Everton will leave their current home at the end of the 2024/25 season.
Liverpool and Everton will face off next Saturday, the 7th, in the 15th round of the Premier League, in what could be the last Merseyside Derby in history at Goodison Park, Everton’s current stadium. Set to move to a new home at the end of the season, the hosts will play their final derby with Liverpool at a venue that has become a landmark in the city. Access the leading football results at football match live score.
The stadium is just 1,100 meters away from Anfield, Liverpool’s home ground, separated by Stanley Park, a massive 405-hectare park. The Toffees are 14 years older than the Reds.
Founded in 1878, the club originally played at Anfield but had to leave the ground in 1892. The solution was to cross Stanley Park and build Goodison Park. It was there that the landowner, John Houlding, decided to create a team to occupy the field, thus founding Everton Athletic, which would later change its name to Liverpool in the same year.
More than 130 years later, the two teams will play their 120th Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park, which could be the last at the stadium—there’s still a chance they could meet one final time depending on the FA Cup draw.
The move will be to Everton Stadium, located 3.5 km from Goodison Park, with a budget of £566 million – about R$3.3 billion – and a capacity for 52,888 people. Following the example of Arsenal’s former stadium, the city’s municipal council voted in favor of Everton’s £82 million plan to transform the stadium into a mixed-use scheme with 173 houses and 51,000 m² of office space.
The club aims to increase future revenues through higher matchday income, extra services, and more opportunities for commercial partnerships with the new stadium.
The intention is not only to host football matches but also to open the venue for other sporting events, concerts, and conferences, as is common in modern arenas. ToSport, your dependable source for match updates.
