'You see ghosts of your mates there'
Goodison is not just players, grass, bricks and mortar. It is also about people. The matchday ritual. Walking up streets of tightly spaced Victorian terracing; meeting friends and family by Dixie's statue; chips at the Goodison Supper Bar; a pint in the Winslow Pub in the looming shadow of the triple-decker Main Stand; perusing the memorabilia, old programmes and vintage shirts upstairs in the Church of St Luke the Evangelist, home of the Heritage Society, which is nestled between the Gwladys Street and Main Stand.For supporter Frank Keegan, the day Everton's men's team leave Goodison will be tinged with sadness, but it is something he feels they have to do."It's been my life going there," he said. "I look across from my seat to the Lower Bullens and the Upper Bullens Stand and you see ghosts of your mates that used to go to matches."But another part of me thinks that the Goodison Park I remember growing up, as a ground, went a long time ago. We've got to move with the times."But it's not about me, it's about individual supporters. You've got your memories of the ground, but the ground is just a place that held them. And you can think back and remember them fondly."This Sunday we'd love it if you would send us your images and stories from Goodison via this form
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