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Forbes
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
Everton Prepares For Goodison Park Goodbye With Iconic Display
Everton continues to prepare for its final game at Goodison Park, announcing that the penultimate match at the historic stadium, against Ipswich Town on Saturday, will be a designated Supporters' Day. The club is due to move to a brand new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock, situated where the city of Liverpool meets the River Mersey, for the 2025/26 season. It means there are only two games left to play at Goodison Park, and fans are looking to savour every moment of these remaining two home matches as they have been doing throughout the season. Throughout the 2024/25 campaign, fan groups have produced flags and banners celebrating the club's history and key figures from the 133 years it has played at the stadium. From Gwladys Street to the Park End, there have been displays before each match this season, and there promises to be memorable scenes at the game against Ipswich Town, as fan groups have stepped their efforts up even further 'One of the best things we've achieved by doing [the displays] is not just helping the players on the pitch but bringing Evertonians together, no matter the age," read a statement from The 1878s, who are behind the organising of the displays. "We have children from nine years old to 80-year-old Blues volunteering every home game and also helping us set up. 'Without all the fans who have volunteered, donated and sponsored our displays this season, we wouldn't have been able to do what we have. 'As a thank you, and to honour those who have helped us in giving Goodison Park a great send off, we have had a special banner made with all their names on for our last ever display. 'We are also asking everyone to wear blue, to give it one last push, and help us create an iconic image of Goodison Park that will go down in history.' Everton has turned a corner this season under David Moyes, who has been back at the helm as manager since January, having previously managed the club between 2002 and 2013. The upturn in form has been a welcome tonic and it has been fitting that the team has enjoyed some good results to see out the end of the season. Though Everton has lost its last two games against difficult opponents, Man City and Chelsea, it will hope for a positive finale at Goodison Park against two teams that have already been relegated from the Premier League this season. First up is Ipswich on Saturday, before the last ever game at Goodison Park against Southampton on May 18. The 1878s hope to see of the old ground in style, beginning with the upcoming game against Ipswich. 'We will be living at Goodison this week,' 1878s member Katie Carter told the Liverpool Echo, the city's local newspaper which has also released a souvenir edition to say goodbye to the stadium. 'There are so many memorable images of Goodison from the last nine months, but we want this to be the lasting one—the one that the 1878s' work at the ground is remembered by. 'We are hoping to create the scene that goes on people's walls, is kept as their screensaver—that the club always return to. We want to give her the best send-off we can.'
Daily Mirror
30-04-2025
- Daily Mirror
Pregnant woman visited boyfriend in UK jail - and ended up behind bars herself
Liverpool Crown Court heard Katie Carter had previously received an 18-month suspended sentence for two class A drug supply offences while her partner Paul Cordingley was given an immediate jail term A pregnant woman ended up behind bars after visiting her drug-dealing boyfriend in prison. Days before, Katie Carter, of Cheshire, had previously stood in court alongside her partner, but while he was imprisoned, she was spared. However, she squandered this second chance by smuggling cannabis into HMP Altcourse, concealing the drugs within the hollowed-out soles of a pair of trainers she'd brought for him to wear. The court heard their relationship was the "catalyst" for her criminal activities, with the mother to a 17-month-old baby said to have been "acting in his thrall", according to the Liverpool Echo. Liverpool Crown Court heard that Carter had previously received an 18-month suspended sentence for two class A drug supply offences on April 4, 2023, while her partner Paul Cordingley was given an immediate jail term at the same hearing. Just over two weeks later, on April 20, Carter visited him at Altcourse prison, bringing with her several items of clothing for him to wear during his sentence, including a pair of Nike React trainers. However, prosecutor Derek Jones explained how prison officers "noticed something amiss" when the shoes were scanned by an X-ray machine. They found that the soles of each shoe had been "hollowed out", and discovered quantities of cannabis resin hidden inside. One was discovered to hold 65.3g of the class B drug, with another 30.8g found in the other, substances worth between £950 and £1,400 on the streets. Carter, from Cranage Avenue in Handforth, claimed she "knew nothing about the presence of the drugs" during her interview with detectives, reports Cheshire Live. Mr Jones added: "She does appear to be in the thrall of Mr Cordingley." Carter's only previous trouble with the law was a case before Chester Crown Court in spring 2023 for being involved in the supply of class A drugs, coincidentally, the sentencing hearing fell on the same day she discovered she was pregnant. Callum Ross, defending, told the court: "She accepts and respects the finding of the jury. She stands by what she said in terms of her explanation. "The crown's case was that she had been persuaded and pressured into her involvement. The jury were sure that she knew what she was doing. There is no suggestion that she benefited financially from this operation. From April 2023 until now, she has stayed out of trouble. That suspended sentence, since then, has had a chance to bite and has been hanging over her head while she has remained out of trouble. "She now has a child. She is the sole carer to him. She has been working diligently with social services to retain custody of her baby and to ensure that her son's needs are met. She does that, albeit with assistance, as a single parent. He would suffer a significant impact if his mother were to be sent to prison. "There is a very different side to this defendant, a positive, hard working, kind, caring, resourceful woman who tries to give back to society and has done in her years of work. She recognises now, albeit late in the day, the impact that Mr Cordingley has had on her. She has ended that relationship. "She has had support and assistance from a women's refuge. To put it bluntly, she has recognised that, before she met Mr Cordingley, she was a woman of good character. He was, in my submission, the catalyst in removing her good character and causing her offending behaviour. She has cut him out, and that will benefit her in the future. You honour will have read about her mental health difficulties." Carter was found guilty of conveying a prohibited article into a prison following a trial. Appearing in the dock wearing a black blazer over a white top, she held her head back and closed her eyes before nodding as she was jailed for a year. Sentencing, Judge Stuart Driver KC said: "Case law establishes that immediate custody is usually necessary in cases where drugs are smuggled into prison. There are significant mitigating features that make this a sad case. You now have a one-year-old child. Fortunately, you and your child have lived with your parents and they can continue with his care if you are absent. Nevertheless, the court acknowledges the punishment that you would feel if you were separated and that that must have a negative impact on your child. "I note that you were of previous good character before you became involved with Mr Cordingley, and I am satisfied that he is largely responsible for both sets of offences. You performed the community requirements of the suspended sentence order very well. You have your mental health problems and there was a delay of about a year before you were charged with these offences, although the delay since then was largely caused by your denial. "For those reasons, the sentence I am going to pass is significantly lower than it might otherwise have been. Although there is strong personal mitigation, a realistic prospect of rehabilitation and although custody will have a harmful impact on others, I cannot conclude that the sentence can properly be suspended in this case."
BBC News
12-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Everton vs Liverpool: Flag display to mark last derby clash at Goodison
The final Merseyside derby at Everton's Goodison Park stadium will take place later, with plans for a special extended flag Toffees will move to a new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock for the start of the 2025-26 season and this will be the club's last home clash with city rivals mark the occasion members of the 1878s, a group of volunteer fans who help to create extra atmosphere at the ground, will extend a flag display to include the Upper Gwladys Street member Katie Carter said it would be the first time waving flags would feature in the upper stand seats, and there will there will be a total of 70 two-pole flags on display as well as draped flags and flags left on seats. Ms Carter said such displays were "part of the club's history" and helped to bring atmosphere to the games."It shows the players that we are behind them and will try and boost that atmosphere and boost them up on the pitch for when they come out of the tunnel," she are also expected to be on hand to welcome the team buses to the ground, with Merseyside Police warning against the use of force has also asked people to allow plenty of time to get to the stadium. Ch Supt Claire Doyle, in charge of policing the match, said: "While recognising that some supporters feel they can add to the atmosphere of the occasion, the use of flares and other pyrotechnics at and around football matches is a concern."We fully support the club in working to eradicate this dangerous and reckless practice and would ask that supporters work with us."We have vast experience policing derby matches and know that fans of both clubs will mix with their family, friends and neighbours - regardless of whether they are Red or Blue - in the run up to this game, and it is an occasion that should be celebrated." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram, and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
