18 Sep 2013 12:32:23
HI ed just a question on our ground, when the park stand was built were the footings put in place to put an upper tier in at a later date.could this be an option to increase our capacity and if this was done could we then work with the council to redevelope the rest of the ground.

Blue Daz {Ed025's Note - i dont know daz sorry..

1.) 18 Sep 2013
I don't know the answer, but I do know it was disscussed before it was built, plus if the rubbish can develop their ground, why the hell should we not be allowed the same option?

2.) 18 Sep 2013
I was under the impression that the foundations were laid to allow a second tier.
Of course the council would find some way of stopping us. Every time we tried to improve Goodison in the days of John Moores the council knocked us back, yet whenever the have wanted to do something the council have rolled over for their belly to be tickled, (including evicting two old ladies from their house in Kremlyn Road).
By the way for the writer the other day who demanded we knock down the club church. The church does not belong to Everton, however when John Moores was chairman we did offer to demolish it and rebuild brick by brick at another site, I do believe in Spellow Lane> The Church refused to move.

3.) 18 Sep 2013
It was designed so we coulod retract it to very edge off walton lane as and when we developed, Peter Johnson applied for planning all those yrs back and LCC fkd them off, the council have a lot to answer for. PJ also applied for stanley park was that was rejected out of hand, the RS asked and got it. just like Kirkby like it or hate it, they do not want EFC to succeed.
check it out if you don't believe it

4.) 18 Sep 2013
18 Sep 2013 18:48:53
I have long thought about how we could somehow increase capacity at the park end including how we could maybe use the carpark beyond to build a bigger stand at that end. I suppose this issue also is lost revenue with parts if the ground closed for rebuilding and also the need to rebuild the other stands. It would be great to have a lovely big stand that end but we need to do something about the ageing Glawdys St and Bullens Road. If we could afford it wld be great to somehow move the pitch that way and increase the size of those stands in the process. Would cost a lot.

5.) 18 Sep 2013
I was told back when it was build that a second tier was the idea and that all the bits are in storage somewhere in the Wallasey Tunnel.

6.) 18 Sep 2013
Why would you invest money in redevoloping an old outdated stadium if it made sense to do it would of been done by now new ground is a top priorty for our future if we're to compete

7.) 18 Sep 2013
Pretty sure the board at the time opted for the cheaper option in the end and the foundations wouldn't take another tier.

8.) 18 Sep 2013
We can't build on it because we don't own the land behind the park end bill sold it and rents it back that's why the kit bag buisness didn't happen there

9.) 18 Sep 2013
I think we till own the land but have used it as security on bank loans.

10.) 19 Sep 2013
I was at a q & a session held at the peoples club inside goodison and that question was put to Alan Myers. He said that whilst there has always been an option to try and modify the park end to increase the capacity it would not be deemed financially viable. He said that the club are constantly in talks with Liverpool council over new sites but the major stumbling block is obviously finance. He did say that leaving goodison is not as easy as it seems and Graeme Sharp picked up on this by stating that he would rather we stayed at goodison. A question was also asked about modifying the ground to compensate for disabled and elderly fans but the club would need to look into it further, top night and a top bloke Alan

11.) 19 Sep 2013
Rumour has it that the Park End struggles to get a safety certificate because its a proverbial "castle built on sand".
It was built on the cheap and is already crumbling.

12.) 19 Sep 2013
To redevelop Goodison would be a waste of money. We need a stadium to be able to offer a lot more corporately and have other uses like music, maybe cinema complex and eateries/pubs. We seriously need to build a new stadium and move with the times if we want to compete with the big boys and unfortunatley at present we are run by people with no money
Cheeks

13.) 19 Sep 2013
No money? I think it's a lack of will.

14.) 19 Sep 2013
19 Sep 2013 19:54:29
There's certainly a lack of something {Ed025's Note - yeah..dosh!..

15.) 20 Sep 2013
20 Sep 2013 00:05:52
The problem is of course money, if we had plenty we could buy a new stadium or if we had plenty I am sure we could redevelop. If there is enough money yo can do anything. We dream of top 4 again, do you think that if we actually broke in a cash rich buyer that suits us would appear? I still believe Goodison can be redeveloped.