the drone. Then when it’s knocked down. Go back and reload the hyper lapse, and the drone will fly automatically to the exact position and n the sky and recapture how it looks afterwards 👍🏻👍🏻 Be awesome to see an exact before and after mate. Any idea what it will be after it’s knocked down? Cheers and all the best.
Never understood why the new stand behind the goal was so small. Everton could of built a stand with another tier the same size up above. Problem these days there's probably 10 or so clubs who could get 70k+ per game. In 20 years time we could find clubs pulling the new stadiums down and building more like Wembley/Nou Camp etc.
Goodison Park is the only PL stadium ever without proper corporate facilities (executive boxes, etc.). Great as both the pitch and the atmosphere are, the stadium itself is massively outdated, and quite simply it’s far more cost effective to build a new one - whilst selling the current one as land for redevelopment - than it is to develop the current one.
It has been demonstrated previously that Goodison could be redeveloped using the same footprint. BMD looks very impressive. Liverpool as a city could do better at prioritising heritage. Goodison should be retained, time to let the Old Lady now be the home of Everton ladies.
great video , it was amazing to see the layout of the ground with the church and streets. by what ive seen the stadium will be stunning. if you can do a before and after of Goodison park that would be interesting. all the best
There's a reason why grounds like goodison are squeezed in amongst the back to back houses, the working man's game , when fans would walk to their ground or jump on a bus or tram for a couple of stops, Everton was one of my favourite away grounds with its character and atmosphere, something that has been lost in the new styles stadiums, and that's the difference , football clubs had grounds, now they are called stadiums but that's progress for you
If you did what anfield did though. You could just buy 1 row each side and still keep close to the houses and keep the same tradition
@@MaxSignett they could never break down houses though, there’s a school on one side, expansion would tear a school down.
Yous love that ground though. Never shut up about it and now it's all about Bramley Moore before it's even built
It's not only the houses it is the direction in which they run. We can't buy a row at a time on on Goodison Road side as we would have to buy many roads.
LFC fan here, good video. Will be sad to see one of the last remaining grand old stadiums disappear. Still holds a better atmosphere than most of the new Lego stadiums. A huge loss to the English groundhoppers.
In my opinion the move is good for Everton but the demolition of goodison isn’t. Because of its age and history it should stay and have the u18s play there and the womens team just because of the history
however doing this is missing out on the community aspects that Everton will be doing with the stadium, special place for people with dementia, flats for people to live in cheaply, cafes, a park and other medical buildings.
i agree it will be sad to see goodison go but that ground is basically going to belong to the people and dedicated to helping people around the area
Although it is an historic stadium, i think everton need to make some money from the goodison park site, in order to fund the new stadium. Plus keeping it means huge maintenaince costs, wich may not be affordable without revenue
will they not be keeping the pitch as gardens a bit like Highbury or is it all going to be demolished
I doubt a club will be willing to run two grounds so that will never happen.
I am sure that many people " especially the older fans" will probably shed some tears when the whistle blows at the end of the last game played there. As well as many firsts that many people may know about it held the first semi final in the 66 world Cup. England played the following day.
Thanks very much for making that video. Watching it I fondly remembered my dad taking me to my first game, in 1970 and me taking first one, then another son to their first games and ensuring another generation of my family becoming a part of the Everton family.
It is going to be like losing a member of my family when Goodison Park is demolished, but we must look forward to what hopefully, one day, will be a future bringing even more success to our team.
God Bless Goodison!
Same as me mate me old man took me in 72and I went on my own in 76 ,I've got loving memories when Bob latchford scored 30th goal of the season last game with a penalty,ran on the pitch at end and walked home buzzing with me younger brother and me mate back to Huyton,great days ,🏴✌️🙏💯
it will be a sad day when we leave the Old Lady, maybe i'm biased but on its day or night, the best ground i've ever been to. Good impartial work by the way!!!
Thank you so much
As with Brentford with the four pubs, the Everton church . Will be missed ,
Same as Arsenal, Highbury was in large built up area and couldn't be expanded to seating capacity they needed, so we moved to the Emirates, but i must admit I really miss Highbury, so it's a shame for Everton as these old school stadiums are so rare but they offer so much charm and atmosphere and fans are so close to pitch
I miss Highbury, but on the other hand at least I can get tickets for games. At the end of Highbury it was impossible.
Same as with Spurs and West Ham
@@alienatorterminator1543 West Ham could have expanded Upton park if they wanted, Just Newham council wanted them out of that area due to the land being perfect for housing, they could have easily renovated different parts of the stand like they did in in 2007 i think it was with the East Stand.
Highbury is the biggest loss to the English game imo. Arsenal have also suffered too. That place screamed Arsenal.
Buying up houses and land around football grounds would be a financial nightmare especially in London, that why Emirates was built on old railway sidings land I believe, and look how Brentford's new ground looks hemmed in a virtually triangular piece of land which has give the stadium character with different shape stands, I look at Southampton's stadium then look at the Dell with its odd shape terracing, the Dell wins every time , and does filbert st, roker park, ayresome park, burden park,boothferry park , old Stamford bridge, Maine road , baseball ground, the list goes on, but you are not allowed to put sentiment infront of progress you get left behind
I'm a Red but think its a great shame Everton are leaving the iconic Goodison was a tremendous place to visit in the 80's when there was still lots of terracing I do think in years to come the likes of Everton, Arsenal and Spurs will still have a pang of regret but football now is all about cash.
As a blue mate. I dont want to leave. Its our home
From an Everton fan in city of Santa Fe, in the state of New Mexico, in the USA:
Thank you so much for making this video. You presented a whole new perspective.
I apologize in advance for the lack of metric conversions. All I can say is American public schools….
I live on 5 acres of desert at an elevation of 7000+ feet. So it’s remote.
Seeing the all houses so close together is strange to me but not that shocking. However I had never heard of nor seen the church in the corner of the grounds.
And my friend from, and supporter of Liverpool told me about the short walk across Stanley park. However your picture towards the end of the video of the two grounds really blew my mind. No wonder it was known as the “friendly derby” at one time. I could almost imagine myself making the trek and feeling the excitement.
I’m done gushing now. I just wanted to thank you. Cheers
Thanks for that mate 👍 This is fantastic. great to show my kids now I live in Germany. COYBbs
20 years ago all English stadiums were like this, football was a working game and the poor could walk from the factory or house to the match but due to health and safety Goodison is basically the last example left
better call saul
as a LFC fan, I would like to say Everton deserve a world class stadium
TF they do 😂
+Baga Sher I'm a LFC supporter as well and its going to look weird when they move out of Goodison
Thd loudest atmosphere ive dved heard when Everton win the league and the glorious and mighty Luton Town were visitors. 45,000 made a staggering noise. Everton fans conned into believing Goodison Park was somehow in need of knocking down in favour of a new soulless pile of misery. Bramley Moore is a boring design. Modern architects don't have the football nous of the old chaps like Archibald Leitch.
You can't disagree that the new Tottenham Hotspur stadium looks a fine sight though.
COYH!!!!
@@timdavis2030 the mighty mighty Hatters.
Crazy Luton are now in the PL and you will be able to visit for it’s very last Season !
Very emotional video to watch . Each angle of the stadium just floods back memories of the stadium . Will be such a shame when we move to the dock despite the commercial benefits .
Goodison Park is like taking a step back into the past...wonderfully unique, a timelessness permeates it. May all who come to matches in these last seasons at Goodison cherish the memories, while looking forward to the new stadium. Thanks for sharing this video.
Waited for 07:10 moment where we can see both big stadiums. Worth it ! :)
All I’ll say as a City fan is enjoy these last two seasons at Goodison as much as you can. Try and remember your journey, being outside and inside the stadium as much as you can - all the little details.
I’d love nothing more to experience another game at Maine Road. The new stadiums have a lot of benefits but they never quite capture that ‘old school’ feeling of going to a football match.
Also prepare to put up with a few fans saying ‘I wish we were still at Goodison’ as soon as you lose a couple of games at the new gaff! Ha
Little detail - the stick man hitting his head with a hammer, on the wall on Bullens Rd at the end of Muriel Street. Been gone years but I still think of it.
This footage will go on to become a very important historical record. Thank you for taking the time to film this. So many memories over the last forty years are attached to this structure - even some happy ones LOL! I'll be switching to making Haig Avenue my go-to after they move. Money has ruined what I related to in football at this level, and without the sentimentality and nostalgia associated with going to Goodison Park, watching Premier League football will lose its appeal for me. I'll still keep up with what Everton are doing, but I'm going to nail my colours to Southport's mast as far as going on to the matches is concerned. Sad, but this is where I'm at. Thanks again.
As a NFFC fan it would kill me to have to change stadium location so my heart goes out to Everton. I'm glad that we are able to redevelop our stadium without changing its location from city ground.
Brilliant and fascinating video, the clarity of your camera is superb. The school on the bullens road another major factor we can’t expand. Grand old team are selling a gorgeous looking print of goodison by sunset, like you say I would love to see that view with the completed bramley moore in the back ground and vice versa.
When City left Maine Road it was heartbreaking, so many memories but I can assure all you Everton fans it will be worth it. Everton FC need the new stadium to progress as a football club, on and off the pitch so cherish these last two seasons but embrace what the new stadium will give you and enjoy the new shiny 50,000+ stadium, do not let it stop you loving your football club.
when west ham left upton park it was such a sad day, so many happy childhood memories going to football there and it had so much character. the location of the london stadium is a lot better but it just doesn’t have the same feel. a lot of benefits of moving, but still sad. everton fans enjoy goodison while it’s still here!
Why can't teams just continue playing in their grounds they have done since eighteen hundred and odd?? Money that's why 👎
This is excellent. Thank you very much for this
💙Great vid mate 👍🏼
Another fact: During the 1966 World Cup tournament Goodison Park was used for 5 matches. Making it the second most used venue of the tournament. Obviously Wembley was most used with 9 matches (including all 6 featuring England, the final and the third-place match).
The original schedule of the 1966 World Cup meant that if England won their group and then reached the Semi final, the match would be held at Goodison Park. However, the organising committee were allowed to swap the venues, with England playing Portugal at Wembley Stadium. The other Semi-final (West Germany vs USSR) was held at Goodison.
It’ll be an emotional day when Everton leave Goodison, it’s such an unrivalled stadium on so many levels in footballs long history.
It's a shame. I love how picturesque Goodison Park always is. Beautiful, historic stadium truly.
This Stadium will Rival Tottenham's for best in the Premier League, May even become the best with its setting on the Docks. Hope we are still in the Prem so I can go on away days and hope Everton manage to push up the Table
Thanks mate, so good this. Great view. I will be sad to see it go. My son, dad,grandad, great grandad and me of all seen seen great times here. So many great days and nights. We have to move on but part of me will go with this iconic ground, I hope our new ground gives as much as the old lady has.COYB
Excellent video. We do need to move on but the memory of the grand old lady will live on forever. It will be a sad, sad day when she retires. English football will be losing one of the truly great heritages to the beautiful game.
As a Liverpool fan from Australia, I am glad that Everton will get to move to a brand new, state-of-the-art stadium. Goodson Park is really showing its age, inside and out and isn’t befitting a club of such stature. I can’t wait for the first Merseyside Derby at the new ground once it opens…..
It's more sad than anything the Grand old Lady has seen more top flight games than any other venue and it's the largest surviving example of traditional English stadium design
Just wanted to say in 1948, at the derby, with that massive 78k attendance, near enough the whole ground was standing. No health and safety in those days but what an atmosphere it must of been! I work near to Bramley Moor Dock and to see it changing day by day is fab 👌. I should be able to see the top of the ground from my desk. COYB!
Iam glad Everton have a new stadium 🏟
I was at Everton's 78,000 and also at Liverpools record crowd. As many have said it is all about money nothing else our greed. Will Everton change their name now to Bramley Moor? Does not have the same ring does it?
@@lenvella9541 It definitely won't be called Goodison, maybe if they have a ground sponsor they may have a name like the Etihad or King Power Stadium. We'll have to wait and see.
Loving your vids mate 👍🏼that’ll be a brilliant photo once the new stadium is up . God I love that place so much and it’ll be a sad day when the blues finally leave the
“grand old lady “
Quality little video mate. Nice camera work and commentary.
Nice video mate, thanks for documenting this, it's fascinating seeing a different perspective of a place we often trundle those streets to on a match day 👍
Boss pictures them mate. Been going to Goodison for years but couldn’t believe just how many houses there are around it until now - crazy!
I’ll be sad to see her go but we need a new stadium
Excellent video Mr KCI ..
And all the genuine well wishes and heart rending reminiscing from footy fans everywhere..
Have to agree with almost every sentiment & concern expressed up now.... Full stop..
But I have to say this, having been involved in the new stadium process at supporter level, and having enjoyed matches at a fair percentage of modern bowl type stadiums, and hopefully with a genuine sense of modesty, our new stadium will be a degree above the norm .. I won't name the stadiums I consider all of a type, we all know them anyway,
Obviously the the spurs one is a bit special in terms of quality and while ours won't be as big or as technically excellent as that, I guarantee it match it for build quality and in terms of appearance ours will be unique.
As for the concerns around the goodison atmosphere, believe me, it was high on the list of considerations throughout every stage of planning. There's going to be a wall of sound from that single tier south stand that will make Rorkes drift look like a walk in the park
As an attendee of the grand old lady since 1966 I am gonna miss her every bit as much as everyone else but I bet after a few seasons in the place there won't be quite so many looking back..
THANKS for an excellent perspective lad ..
Sat in almost every part of this ground except family enclosure. Great memories and some terrible memories but all special in their own way. My dad had a season ticket for 32 years and goes whenever he has chance these days. Both granddad's went regularly back in the 50s and 60s, even though one supported Liverpool. He'd watch Everton 1 week then go to Anfield to watch Liverpool the next. My great grandad watched Dixie Dean in his pomp. So much history. Sad it has to go but times change and the game has moved on. Hopefully they get the new stadium right.
You should be very happy 😊 moveing to a new ground ,as noway on earth 🌎 can everton be expanded due to all 4 stands haveing houseing infront of there stands and on 1 corner next to yr stand you have a 130 year old holy church ⛪ plus ➕ you wont be seeing Anfield from yr ground no more ,,be happy 😀
Breaks my heart. Those drone shots are stunning, though. Thank you.
Top club Everton from Sunderland fan
Didn't realise Everton had so many firsts. Interesting history video thanks. From a rangers supporter good luck to everton this year and hope our lad Patterson becomes the top player we think he will.
Born 2012
I recently visited Goodison after an absence of 45years due to moving away. Without planning it I happened to be sitting g in the same area of the ground I sat in when what was the 'new main stand was opened. Sadly this experience showed all the flaws I what was once a futuristic football experience the roof support posts still got in my line of vision. The provision of only one toilet block in the whole of the 2nd tier. Worryingly the sight of cracking concrete roof supports made me fearful when the foot stomping started. Yes sad but a new stadium is the only way forward. However happy memories of watching 'The Golden Vision' ,Bob latcbford' , Alan Ball and many more.
As a spurs fan I can tell you if they get it right as we did, it won’t be such a hard job to get used to your new surroundings
Best thing about Spurs new ground is the bottom fill beers ,super quick and reasonable price for us away fans. 👍
@@timthwaites9478 are beers cheap how much if u don’t mind me asking ? I read yesterday West Ham charge £7.70 😂
Thats true ,spurs have a great stadium,,how many fans does the spurs kop stand hold ,which goes high into the sky
@@samsingh3753 17,000
@@samsingh3753
That’s the new Park Lane end. Amazing single tier stand. It has a bar called the Goal Line Bar because it’s literally the length of the goal line.
Really enjoyed video and very informative also, but it was also a heartbreaking watch, I've got tons of great memories of our famous ground but it will break many an evertonians heart when we leave,😪
Been going to Goodison for over 50 yrs it will be sad when we move but for the club moving foward the new stadium is needed. Great video mate.
No ,it will be a great day ,as you wont be seeing Anfield from Goodison park any more ,happy days 😀
Great footage didn't realize how close Everton and Liverpool grounds were to each other I'm a Birmingham City fan can't imagine being that close to Villa we would be smashing each others grounds up and fighting in the park. Seems sad to leave Goodison park with all that history that neighborhood will never be the same again be great if Birmingham could somehow have your old ground ST Andrew's is falling apart
Great video that will be cherished by many in years to come
Great high quality video, hope to see more.👍🇬🇧
We didn’t have to leave we could have moved the park end stand back towards the Road, then moved the pitch and rebuilt the bullens Rd made it higher and took away the obstructed views maybe ad some boxes, then bring the street end out to the edge of the pitch like it is now and rebuild that and make it similar length and High to the Park End…. Family enclosure, Main Stand, Top balcony, restructure and add a second tear inside the main Stand for more executive boxes!
The question was would it be cheaper to rebuild Goodison Park or make a clean brake and build a new stadium?
So we didn’t have to move! It was more convenient and possibly cheaper as the club would have lost money due to one end or side being closed during the season or even 2 that it would take to rebuild the stadium!
Great video though, love the Old lady and you have captured her from every angle and as long as you save the film People 100 years from now will be looking at it and saying my dad or my grandad used to tell us about it!
Thank you so much. That was beautiful. My wife and I are planning a trip to England before her end. I have to watch Everton at Goodison.
Great video ! Very important to record pictures of Goodison and tell its history before we move 👍🏻
Good vid. The drone and video quality are brilliant too
As a Celtic fan iv got to say I'll miss Goodison cos it's one of the last stadiums with character n would much rather of saw your club try everything to redevelop it cos that's where the history n heart n soul of the club belongs...New stadiums don't have that same feel
How often have Celtic played there ? How can you miss somewhere you never go to ???
@@chubbygallasso I'm a Celtic fan as well a number of years ago we travelled to the Neville Southall testimonial maybe what previous Celtic fan ment was the old atmosphere's are the best granted I've on been once but was a great occasion we are still at Celtic park ground definitely loads better some great scalps last few years maybe just nostalgia
@@michaelgallagher7549 celtic are shite
@@matthewsc5173 lol thanks for your input from undoubtedly a sevco fan with a massive 2 trophies in 10 year you had a fantastic run last year in Europe but if Celtic are shite what that make you lot
Very nice, Greetings from Sydney Australia !!
Great video and thank you for the time taken,. I loved it when you picked out the Bramley Moor development as you could see in the far distance the North Wales mountains. At that height, possibly Snowdonia National Park? If you had swung yout drone in the other direction, we could have seen the Pennines.
Thanks for making this video, fantastic to see !
Fantastic and a bit emotional video. Great work!
Just shows how things have changed in relatively recent history. I'm a Spurs fan but I was in Liverpool to look up an old girlfriend (hope your doing fine Denise by the way) in December 93 and while there, I took in the match between Everton and Southampton. I sat high in that huge stand and the empty seats around me were many in number. Everton won 1-0 courtesy of I think, a goal by Tony Cottee, but with the game petering out, after about 85 mins I left and had a few pints in the lovely pub right opposite the stand in the narrow street behind. Anyway now for my point, the people behind the bar, obviously Everton through and through asked me if i'd heard what the attendance was and I said that I think it was around 24,000. I was quite taken aback when they seemed very happy with that. Actually I later got told it wasn't quite that high but nevermind. It just shows how, since the start of the PL just how incredible the thirst for football is nowadays with Everton to name but one club now enjoying attendances of almost double the crowd that was in that day, not only that but them having to think about building a new stadium because even this is'nt enough. Of course my team has been able to do this much to my and thousands more Spurs fan's huge satisfaction. Everton's low attendance of course wasn't just a problem for them at the time, most stadiums were suffering low attendances too. Hope you manage to get round to building a magnificent new stadium and you all end up loving it as much as we do ours.
Apparently the attendance at that game was 13,667, and, you were right, Tony Cottee scored the only goal.
Won't be long before every ground in the premier league has an attendance of at least 40,000.
Loved going to Goodison in the 70s/80s. Fabulous atmosphere. I miss them throwing sweets to the crowd as well. Shame to see it go if it does.
I swear to god as a Manchester City fan I'll miss this beautiful ground , best away day in the league end of story . Ctid
Amazing video ,really enjoyed watching , from a Spurs fan.
As liverpool fan, I will be sad to see Everton leave goodison park. But I wish them all the luck in the world. In the new ground👍👍👍👍
I am glad you are getting nice videos all around the ground. Be sure to back up your footage. One day this will be historic as there will be no Goodison park very soon.
Beautiful video mate thank you - Robin
if you look at the Bullens Rd side, those houses could have easily been compulsory purchased. They are a mixture of social landlords, slum landlords and about 5 private.( I know this due to my previous job.) The school could also have been demolished and relocated to the old Priory school site 1/2 mile away.
After all this the ground could have been turned 90 degrees and rebuilt.
Just would have took a bit of willpower to do it and Everton could have built a new stadium with all the local businesses dependant on Everton being able to trade in the future.
Idk about stadium regulations but couldn't they expand upwards with the stand behind the car park? Like add more on the height?
Steeped in history some great .empties from the 50s onwards But we will create new memories on the banks of the royal blue Mersey with the new stadium
Great video. Love Goodison, had a season ticket when I lived further north, but will see if I can manage a game to say goodbye to the old lady. Got to say, the new ground looks fantastic, and that steep single tier stand will be a magnificent wall of sound, so glad they designed a proper football stadium and not a bowl.
Superb Video - Thank you - COYB
any development should keep the centre circle as a garden piece!! gl
I imagine it's going to be so much better for those houses when the ground goes.
I was at Goodison 40 years ago when the semi circle was behind both goals and it was not in wonderful condition then
Some commitment lad in the making of this video. Helicopters aren't cheap to rent
We messed up with the Park End stand. You can see how much further back a bigger stand could have been built, which would have enabled the pitch to move up and create a bigger foot print for the Glawdys St. It obviously wouldnt have solved the Bullins Rd, but it would have gave us about 55'000 , more exec suits, and thus put us in in a better financial position the past 25 years.
Sir, I am not a football fan but I found your video very interesting, Thank you. Ged.
Nice clip bro. Anfield used to be Everton's ground didn't it? Until a dispute with the landlord, which saw Everton move to Goodison, and the creation of Liverpool F.C. (I think). No probs if somebody corrects me in the chat.
Spot on, the landlord put the rent up. Everton refused to pay.
Spot on mate “ if yer know yer history “ and all that .
EVERTON were called ST DOMINGO . After the church down by kop end
@@joseallan1092 I did not know that, thanks for that. 😀
It was never their ground - they were simply delinquent renters who got booted. True story.
I'm a Leeds fan and I wouldn't give up an old school stadium like Elland Road for anything. Goodison Park has a great atmosphere and good history moving to an expensive new stadium will kill the atmosphere like Arsenal did when they left Highbury
Great shots there. I'm a Newcastle fan and we're in exactly the same situation as Goodison Park. We have listed buildings directly behind the east stand and they can't be pulled down, people have even suggested that they be moved brick by brick. It would be a real shame if both Goodison and St James's went.
Newcastle did buy some land to expand st james park ,but fat Ashley sold the land for 10 million before he sold up ,,now 50 /50 whether to move to a new ground
Goodison park has a 130 year old church built on one of the corners of the stand ,and theres rows and rows of houseing 10 feet away from Goodison park ,there for theres no way on earth they can expand 1 stand ,,they should be happy to move in there new ground on 24 /25 season
Yr Newcastle situation is different, Newcastle hold 52,000 ,Everton hold 39,000
@@samsingh3753 I did hear about that yes. Going to be really tricky to expand.
To be honest, no, it wouldn't. Both St James and Goodison offer the worst views for away fans, in the EPL (and Liverpool)!!
I'm late to this upload, but it was interesting to see the opening drone footage of the Old Lady from the Bullens Rd side of the ground. I don't think I've ever seen Goodison from that perspective.
I think it would be such a great photograph to get a picture of Goodison, with Anfield to the left and Bramley Moore to the right. It might be the only time in history there will be 3 fully functioning stadiums all within 1km of each other.
It’s going to be a crying shame when Everton leave Goodison, but they were never going to ruin the area & evict ppl for a pound note. Classiest club in Lancashire.
building new houses at goodison makes so much sense
I hope the move works out. Always sad to move on from such an historic stadium, but I'm sure that Evertonians will pack the new one.
Not sure how the problem of the proximity of houses is solved by a new stadium surrounded closely on three sides by water.
Love the away end at goodison always easy to get a good atmosphere going there
Hello KC Imageworks and very good video thanks as you explain yourself superbly on the facts and figures of Goodison Park Stadium and Everton fc with your endearing scouse accent as I guess you’re from south Liverpool also I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Goodison Park as a Chelsea fc fan many years ago about at least half a dozen times and have been in three parts of the ground including the old Goodison Avenue end standing area and the balcony of the Goodison Road stand and had many a beautiful view of the field of play and the Bullens Road stand upper and lower tiers though of course I’ve never been in the Gwalladys road end if I’ve spelt it properly as I’ve always been aware that’s where the Everton fanatics are in the lower tier once standing area so that’s it thanks for reading so take care stay safe peace for Ukraine and cheerio
I bet there has been a few close to that attendance , ie Leeds Utd cup replay in the 60s , a lot bunked in , the Daily Post said something like 72,000 .
I'm sure we had 78000 on against SUNDERLAND the father in law who by the way is a RED was there at that time mates would go to watch both teams UTFT NIL SATIS NISI OPTIMUM
buying houses doesnt mean being homeless, you simply buy 18 houses in a better area, the owners leave the properties behind , six houses on each road and the kids school to extend that stand and into the car park to extend towards Stanley park. Its not going to be good for the pubs and food outlets.
My point was that they were houses that people made homes. That’s why Liverpool had such a big backlash.
Great video, Enjoyed that 🙂Thanks
Pls make it as tourist attraction
Everton fans around the world want to visit this stadium someday
I'm 22 and I went to goodison for the first time this year, but I'm thankful we're moving to Bramley Moore because as a tall person there wasnt enough leg room and the seats are so uncomfortable. It's a good ground but it's so old. But our new stadium will be amazing so I am extremely thankful that they made this decision. Up the blues 💙💯
Well Liverpool City has a disgraceful record of demolishing amazing buildings since the 60's so a church wouldnt get in its way.. Plus the way Everton is going its hardly likely to need a big stadium. I also think its a disgrace to move from the area.
We have exactly the same problem at Fratton Park simply no room to do anything on the current site other than spruce the old girl up
Thank you. Really interesting. Thank you.👍🏼
Coyrrrrs!
Why didn't you finish it off?...Coyrrrredshite!....there ya go!...I done it for ya....💙
It would be great to get both grounds lit up at night, I'm sure the will be a opportunity once Bramley Moore is built
Good idea. Be good if they could get a connected night beam across to link them
As a life long Liverpool fan
First game Liverpool v Blackpool August 62 I have to confess my first games was at Goodison Dumbarton or Dunfermline Inter cities
I soon saw the light
Chelsea fan here. But that was some lovely footage mate. Try to set up a hyper lapse and save it in the drone. Then when it’s knocked down. Go back and reload the hyper lapse, and the drone will fly automatically to the exact position and n the sky and recapture how it looks afterwards 👍🏻👍🏻 Be awesome to see an exact before and after mate. Any idea what it will be after it’s knocked down? Cheers and all the best.
Lack of premium seating and boxes are another reason for the move.
Never understood why the new stand behind the goal was so small. Everton could of built a stand with another tier the same size up above. Problem these days there's probably 10 or so clubs who could get 70k+ per game. In 20 years time we could find clubs pulling the new stadiums down and building more like Wembley/Nou Camp etc.
Goodison Park is the only PL stadium ever without proper corporate facilities (executive boxes, etc.). Great as both the pitch and the atmosphere are, the stadium itself is massively outdated, and quite simply it’s far more cost effective to build a new one - whilst selling the current one as land for redevelopment - than it is to develop the current one.
It has been demonstrated previously that Goodison could be redeveloped using the same footprint. BMD looks very impressive. Liverpool as a city could do better at prioritising heritage. Goodison should be retained, time to let the Old Lady now be the home of Everton ladies.
Great video. Thank you.
Nice work on the ground fews brother 👍
great video , it was amazing to see the layout of the ground with the church and streets. by what ive seen the stadium will be stunning. if you can do a before and after of Goodison park that would be interesting. all the best