Everton FC may have moved to the Hill Dickinson Stadium but its former Goodison Park home still holds great memories for Blues fans and the club is to bring back tours of the ‘Grand Old Lady’. Tony McDonough reports
Everton FC is reviving tours of its former Goodison Park home.
The Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool Waters is now home to the men’s team but the club kept its old stadium Goodison Park, located in Walton in north Liverpool, as the principal base of Everton Women.
Now Blues fans can relive more than 130 years of the rich history of the club’s ‘Grand Old Lady’ with the Goodison Park Tours set to return in July.
These comprehensive, guided tours offer people the chance to revisit where unforgettable memories have been made – and witness the new era centred around the women’s team.
Goodison Park Tours will restart on Saturday, July 11, and operate on selected days throughout each week and on most weekends.
They will start in the main reception on Goodison Road, including visits to the stadium’s hospitality lounges, media centre, directors’ box, and the historic home changing room.
Along the way, fans will be immersed in bygone Everton tales, and learn about the many ways that The Grand Old Lady has contributed to English football history.
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They will also be told the story of how Goodison became the largest dedicated women’s football stadium in the country and one of the most iconic venues in the Barclays Women’s Super League.
Guests will then follow in the footsteps of legends by walking down the players’ tunnel and emerging pitchside to the famous sound of Z-Cars. Tours are priced at £20 for adults, £17 for senior citizens (65+), £13 for under-16s and FREE for under-fours.