Everton to play at new stadium from 2025-26 season

Everton confirmed on Friday that subsequent season will probably be their final at Goodison Park earlier than they transfer into their new stadium at Bramley-Moore dock for the beginning of the 2025-26 marketing campaign.

The membership, who’ve performed at Goodison Park since 1892, had not beforehand communicated a gap date for the stadium however had mentioned they deliberate to have development accomplished by late 2024.

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The resolution to open the stadium for the beginning of the 2025-26 season was mentioned at a gathering with the Fan Advisory Board and confirmed in a weblog launched by Everton interim CEO and Chief Stadium Development Officer Colin Chong on Friday.

“Firstly, and to be absolutely clear, our decision to not move in mid-season is not because of a construction delay,” Chong mentioned.

“It is a Club decision driven by a combination of commercial insight, a comprehensive review of the logistics required, an analysis of the potential impact upon our football operations and, importantly, fan feedback sourced as part of our recent stadium migration survey, which was completed by almost 10,000 Evertonians.

“Everton Stadium stays firmly on observe, as scheduled, to be accomplished within the last weeks of 2024.”

Everton received planning permission from Liverpool City Council in February 2020 for the new stadium and work officially began in August 2021.

The new stadium needs to be stress-tested to obtain a Safety Certificate from the council and Chong added that fans will have a chance to “see and pattern the new services” at these test events.

On Monday, Everton’s Merseyside rivals Liverpool conducted a similar safety test prior to the opening of the expanded Anfield Road Stand for the visit of Manchester United on Sunday.

“By the time we shut the gates for the ultimate time, Goodison could have been our dwelling for practically 134 years, with many supporters telling us very clearly about their need to be certain the Grand Old Lady will get a becoming send-off,” Chong said.

“For some time now, the Club has been wanting at a collection of occasions, excursions and celebrations that may permit us all to pay tribute to one of many world’s most iconic and well-known stadiums. Now we all know the farewell to Goodison will probably be a year-long celebration, we will begin to agency up these plans and we are going to start to reveal extra particulars round what’s deliberate and the way followers can become involved later this season.”

Everton, who had been handed a ten level deduction earlier this season, are seventeenth within the Premier League and play Burnley on Saturday.