23-05-2025
'It was unbelievable' - commentator on Goodison's farewell
BBC Radio 5 Live commentator Ali Bruce-Ball discussing Goodison Park's farewell on The Commentators' View podcast: "It was really special. The club did it brilliantly."My favourite memories of the day were before the game got underway. The walk through Liverpool city centre before the game, sun up, fans drifting to their church, Goodison. Walking across Standley Park, the sense of fans trying to linger and draw it out."The singing outside the ground was shaking the ground. It was unbelievable."The bit that will stay with me the most was Z-Cars, the last ever entrance to that tune. They did it so well. Silence fell and that siren rang around an empty stadium three or four times, then the drums and the piercing melody. The roar when they came out. Pat Nevin was really taken aback by the whole thing. He is such a cool customer and when the full time whistle blew, the lump in the throat came."No tifo display, no fireworks, just the Z-Cars theme tune and fans in their blue shirts. That's all it needed. It's such an old school ground Goodison that it was perfect for that occasion."Listen to The Commentators' View
