35 Facts About Goodison Park

Goodison Park is a football stadium in the Walton area of Liverpool, England.

The first official match after being renamed Everton from St Domingo's was at Stanley Goodison Park, staged on 20 December 1879 with St Peter's being the opposition, and admission was free.

Goodison Park pointed out that he had given Everton a rent free loan until the club started to make money.

Goodison Park felt it was a reasonable reward for the risk he had ventured in the club for nine years.

Goodison Park wanted the club to have its own home ground and wanted them to buy land so the club could expand in due course.

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Fully expecting Houlding to dismiss Everton from their Anfield home, he acquired land on a patch off Stanley Goodison Park called 'Mere Green Field' and made sure that the Club kept their name.

The road was named after a civil engineer named George Goodison Park who provided a sewage report to the Walton Local Board in the mid-1800s later becoming a local landowner.

Goodison Park was officially opened on 24 August 1892 by Lord Kinnaird and Frederick Wall of the Football Association.

In 1906, the double-decker Goodison Park Avenue Stand was built behind the goal at the south end of the ground.

Goodison Park is the only stadium with two complete trusses designed by Leitch.

Goodison Park featured in the filming of The Golden Vision, a BBC film made for television.

Everton opted to demolish the entire Goodison Park End stand in 1994 and replace it with a single-tier cantilever stand, with the assistance of a grant of £1.

Goodison Park has a total capacity of 39,572 all-seated and comprises four separate stands: the Goodison Road Stand, Gwladys Street Stand, Bullens Road Stand, and the Park End Stand.

The Goodison Park Road Stand is a double-decker stand with the lower deck being two-tier.

The Goodison Park Road Stand is home to the conference and hospitality facilities.

On non-match days Goodison Park holds conferences, weddings, meetings and parties on a daily basis.

At the south end of the ground, behind one goal, the Goodison Park End Stand backs onto Walton Lane which borders Stanley Goodison Park.

Goodison Park is unique in the sense that a church, St Luke's, protrudes into the site between the Goodison Road Stand and the Gwladys Street Stand only yards from the corner flag.

One of two jumbotron screens has been installed between the Goodison Park Road stand and Gwladys Street stand partially obscuring the church from view.

Site of Goodison Park was earmarked in 1997 and 2003 for a food store by Tesco who offered £12 million which was valued at £4 million for the site but Liverpool City Council's advisor's advised against allowing planning permission.

The then Liverpool City Council leader Warren Bradley stated in November 2009 that a redevelopment of Goodison Park was his favoured option, and that relocation of the homes, infrastructure and businesses in streets adjoining the ground is "not a major hurdle".

Everton were considering all options, including relocation, redevelopment of the current ground, or a groundshare with Liverpool FC, in a new, purpose-built stadium in Stanley Goodison Park, stressing that finance is the main factor affecting decision-making.

Goodison Park is located two miles north of Liverpool City Centre.

Goodison Park is the only English club ground to have hosted a FIFA World Cup semi final.

Until the expansion of Old Trafford in 1996 Goodison Park held the record Sunday attendance on a Football League ground.

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Jack Southworth holds the record for most goals scored in one game at Goodison Park, scoring six versus West Bromwich Albion on 30 December 1893.

Goodison Park became the first Football League ground to hold an FA Cup Final, in 1894.

In 1949, Goodison Park became the site of England's first ever defeat on English soil by a non-Home Nations country, namely the Republic of Ireland.

In 1973 Goodison Park hosted Northern Ireland's home games against Wales and England.

Two years after construction, Goodison Park was chosen by the Football Association to host the final of the FA Cup.

Goodison Park has played host to England on eight occasions during the Home Championships.

On 11 July 1913 Goodison Park became the first English football ground to be visited by a reigning monarch when King George V and Queen Mary attended.

Goodison Park was chosen as one of two English venues for the Sox-Giants 1924 World Tour.

Goodison Park was the venue for the boxing match between "Pretty" Ricky Conlan and Adonis Creed in the 2015 movie Creed.

Between 1908 and 1921, Goodison Park played host to four rugby league Kangaroo Tour matches involving the Australian and Australasian teams from 1908 to 1921.