Goodison Park: capacity, photo

Goodison Park is a well-known football stadium. It is located in Great Britain, namely in Liverpool. Serves as the arena of the football team Everton. It was built in 1892. It is considered one of the oldest stadiums in the UK. Prior to the appearance of Goodison Park, Everton played their games at Anfield. Only after moving "Everton" was the famous "Liverpool". By the way, a year before the move, the "toffee" won the championship at Anfield.

Prehistory

Initially, "Everton" was named"Saint-Domingo" and was founded in 1878. The games were held at the Stanley Park stadium. Now he is between Goodison Park and Anfield Road. For four years the attendance of confrontations involving "toffee", according to some information, has passed for two thousand people. As a result, it was decided to fence the field, which are fights. In the spring of 1882, "Everton" received a new fenced field. Already in the next season, the football team moved to a new place. However, at that time the club was experiencing financial problems, and the money was enough only to build locker rooms and a small podium. Soon there was a serious drop in the attendance of matches by fans who were dissatisfied with the current location of the home stadium. The debut meeting in the new arena brought a profit of only thirteen shillings.

Moving to the "Enfield"

Goodison Park and Enfield are among thethe most famous and popular stadiums in Europe. It was the second arena that moved Everton in 1884. Immediately after the "introduction" the team from Liverpool began to receive substantial revenues from each meeting. By 1885, the team's revenue had increased to two hundred pounds in all fights. Nevertheless, in 1888 there was a conflict with the host of the field. Until this year, the owner received from Everton a hundred pounds of rent annually. After the team took second place in the championship, the owner demanded a sum of two hundred pounds. In 1889, the team began to search for a new field for meetings.

Goodison Park

Soon the company was created, which took upcollection of funds for the purchase of a new stadium. A small area of land for the construction of the arena was purchased for 8,090 pounds. Soon enough "toffee" moved to a new place, and the owner of "Anfield" began the foundation of a personal football club, which was to be called "Everton". Nevertheless, the Football League did not allow the already used name to be used, and the team created today is known as Liverpool.

The new arena "toffee" was named "Goodison Park". It is the primary pure football stadium in the UK. At that time, only teams from Scotland had superior fields.

Opening and first games

The opening ceremony of Goodison Park was heldAugust 24, 1892. Many fans of "toffee", namely twelve thousand, were waiting for the opening match. For all that, instead of it, a track and field athletics program was held, as well as a salute. Goodison Park, the stadium where the debut match took place five days after the opening, began its history with a victory. "Toffee" in the first game in the new arena convincingly beat "Bolton". Just two years later, at Goodison Park, a photo of which can be seen in the article, the final game of the FA Cup was held. Look at this fight came thirty-seven thousand fans, which for those years is an impressive figure.

The first reconstruction and development

Goodison Park, which has a capacity of40 157 people, the first major repair was in 1895. A new rostrum appeared at the stadium, and a roof was built over the old one. The following twelve years, "Goodison Park" underwent only minor changes. Ever since 1907, the Everton home stadium has begun to acquire the familiar look of today's football fans. For the beginning, a new two-level tribune was erected. Soon, the main rostrum appeared, in which offices, changing rooms and so on. By the way, it (tribune) lasted until 1971.

The Second World War

During the Second World War, the army used the stadiumfor conducting exercises. By the way, the stadium "Everton" suffered quite seriously because of the long bombings. After the war, Goodison Park received compensation in the amount of five thousand pounds. All funds were spent on restoration. The stadium quickly recovered from the devastation, and already in 1948 was recorded a record attendance of the match, "Everton" - "Liverpool" (77 299 people).

In the autumn of 1957 in the Arena "Goodison Park"there was lighting, which added convenience in carrying out fights. A year later, the leadership of Everton took the original decision - to place electric wires under the field. To implement this idea, a fairly large amount of money, namely sixteen thousand pounds, was required. However, as it turned out later, the money was not wasted. This system helped to successfully combat the freezing of the field.

World Championship

The 1966 World Championships were held inGreat Britain. To prepare for the championship, the leadership of Everton bought up nearby buildings. All of them were subject to demolition. Thanks to this, the stadium opened a more spacious approach. The largest number of matches mundialya adopted the legendary "Wembley", as well as "Goodison Park." In the arena, "Everton" held five matches of the World Cup.

Reconstruction of 1971

A large construction site at Goodison Park was completed in1971. It was during this period that the main old tribune was removed, and in its place a new three-level platform appeared, costing Everton owners one million pounds. This building was the largest in the UK at the time. Only "Stamford Bridge" in 1974 was able to overtake the "Goodison Park", erecting a new giant rostrum. Also on one of the stands was removed the obsolete roof, and in its place appeared more modern.

In 1977, a new rule was introduced,on which the management of "Goodison Park" was to reduce the number of seats in the stadium (from 56,000 to 35,000). Nevertheless, Everton, having spent a huge amount of money, raised its capacity to 52,800.

Today

Rumors are growing more and more that soon"Everton" can acquire a new arena, since the current one is obsolete. Increasingly, management is faced with the fact that it can not accept at the stadium all the fans. Quite often the "Goodison Park" overflow occurs. Nevertheless, the legendary stadium is likely to once again be subjected to a serious restoration, which will significantly increase its capacity, and will also bring a number of innovations. As many fans of "toffee" note, nothing can replace the good old Goodison Park. This stadium is the most famous in Liverpool, and not the last in all of Europe.

Interesting Facts

Under the stadium are buried a lot of urns with the ashes of fans of Everton.
"Goodison Park" became the first stadium on which the ruling monarch visited (George V and Queen Mary were present at the game of schoolchildren).