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BBC News
19-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Goodbye to Goodison - relive the historic day
After 133 years, Everton fans said goodbye to Goodison Park on Sunday as they embark on a new journey at Bramley-Moore Dock, or, as it will be known - Hill Dickinson are some of the best pictures from a historic day...
Daily Mail
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Liverpool fans get revenge against Everton pranksters by turning the air red during Goodison Park farewell
Liverpool fans have had the last laugh in the Merseyside flare wars by lighting up the sky red during Everton 's historic farewell to Goodison Park. Everton's 2-0 win over Southampton on Sunday marked the final men's match at the 133-year-old stadium before the club move to their new £760million home at Bramley-Moore Dock next season. But what was supposed to be a day of pure blue turned briefly red — quite literally — as flares emitting scarlet smoke were seen billowing in the streets outside the ground ahead of kick-off. A video that has gone viral on social media shows red smoke clouds drifting past rows of terraced houses near Goodison, prompting laughter and a few choice words from locals. In the clip, one man asks: 'What do you think of that, son?', to which another responds, 'Red-nose t***s!' The red smoke is being seen as a cheeky act of payback, coming weeks after an Everton supporter duped Reds fans by selling blue flares disguised as red ones ahead of Liverpool's title celebrations at Anfield. Liverpool fans repay the favour. Everton fans are setting off Red Flares at Goodison Park on it's final day 🧨 — Anything Liverpool (@AnythingLFC_) May 18, 2025 That plan partially worked, with blue smoke spotted both outside the stadium and in the stands as Liverpool cruised to a 5-1 win over Tottenham to seal the title. The Everton fan behind that initial prank claimed he had bought 10,000 blue flares and spent weeks relabelling them in an effort to sabotage the celebration visuals. This time, however, it was the red half of Merseyside delivering the punchline — gatecrashing Everton's big goodbye with a haze of their own colour. While it's not confirmed who exactly set off the rogue red flares at Goodison, the timing and symbolism haven't gone unnoticed. Goodison Park, Everton's home since 1892, will now become the venue for the club's women's team, with several upper tiers set to be closed to reduce capacity. On the pitch, David Moyes' side signed off in style with two goals from Iliman Ndiaye securing a welcome victory to enhance an emotional send-off in front of a packed crowd. Goodison Park, Everton's home since 1892, will now become the venue for the club's women's team, rather than being demolished as originally planned. The stadium's capacity will be reduced by closing several upper tiers, and the remaining stands will be rebranded to create a more intimate matchday atmosphere. Supporters were also given the chance to buy their seat from the final men's season as a souvenir, with the club pledging to replace them in areas still in use. The decision marks a major shift from previous regeneration proposals under former owner Farhad Moshiri, which had included plans for housing, a care home and retail units. Those were scrapped following a feasibility study by Everton's new owners, the Friedkin Group. Meanwhile, the men's team will relocate to their new 53,000-capacity home on the banks of the River Mersey in time for the 2025-26 season. It was confirmed earlier this week that the new ground will be known as the Hill Dickinson Stadium, after the Liverpool-based legal firm secured one of the most lucrative naming rights deals in European football.
News.com.au
18-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Everton fans say goodbye to Goodison Park
Everton fans say goodbye to Goodison Park as the team play their final senior men's match at the stadium after 133 years. The 2,791st men's senior match at the ground was a celebration from beginning to end as fans said farewell to the old in anticipation of the new with the pending move to Bramley-Moore Dock.
BBC News
12-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Fulham 1-3 Everton - the fans' verdict
We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Fulham and are some of your comments:Fulham fansRichard: Yet another well-below par performance. A disappointing end to the season. Fulham very much in need of an established Dire! The whole season is collapsing after such a bright beginning and middle. Marco Silva will be off and we may see an exodus of our best players. The board should address these issues now as next season will be So frustrating. Superb for first 30 minutes, but yet again we failed to score the second and third. After that, awful. Are the players on a bonus not to qualify for Europe? Silva won't hang around with these Very disappointing result. We dominated the first half and lost all control in the second. This is a massive dent to our European fansIan: What a difference the subs made! The score doesn't reflect the game too closely - Fulham were the better side most of the game - but the subs made all of the differenceDave: Down 1-0 away was once a definite loss. Now we seem to have turned a With nothing to play for but contracts, this was never going to be a classic. I'd like to congratulate the referee for being strong enough to stay with his original decision over the penalty. Something you don't see very I'm still trying to get my head around how we won that. Horrifically awful for the majority of first half, yet somehow we went in all square. Then nicked a couple of goals when Fulham ran out of belief and steam. I suppose credit should be offered for winning such a match, and clearly Moyes is manager of the meason but there are far too many technically sub-standard players in the squad. No control, can't pass, can't beat a man. We've 15 players potentially leaving in the summer and we keep hearing how we can't go changing that many in one fell swoop. News flash, we should.
