This is what it meant to say goodbye to Goodison Park
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While the old Leitch architecture gave the Goodison Park structure something unique, it also possesses something bricks and mortar simply cannot provide. Former Everton striker Andy Gray, who won the top-flight title, FA Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup, said: "We will leave Goodison Park. Goodison Park will never leave us."
Goodison Park’s final Premier League match has now passed, closing a remarkable chapter in Everton’s 133-year history. The stadium, affectionately known as “The Grand Old Lady,” hosted 2,791 matches and more top-flight campaigns (118) than any other English ground,
It wasn’t so much an ending as a resurrection—one last riot of blue fervour before the inevitable curtain call. Goodison Park, ageing and aching with memories, bowed out in the only way it knew how: defiant, deafening, utterly incapable of going quietly into history.
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English football bid a poignant farewell to one of its most iconic landmarks, Goodison Park. As Everton played their final Premier League game at the ground after 133 unbroken years, fans gathered in their thousands to say goodbye to the stadium that helped shape the very soul of the sport in England.
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As Everton prepare to say farewell to Goodison, here are the details you need, plus a look at some of the key facts, stats, history and what the future holds for the famous stadium.
Everton are about to enter a new era as they bid a tearful farewell to their home ground of 133 years for pastures new, moving into their new £800m stadium on Bramley-Moore Dock in the summer. Goodison Park will be inherited by Everton Women after being saved from demoliton.
Wayne Rooney’s return to Goodison Park didn’t go too well as his post-match speech was interrupted by supporters. The former Blue was in attendance to say goodbye to the legendary stadium as it