I've not actually been to visit since my 2 years here. He's a massive Wimbledon fan so often comes down my way instead. He's a former Goalkeeper on their books, made the bench once I think as back up to Neil Sullivan. Wouldn't think it because he's quite short and fat as **** now.
Who would want a house on the Goodison site? It doesn't need housing. It needs home for a social project. Maybe someone from Eitc has a plan.
You're spot on mate Both clubs [different time periods] bought up the surrounding houses to develop the ground and as you say terrible for those forced out. Both clubs also looked to build on the public parks, again not fair on the locals. I really don't mind where Everton move - it's not us so I have little interest - but I hope they consider the community when they look to sell Goodison. I know the club does a helluva lot for the community so I'd be surprised if they didn't hold meetings with community leaders on this.
Gloves in an artists rendered drawing? Big demand for this sort of thing in London. Flats/apartments on Goodison, overlooking the scrapers garage??
sure, I am just trying i suppose to compare to what arsenal did with the highbury site. I don't know if everton have an actual plan to sell the site or build and add value on it then sell units or whatever. I've not paid any attention to that.
The city needs more housing so don't knock it, too many student apartments and not enough housing stock.
I don't know what they'll put on the Goodison site certainly not executive luxury housing it isn't London is it? Some type of housing maybe?? I know the council has a 'duty' [probably not the word I'm looking for] to build a certain amount of new homes each year.
The site should be used for a social project, more housing would put a strain on the local services. My preference would be an EiTC hub.
Don't mention the free school! Not something I agree with TBH. When I mean hub, I mean project. I'm the area I am in now lots of community services are lumped together, not just o save costs but to create a hub. One just down from the office in a deprived area is by all accounts doing great work in the community. And I didn't know about the hub near the free school.
It was in the Echo but that site's taking too long to load, found this - http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2016/03/01/new-community-hub
Social housing would be the best outcome imo. Not sure it could follow the exact lead of the Highbury project due to the cost of conversion compared to the value of the units, so more likely it'll be cheaper to floor it and rebuild, but there's no reason that rebuild couldn't have a nod to the heritage and build apartment blocks on the footprint of the stadia with the pitch area as a communal garden.
Co Community project for me. Built around the church and maybe a 5-a-side pitch positioned at the centre of the current pitch position
Would it break your heart if they built an Aldi on it? To have given up your heritage for it to turn into a supermarket. That has happened at a couple of grounds when they've been vacated.
Once we leave it what happens to it will be beyond our control. I'd like to think that it could end up being something like we've been describing, but the reality is that the minute the final whistle blows at the end of the last home game there, that chapter will close. All of the memories that have been created their during my lifetime will be retained within me, and if ends up being a car park or whatever, then that'd be slightly sad for the City's heritage imo, and Liverpool has been one of the best in the country at trying to ensure its heritage remains part of its future, so I'd like to think that wouldn't happen If it did, it wouldn't break my heart, but it'd make the sense of 'loss' slightly greater if that makes sense. I'm just hoping the dock plan makes it to fruition now, as it could mark the start of a fantastic new era for the club. However, given our previous with ground moves, I'm not going to get too excited until I see the cranes on site, and even then I'll be worried that the cash will run out lol
The councils plans round anfiled are not... well... massive so who actually owns the goodison site after then?
The club owns it, so I'd imagine they'd seek to work with the council to come up with a plan for it, that gives them a decent return on the land, and in turn provides something the council would back.
In all honesty I would hate LFC to leave Anfield. When the King's Dock was mooted I was firmly against it. I acknowledge I'm way too sentimental and while I see your club's need for a move, if I was a blue I would be more sad to leave than excited at the prospect of a new ground. A dock stadium would do more for the city - we'll have to wait to see what actually happens. Joe couldn't care less about the heritage status so we could end up with a nice new stadium bound by cheap motels and fast food outlets. Welcome to the great Port of Liverpool.
