Everton's Stadium to host five Euro 2028 matches

Great for the city and the club.
I'm old enough to remember the 66 world cup games at Goodison Park, these events are good news and will live long in the memory 😀

This is a great thing for our club, it'll put our name out there in a positive light and that's exactly what we need (along with a lot of other things) after being the Crisis Club for the last few years.

It's a fantastic stadium and well worthy of being used for such a massive tournament.

Hopefully we'll be back in Europe by then anyway!

I read somewhere that England will be in Group B (not sure how they know this already), and so if they were to be runner up in their group then we would see an England play a knock-out game at "Everton Stadium".

That would be a pretty special occasion.

You have a world class new stadium on the banks of the Mersey, or a McDonald’s box in Stanley Park.

Times are changing.

They can look to the east and see that tall Aluminium shack they keep building upwards.

Imagine those poor reds on the Northern Line and Kirkby/Ormskirk looking to their right in green horror that the waterfront/history/city is ours.

Mordor is history; we are the future.

Well, can we find 500 million quid to spend and do a better job than they did this summer.

COYB

First time posting here and following many other ex Toffeewebers to this forum. Thanks again Lyndon!

This is EXACTLY the incremental benefit a state of the art stadium can bring, both monetary and reputation. Extra £M's into the club and City, extra eyeballs from around the world.

Remember what you felt the first time you saw the Azteca or San Siro? thats what it will be like for the 10 year olds who see the brilliantly simple "Everton Stadium" in 2028.

Brilliant news from the brilliant blues.

was very much hoping to see this when the UK & Ireland were picked to host the tournament. fantastic news.

Jamie @ 3. England were scheduled to play a tournament match at Goodison once but the FA put a stop to that.

Andrew #8, my father went to all the World Cup games at Goodison in '66 - you could buy a book of tickets for all the group games, the quarter final and the semi final. He said that the FA had said if England got to the semi final, it would be at Goodison, and then when England did qualify, promptly reversed that decision. I wasn't even a dirty thought in his mind then, so no idea if England were simply not expected to do so well.

I love this comment! Well, can we find 500 million quid to spend and do a better job than they did this summer.

NSNO 💙

Great news. What team will Evertonians support?

Probably those that feature Everton players, Andy

I was struck whilst watching a clip of the rugby how the new stadium is completely anonymous when Everton aren't there, it could be anywhere. Unlike Goodison, if they'd played at Goodison it would have felt like they were using our ground.
Must admit I can't get TOO excited at how well the asset can be sweated. The club takes another little step away from us.

Lads, Ireland just beat Portugal 2 nil and Seamus played 97 minutes and was brilliant and Jake was great aswell.

Lads, Ireland just beat Portugal 2 nil and Seamus played 97 minutes and was brilliant and Jake was great aswell.

The World Cup in 1966 was huge for the area surrounding Goodison.

I’m not quite sure what the local arrangements were, it may have been as basic to the householders as “we’ll give you 3 big decent tins of paint if you apply it to the front of your house”. But the place was immaculate.

Wonder if Evertonians will get preference for tickets?

I was lucky enough to see all the world cup games at Goodison in 66.

To see some of the worlds best players grace the stadium and see thousands of foreign visitors in the city enjoying our well-earned reputation for hospitality will be incredible and kudos to the club and new owners for achieving this.

Also well done Mr Moshiri, you may have facilitated the disgraceful running of the club but you have secured a better future and helped restore blue pride.