GOODISON PARK could soon become the home of a new football team.
Everton will bid an emotional farewell to its historic and world-famous home at the end of the season.
Come the start of the 2025/26 campaign, the Toffees will play their football at the brand-spanking new 52,888-seat stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.
The Merseysiders, who, barring a major collapse, will play Prem football next season, spent a whopping £760million building the new ground.
Goodison, which has a capacity of 39,500, has been all many Evertonians have known.
But it could become the home of the club’s Women’s Team.
That’s according to The Athletic, who claim the departure of the men’s side has “opened the possibility ” of the Women’s Super League outfit moving into the stadium full-time.
Everton Women’s current home is the 2,200 capacity Walton Hall Park Stadium – which is located FIVE MILES outside the city centre.
Goodison, by comparison, is just under three-and-a-half miles away from Liverpool‘s city centre.
It’s unclear if a move to Goodison will materialise for Everton Women due to the Goodison Legacy Project, which was put to the local government in April 2020.
The proposal included plans to provide affordable and social housing in the form of 10 new development blocks.
The Legacy Project also includes the construction of a health centre, residential care and education facilities and new office spaces.
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A decision on the future of the historic ground, however, won’t be made until after the men’s team officially relocates to Bramley-Moore Dock.
Everton will be back in action next Saturday, travelling to Molineux to take on Wolves.