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New York Times
19-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Dear Goodison, farewell and thank you
Everton have played at Goodison Park since 1892, but the 2-0 victory over Southampton brought the curtain down on Premier League action. A move to a new stadium on Liverpool's waterfront will follow. To mark the final few weeks, The Athletic has produced a series of articles — and a special podcast. You can read the other pieces here and listen to the podcast below. They lined the streets from before 9am, primed for one last emotional farewell. Some scrambled up walls, others in vans and takeaways, to find space, soak up the atmosphere and catch a view of their heroes. Goodison Park had witnessed similar scenes in recent years, as fans tried to help Everton stave off relegation but this time, the tone was different. Emotional, yes. But more than anything, this was a celebration, a reminder of what the club's home of 133 years has meant to so many and a chance to give the send-off it deserved. Even at that stage, with kick-off not for another three hours, Goodison was a sea of blue. The smell of pyro filled the air, with clouds of blue fog visible from the club's new home on Liverpool's waterfront a couple of miles away. The thing with pyro is that it gets everywhere. Under the fingernails, on the face and in the hair. Bald heads turned blue. Everton's devoted supporters were quite literally wearing their colours at times. Plans had changed, due to the scale of the numbers involved. In conjunction with supporters group The 1878s, Everton had originally planned for the team bus to travel down Goodison Road. No chance. The coach was rerouted via the Bullens Road, depriving players and fans of another famous moment. Yet nothing — certainly not that or already relegated Southampton — would ruin the party. Goodison was filled to the brim, straining just to get through the day. The streets around the stadium were at saturation point. A group of more than 70 former players, including Graeme Sharp, Peter Reid, Wayne Rooney and Tim Cahill, were guests of honour after an early reception at the nearby Titanic Hotel. The half-time media lounge, which usually serves pies and sausage rolls, became an overspill for Southampton board members. Representatives of The Friedkin Group, which owns the club, took their seats in the directors box, including executive chair Marc Watts and vice-president Brian Walker. Members of the Friedkin family were also in attendance. Advertisement Five international crews were broadcasting live and had to be accommodated, as did a member of the Argentine press pack — Everton supporter Damian Didonato — who travelled without a ticket and was given media accreditation. Premier League chief executive Richard Masters was booed on his way in, with the two rounds of points deductions for profit and sustainability breaches last season still fresh in Evertonian minds. Grudges hold on Merseyside. Some of those who did not have a ticket travelled regardless, even if local police had advised them not to. Most simply sat and listened to what was unfolding just out of view. Blue bunting hung in nearby streets and Everton flags draped the outside of their homes in flags and scarves. In the days before Sunday's game, crates of beer were sent to those organising street parties on behalf of new CEO Angus Kinnear. Everyone was a part of this momentous occasion if they wanted to be. It is 11.45am, 15 minutes to kick-off, and Goodison has long been ready. There She Goes by The La's rings around the stadium. Local poet PJ Smith bellows 'Goodison is forever' and is greeted by a roar. A siren builds anticipation, then comes the type of noise during the Z-Cars theme that only Goodison can conjure. This time, it is as loud as it has ever been. As the teams are read out, the biggest cheer by far is reserved for captain Seamus Coleman. A crowd of 39,201 cram into Goodison for Everton's final Premier League game there. 'Goodison Park — the end of an era' reads the inscription on the home jerseys. Make no mistake, this is Everton's day. Z Cars – for one final time in a PL at Goodison — Patrick Boyland (@Paddy_Boyland) May 18, 2025 Manager David Moyes had reminded his players beforehand that it was their 'biggest game of the season', and Southampton are suitably obliging. Six minutes of action. Then, euphoria, as Iliman Ndiaye's shot nestles low in the far corner of the Park End net. A goal that even the legends in attendance would have been proud of. Lift off. Advertisement Coleman can only last 18 minutes before succumbing to a thigh injury — a cruel twist of fate for someone who forged his legacy at Goodison. His ovation comes earlier than expected, but is just as poignant; another moment of unity and thanks. Fans continue to laud other heroes, from Cahill and Yakubu to Richarlison and Marouane Fellaini. Later, tears stream down Abdoulaye Doucoure's face as he is substituted off in the second half. A farewell from him to Goodison, but maybe to Everton too. Two Beto goals are disallowed but it does not matter because Championship-bound Southampton are abject. Just before the break, Ndiaye rounds Aaron Ramsdale for his and Everton's second. The second half belongs mainly to Jordan Pickford, whose saves ensure there is no nervy finale. But really the football is a sideshow. The last few minutes are just about all four corners of the ground savouring it all and paying homage. Nobody really wants the final whistle to come as it will signal the end of an era. But it does, and then there is time for a brief pause. Everton have been given dispensation so that supporters can consume alcohol in their seats during the post-match show. The turnaround is tight but Moyes makes it to his press conference in time. 'The scenes outside the stadium were incredible,' he says. 'It felt like a club needing some big days, some big things in the future, so let's hope this is the start of it. 'Some questions (in the build-up to the game) made me think, 'My goodness, this is difficult to take'. But the feeling might be more of a club coming back together. I tried to make a point to the players that what couldn't happen was that we left here not finishing it off right.' Then to the show. A violin plays the Z-Cars theme as a lone Toffee Lady walks on the Goodison touchline one final time. At that point, there is barely a dry eye in the ground. Elton John's I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues quickly follows. This version of Z Cars hits differently. 😭 🎥 — Everton (@Everton) May 18, 2025 Groups of former players are presented to fans one by one before a lap of the ground, strikers Rooney and Duncan Ferguson among the most popular. Famous Goodison moments play out on the big screen. Legendary former midfielder Reid offers a timely reminder during an interview. 'We may be leaving Goodison, but Goodison will never leave us,' he says. Ferguson and Rooney soak up the adulation in front of the Gwladys Street Stand, while first-team coach Leighton Baines talks of the 'end of one era, but the start of another we can all be excited about'. That theme of hope is coming through once more for a club too long stuck in the doldrums. The future will involve Everton Women at Goodison Park and the men's first team at Bramley-Moore Dock. Women's team manager Brian Sorensen hopes to add to Goodison's storied history from next season; Moyes asks the new owners to recognise the need for more before a key summer. There is more music from Evertonian Bill Ryder-Jones, who performs Spirit of the Blues and The Beatles' In My Life as fireworks stream from the top of the Bullens Road. This is a party rather than a wake. The most poignant moments are the gaps in between and at the end. The words in the video montages and the quiet periods of contemplation as supporters, some with tears in their eyes, struggle to pull themselves away from their seats. One fan scatters his dad's ashes underneath his seat. In the distance, a small group of supporters triumphantly hoist an Everton flag at the top of the Bullens Road stand. How they got there is anyone's guess. Fans on the roof of the Bullens flying an Everton flag! — Patrick Boyland (@Paddy_Boyland) May 18, 2025 The story will now continue at Goodison and Bramley-Moore. Yet rather than sadness, the overriding emotion on Sunday was gratitude. 'Let's say thank you,' Reid's elegant voiceover said. 'For the memories, for the moments. For being our home. 'Goodison will always be with us… the soul of this place will always live on. 'Forever Everton, forever Goodison Park.'
New Straits Times
13-05-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Goodbye Goodison: Everton prepare for emotional farewell to "Grand Old Lady"
Dave Bond, the manager of iconic Everton pub The Winslow Hotel, has been a supporter of the Merseyside club since his mum dug out an old long-wave radio from the attic of their home in County Clare, Ireland that broadcast the team's matches. His interest in Everton had already been sparked by a book on the team and their great 1920s and 30s forward Dixie Dean. "The signal was ever so faint, but as a nine-year-old boy I could pick up commentary of the games," Bond told Reuters. "And that was the start of my love affair with Everton, I had my ear to that radio for a good few years." Bond and thousands of other supporters will bid an emotional farewell on Sunday when Everton host already-relegated Southampton in the club's final Premier League game ever to be staged at Goodison Park, their home for more than a century. It will be a day to celebrate the "Grand Old Lady," but one many fans have been dreading. "I don't have time to process the emotions, because it's everything," said Bond. "There is no precedent, it's 133 years of match-day history. "The Winslow is six years older than Goodison (across the road) and was trading when the first ball was kicked in 1892 and will be when the last is kicked this Sunday." While the men's side are heading for pastures new, Everton announced on Tuesday that the women's team will make Goodison their permanent home from next season. MEMORY LANE The old park - inaugurated the same day as Glasgow's Celtic Park when they opened as the world's first purpose-built soccer stadiums – was a cutting-edge development that set the trend for other English football grounds but it is now something of an anachronism alongside the world's modern venues. While Everton's glittering new 52,888-capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock comes with all the bells and whistles, it is the decades of memories that are virtually worn into the weathered blue seats of Goodison – which shakes during booming goal celebrations – that fans will mourn. "I can remember my first game like it was yesterday," said Steven Kelly, a member of The 1878s supporters group. "We played Swindon Town (in 1994). We won 6-2. I actually thought Everton were going to be the best team in the world. "There's no other ground like it in the country, in my opinion, even in the world," he added. Everton fan and poet Jem Joynson-Cox summed up the stadium's charm in a poem "Goodbye Goodison" which she narrated with a thick Scouse accent on The 1878s Facebook page. "Your stairs, your turnstiles, your slanty ceilings in the loo, your bellowing steels, your floodlights, and obstructed view, are etched with the deepest memories of our time with you," Joynson-Cox wrote. "Our little old lady, we're in awe of you. But it's time to move on to pastures new." The stadium has hosted weddings and funeral services, and the ground below the turf is the final resting place for the ashes of some 800 fans. The club ended the practice in 2004 due to limited space. Stephen Green has been an Everton season ticket holder for 30 years and while he was permitted to choose his seat in the new stadium due to his longevity, he will miss the fans in his Goodison section with whom he has shared songs and high-fives every weekend for years. If Everton supporters virtually bleed blue, the 73-year-old believes part of the passion stems from the region's economic hardships. "The majority of Merseyside is not wealthy, there's an awful lot of social deprivation and lack of wealth, and so it's something for these people to cling on to. They can say 'I might not have much money, but my team has just won this, or are champions of that'," Green said. When local rivals Liverpool clinched the league title last month, a cheeky Everton fan reportedly sold blue flares to Reds fans, with the labels peeled off. The plumes of blue smoke stood out amid the cloud of red. "It's an ongoing thing with Merseyside, it's like a religion, it's amazing how much it means to people," Green said. "My wife is a Red and I'm a Blue. "My eldest son is a Red and some friends of mine said, 'How come you allowed your son to become a Red?' I said 'Just took my eye off the ball for a couple of months when Liverpool were winning everything in the 1980s, and my wife was like 'Yay, Liverpool!'" With Everton's lack of success in recent years - they have not won a major trophy since the 1995 FA Cup triumph - expectation of glory has turned into nervous, but memorable, great escapes, with the team narrowly avoiding relegation with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth on the last day of the 2022-23 season. Former players and managers are expected to be among the special guests on Sunday, and The 1878s are planning a coach welcome "to give the players one big last send-off," said Kelly. The Winslow, from which Bond can hear a goal scored from his top-floor office, might never be the same after the team's departure. "Obviously we're going to lose a huge chunk of revenue, 80 to 90% of our gross turnover comes from match-day revenue," said Bond. "When you take that away, that footfall of 40,000 people on your doorstep, it's going to be detrimental if we don't do anything." The pub plans to run coaches to the new stadium for next season's games as the club enters an exciting new era.
Straits Times
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Straits Times
Goodbye Goodison: Everton prepare for emotional farewell to "Grand Old Lady"
Dave Bond, the manager of iconic Everton pub The Winslow Hotel, has been a supporter of the Merseyside club since his mum dug out an old long-wave radio from the attic of their home in County Clare, Ireland that broadcast the team's matches. His interest in Everton had already been sparked by a book on the team and their great 1920s and 30s forward Dixie Dean. "The signal was ever so faint, but as a nine-year-old boy I could pick up commentary of the games," Bond told Reuters. "And that was the start of my love affair with Everton, I had my ear to that radio for a good few years." Bond and thousands of other supporters will bid an emotional farewell on Sunday when Everton host already-relegated Southampton in the club's final Premier League game ever to be staged at Goodison Park, their home for more than a century. It will be a day to celebrate the "Grand Old Lady," but one many fans have been dreading. "I don't have time to process the emotions, because it's everything," said Bond. "There is no precedent, it's 133 years of match-day history. "The Winslow is six years older than Goodison (across the road) and was trading when the first ball was kicked in 1892 and will be when the last is kicked this Sunday." While the men's side are heading for pastures new, Everton announced on Tuesday that the women's team will make Goodison their permanent home from next season. MEMORY LANE The old park - inaugurated the same day as Glasgow's Celtic Park when they opened as the world's first purpose-built soccer stadiums -- was a cutting-edge development that set the trend for other English football grounds but it is now something of an anachronism alongside the world's modern venues. While Everton's glittering new 52,888-capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock comes with all the bells and whistles, it is the decades of memories that are virtually worn into the weathered blue seats of Goodison -- which shakes during booming goal celebrations -- that fans will mourn. "I can remember my first game like it was yesterday," said Steven Kelly, a member of The 1878s supporters group. "We played Swindon Town (in 1994). We won 6-2. I actually thought Everton were going to be the best team in the world. "There's no other ground like it in the country, in my opinion, even in the world," he added. Everton fan and poet Jem Joynson-Cox summed up the stadium's charm in a poem "Goodbye Goodison" which she narrated with a thick Scouse accent on The 1878s Facebook page. "Your stairs, your turnstiles, your slanty ceilings in the loo, your bellowing steels, your floodlights, and obstructed view, are etched with the deepest memories of our time with you," Joynson-Cox wrote. "Our little old lady, we're in awe of you. But it's time to move on to pastures new." The stadium has hosted weddings and funeral services, and the ground below the turf is the final resting place for the ashes of some 800 fans. The club ended the practice in 2004 due to limited space. Stephen Green has been an Everton season ticket holder for 30 years and while he was permitted to choose his seat in the new stadium due to his longevity, he will miss the fans in his Goodison section with whom he has shared songs and high-fives every weekend for years. If Everton supporters virtually bleed blue, the 73-year-old believes part of the passion stems from the region's economic hardships. "The majority of Merseyside is not wealthy, there's an awful lot of social deprivation and lack of wealth, and so it's something for these people to cling on to. They can say 'I might not have much money, but my team has just won this, or are champions of that'," Green said. When local rivals Liverpool clinched the league title last month, a cheeky Everton fan reportedly sold blue flares to Reds fans, with the labels peeled off. The plumes of blue smoke stood out amid the cloud of red. "It's an ongoing thing with Merseyside, it's like a religion, it's amazing how much it means to people," Green said. "My wife is a Red and I'm a Blue. "My eldest son is a Red and some friends of mine said, 'How come you allowed your son to become a Red?' I said 'Just took my eye off the ball for a couple of months when Liverpool were winning everything in the 1980s, and my wife was like 'Yay, Liverpool!'" With Everton's lack of success in recent years - they have not won a major trophy since the 1995 FA Cup triumph - expectation of glory has turned into nervous, but memorable, great escapes, with the team narrowly avoiding relegation with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth on the last day of the 2022-23 season. Former players and managers are expected to be among the special guests on Sunday, and The 1878s are planning a coach welcome "to give the players one big last send-off," said Kelly. The Winslow, from which Bond can hear a goal scored from his top-floor office, might never be the same after the team's departure. "Obviously we're going to lose a huge chunk of revenue, 80 to 90% of our gross turnover comes from match-day revenue," said Bond. "When you take that away, that footfall of 40,000 people on your doorstep, it's going to be detrimental if we don't do anything." The pub plans to run coaches to the new stadium for next season's games as the club enters an exciting new era. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Reuters
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Goodbye Goodison: Everton prepare for emotional farewell to "Grand Old Lady"
May 13 (Reuters) - Dave Bond, the manager of iconic Everton pub The Winslow Hotel, has been a supporter of the Merseyside club since his mum dug out an old long-wave radio from the attic of their home in County Clare, Ireland that broadcast the team's matches. His interest in Everton had already been sparked by a book on the team and their great 1920s and 30s forward Dixie Dean. "The signal was ever so faint, but as a nine-year-old boy I could pick up commentary of the games," Bond told Reuters. "And that was the start of my love affair with Everton, I had my ear to that radio for a good few years." Bond and thousands of other supporters will bid an emotional farewell on Sunday when Everton host already-relegated Southampton in the club's final Premier League game ever to be staged at Goodison Park, their home for more than a century. It will be a day to celebrate the "Grand Old Lady," but one many fans have been dreading. "I don't have time to process the emotions, because it's everything," said Bond. "There is no precedent, it's 133 years of match-day history. "The Winslow is six years older than Goodison (across the road) and was trading when the first ball was kicked in 1892 and will be when the last is kicked this Sunday." While the men's side are heading for pastures new, Everton announced on Tuesday that the women's team will make Goodison their permanent home from next season. The old park - inaugurated the same day as Glasgow's Celtic Park when they opened as the world's first purpose-built soccer stadiums -- was a cutting-edge development that set the trend for other English football grounds but it is now something of an anachronism alongside the world's modern venues. While Everton's glittering new 52,888-capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock comes with all the bells and whistles, it is the decades of memories that are virtually worn into the weathered blue seats of Goodison -- which shakes during booming goal celebrations -- that fans will mourn. "I can remember my first game like it was yesterday," said Steven Kelly, a member of The 1878s supporters group. "We played Swindon Town (in 1994). We won 6-2. I actually thought Everton were going to be the best team in the world. "There's no other ground like it in the country, in my opinion, even in the world," he added. Everton fan and poet Jem Joynson-Cox summed up the stadium's charm in a poem "Goodbye Goodison" which she narrated with a thick Scouse accent on The 1878s Facebook page. "Your stairs, your turnstiles, your slanty ceilings in the loo, your bellowing steels, your floodlights, and obstructed view, are etched with the deepest memories of our time with you," Joynson-Cox wrote. "Our little old lady, we're in awe of you. But it's time to move on to pastures new." The stadium has hosted weddings and funeral services, and the ground below the turf is the final resting place for the ashes of some 800 fans. The club ended the practice in 2004 due to limited space. Stephen Green has been an Everton season ticket holder for 30 years and while he was permitted to choose his seat in the new stadium due to his longevity, he will miss the fans in his Goodison section with whom he has shared songs and high-fives every weekend for years. If Everton supporters virtually bleed blue, the 73-year-old believes part of the passion stems from the region's economic hardships. "The majority of Merseyside is not wealthy, there's an awful lot of social deprivation and lack of wealth, and so it's something for these people to cling on to. They can say 'I might not have much money, but my team has just won this, or are champions of that'," Green said. When local rivals Liverpool clinched the league title last month, a cheeky Everton fan reportedly sold blue flares to Reds fans, with the labels peeled off. The plumes of blue smoke stood out amid the cloud of red. "It's an ongoing thing with Merseyside, it's like a religion, it's amazing how much it means to people," Green said. "My wife is a Red and I'm a Blue. "My eldest son is a Red and some friends of mine said, 'How come you allowed your son to become a Red?' I said 'Just took my eye off the ball for a couple of months when Liverpool were winning everything in the 1980s, and my wife was like 'Yay, Liverpool!'" With Everton's lack of success in recent years - they have not won a major trophy since the 1995 FA Cup triumph - expectation of glory has turned into nervous, but memorable, great escapes, with the team narrowly avoiding relegation with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth on the last day of the 2022-23 season. Former players and managers are expected to be among the special guests on Sunday, and The 1878s are planning a coach welcome "to give the players one big last send-off," said Kelly. The Winslow, from which Bond can hear a goal scored from his top-floor office, might never be the same after the team's departure. "Obviously we're going to lose a huge chunk of revenue, 80 to 90% of our gross turnover comes from match-day revenue," said Bond. "When you take that away, that footfall of 40,000 people on your doorstep, it's going to be detrimental if we don't do anything." The pub plans to run coaches to the new stadium for next season's games as the club enters an exciting new era.
Hindustan Times
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Soccer-Goodbye Goodison: Everton prepare for emotional farewell to "Grand Old Lady"
* Goodison gets ready to host final Premier League game * Everton leaving "Grand Old Lady" after 133 years * Moving to new 52,888-seat Bramley-Moore Dock stadium May 13 - Dave Bond, the manager of iconic Everton pub The Winslow Hotel, has been a supporter of the Merseyside club since his mum dug out an old long-wave radio from the attic of their home in County Clare, Ireland that broadcast the team's matches. His interest in Everton had already been sparked by a book on the team and their great 1920s and 30s forward Dixie Dean. "The signal was ever so faint, but as a nine-year-old boy I could pick up commentary of the games," Bond told Reuters. "And that was the start of my love affair with Everton, I had my ear to that radio for a good few years." Bond and thousands of other supporters will bid an emotional farewell on Sunday when Everton host already-relegated Southampton in the club's final Premier League game ever to be staged at Goodison Park, their home for more than a century. It will be a day to celebrate the "Grand Old Lady," but one many fans have been dreading. "I don't have time to process the emotions, because it's everything," said Bond. "There is no precedent, it's 133 years of match-day history. "The Winslow is six years older than Goodison and was trading when the first ball was kicked in 1892 and will be when the last is kicked this Sunday." While the men's side are heading for pastures new, Everton announced on Tuesday that the women's team will make Goodison their permanent home from next season. MEMORY LANE The old park - inaugurated the same day as Glasgow's Celtic Park when they opened as the world's first purpose-built soccer stadiums was a cutting-edge development that set the trend for other English football grounds but it is now something of an anachronism alongside the world's modern venues. While Everton's glittering new 52,888-capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock comes with all the bells and whistles, it is the decades of memories that are virtually worn into the weathered blue seats of Goodison which shakes during booming goal celebrations that fans will mourn. "I can remember my first game like it was yesterday," said Steven Kelly, a member of The 1878s supporters group. "We played Swindon Town . We won 6-2. I actually thought Everton were going to be the best team in the world. "There's no other ground like it in the country, in my opinion, even in the world," he added. Everton fan and poet Jem Joynson-Cox summed up the stadium's charm in a poem "Goodbye Goodison" which she narrated with a thick Scouse accent on The 1878s Facebook page. "Your stairs, your turnstiles, your slanty ceilings in the loo, your bellowing steels, your floodlights, and obstructed view, are etched with the deepest memories of our time with you," Joynson-Cox wrote. "Our little old lady, we're in awe of you. But it's time to move on to pastures new." The stadium has hosted weddings and funeral services, and the ground below the turf is the final resting place for the ashes of some 800 fans. The club ended the practice in 2004 due to limited space. Stephen Green has been an Everton season ticket holder for 30 years and while he was permitted to choose his seat in the new stadium due to his longevity, he will miss the fans in his Goodison section with whom he has shared songs and high-fives every weekend for years. If Everton supporters virtually bleed blue, the 73-year-old believes part of the passion stems from the region's economic hardships. "The majority of Merseyside is not wealthy, there's an awful lot of social deprivation and lack of wealth, and so it's something for these people to cling on to. They can say 'I might not have much money, but my team has just won this, or are champions of that'," Green said. When local rivals Liverpool clinched the league title last month, a cheeky Everton fan reportedly sold blue flares to Reds fans, with the labels peeled off. The plumes of blue smoke stood out amid the cloud of red. "It's an ongoing thing with Merseyside, it's like a religion, it's amazing how much it means to people," Green said. "My wife is a Red and I'm a Blue. "My eldest son is a Red and some friends of mine said, 'How come you allowed your son to become a Red?' I said 'Just took my eye off the ball for a couple of months when Liverpool were winning everything in the 1980s, and my wife was like 'Yay, Liverpool!'" With Everton's lack of success in recent years - they have not won a major trophy since the 1995 FA Cup triumph - expectation of glory has turned into nervous, but memorable, great escapes, with the team narrowly avoiding relegation with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth on the last day of the 2022-23 season. Former players and managers are expected to be among the special guests on Sunday, and The 1878s are planning a coach welcome "to give the players one big last send-off," said Kelly. The Winslow, from which Bond can hear a goal scored from his top-floor office, might never be the same after the team's departure. "Obviously we're going to lose a huge chunk of revenue, 80 to 90% of our gross turnover comes from match-day revenue," said Bond. "When you take that away, that footfall of 40,000 people on your doorstep, it's going to be detrimental if we don't do anything." The pub plans to run coaches to the new stadium for next season's games as the club enters an exciting new era.
