The Hill Dickinson Stadium

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Hill Dickinson Stadium

Okay, Merseysiders, help me out here... Hill Dickinson?

Anyway, strong local connections: [from Wikipedia] "Hill Dickinson's origins can be traced back to 1810, with the establishment of a Liverpool legal practice by the firm's founder, Edward Morrall. John Edward Gray Hill joined the firm in 1865. John Dickinson (1847–1907) became a partner in 1872, and the firm traded as Duncan, Hill & Dickinson. It established itself as a leading maritime law office, and represented the White Star Line in connection with the sinking of the RMS Titanic and Cunard Line in respect of the sinking of RMS Lusitania which was torpedoed by a German U-boat on 7 May 1915.

In 1927 Edith Berthen joined the firm as one of the first women in England and Wales to qualify as a solicitor. In 1931 one of the firm's solicitors, Hector Munro, represented William Herbert Wallace in connection with his trial and subsequent appeal against his conviction for the murder of his wife Julia in their home in Wolverton Street in Liverpool's Anfield district. His conviction was later overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeal, the first instance in British legal history where an appeal had been allowed after re-examination of evidence (see Regina v Wallace).

Partner William Goffey (known as WG) started his career in 1901 at Hill Dickinson's 10 Water Street office. He became senior partner in 1950 and continued to practice until shortly before his death in 1979 at the age of 94. As the son of a ship owning family who operated sailing barques from Liverpool under the name Goffey & Co, much of his practice was Admiralty and related work.

Goffey acted for Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd in relation to the 1942 collision between the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary and HMS Curacoa (D41), which resulted in the sinking of the latter with great loss of life.

In the Black Solicitors Network's Diversity League Table 2009 Hill Dickinson was ranked 30th within the top 100 UK law firms. In January 2010, the firm was ranked as the sixth most female friendly firm (among the top 50 UK firms by turnover) with 27 per cent of its partnership made up of women."

Come on come on get down to Hill Dickinson park

Their turnover is £104M a year so I can't imagine why they are doing this and how they can afford it?

Seems like they have a significant charitable presence.

And they don't take bets online!

Chris, thanks for that history lesson. Interesting info.

They're not a well known enough company for it to sound too overly corporate, (King Power, Walkers, Emirates etc) but they're an international commercial law firm, which is quite classy. And they're local.

Don't come at me with “But the money…”

"The Dick Hillinsons" incoming. For fuck's sake.

Hill Dickinson — About Us

This is not a nice way to start this special weekend. I imagine fans will call it 'The Hill'. Sigh...

This was the institution in which the Titanic was (belatedly) entered and which covered, among other things, loss of life.

Is this an April 1st joke? We'll be the laughing stock of the football world. Gutted.

I was thinking Red Bull or Toyota, or any other global name. ….but never Hill Dickinson.

On the positive side, they must be Evertonians, and probably secret ToffeeWebers!

From now on we refer to it as ‘The HD Stadium' and nothing else.

(Kidding...)

The latter would be just about acceptable.

"You lost the league at the Hill Dickinson Stadium" doesn't have much of a ring to it.

I thought I was an unhappy soul until I came across some of the comments on ToffeeWeb. The sun is shining lads! New stadium, in the Premier League, more money. Please, for the love of God, straighten your faces. 😂

Guaranteed Rate Field
Smoothie King Stadium
Petco Park
Little Caesars Arena
Talking Stick Resort Arena
Loan Depot Field
Minute Maid Park

By comparison, Hill Dickinson seems pretty classy to me.

I'm just going to accept it, and call it “The Hill”

No doubt there'll be some stick from other fans, but the naming rights will probably mean a player or two more this summer.

To fuck with dignity and the moral high ground. They'd sell our soul in a heartbeat!Up the Everton ladies. Rah rah rah.

I was hoping the Castore company would be our sponsors. The owners are Wirral born and are now known all over the world sponsoring clubs in a variety of sports.

The “Castore Stadium” has a nice ring to it. Probably like most Evertonians and perhaps the rest of the country have never heard of them.

Who really cares what it sounds like as long as they can add to the Everton coffers...?

It's on par with Atletico Madrid's partnership with Riyadh Air for Wanda Metropolitano and significantly more than Arsenal's €6.9m deal for Emirates Stadium.

What a letdown

It'll catch on I'm sure, HD I like.

We should get a discount when International lawyers are required, and freebies from the stationery cupboard.

I think I'd have preferred AJ Bell Stadium if we were looking for a local sponsor.

We shall not be moved! The original and best.

Maybe Hill Dickinson isn't so bad.

If they truly have roots in and commitment to the community, seems like the best of an inevitably controversial decision.

But come on, it's gotta be The Dick, no?

Just about to get them changed.

They are a historic large law firm based in the city. It's better than some faceless multi-corporation.

WOOOOOOHHHHHH

Not as offensive as some of those mentioned above but I would have preferred a name with some global or even national impact. And how much is the club getting for this?

Well, at least a betting company wasn't chosen… but it doesn't give Everton an international look either. All very parochial.

What they call the edifice doesn't matter to me — I will always tell people I have a stone on the Everton Way at Bramley-Moore.

“Go to the Dick and get Hilled”

or something like that.

I know the money's going to come in handy but I will refer to it as the "Blue Mersey" Stadium.

The benefit, as well as the dosh, is that no ones going to shaft us over any law issues, the Premier League will leave us alone for sure!

My second reaction was it is concerning. Sounds like the sponsor of Wigan or Blackburn.

Remember when they changed Newcaste's stadium name and everyone just called it St James Park?

Let's as fans just agree to call it Branley-Moore, The Everton Stadium, or even New Goodison.

Awful name but who am I to say? Great move by them, this is the most iconic ground in Europe now. Bye Goodison, I for one only look forward on this. Goodison is associated with good things but many, many barren years and with Bill Kenwright.

If we'd moved with the times and granted naming rights to Goodison Park, we may not have had those points deducted.

Personally? I'd have loved it to be the Dixie Dean Koppites are Gobshites stadium but whatever we need to compete, so long as we're not beheading gays or insubordinate wives, I'll take it.;

And they're local! Hope they're fucking toffees though.

Having spent my working life in marine insurance, Hill Dickinson is a familiar name to me. A firm with a solid reputation and a strong connection to the city.

They're known colloquially as Hill Dicks, so the Hill Dicks Stadium it'll be I'm afraid.

Put it this way, you don't call the shirt the Stake shirt do you? It's the Everton shirt.

You see my point.

Typical Everton this. Hill-Dickinson-heads.

The Everton Ford Mustang Stadium.

It's Everton Stadium to me.

Great news it's not the Starbucks Arena or something equally tacky, and that the stadium is already bringing in a level of investment we have previously had no access to.

Hell's Bells.

I really thought Deacon Goldrein Green was gonna get it.

One plus for me is that a Company whose origins is in Liverpool has got the naming right.

And a big plus is, next time the Premier League do us for whatever, we might get free legal assistance!

The questions are, who?, why? what for?

Underwhelming to say the least. I thought the Toyota stadium maybe.

I can just see the stadium all lit up at night with the iconic name.

I think if the bottom three most purile names in the premier League were relegated we would be toast. Warburton's, now that's a name.

The Hill Dickinson Stadium, who will probably go into administration within five years.

I wonder if we can afford to have the name not shown backwards to anyone in the stadium, you know, as at Goodison park. NosidooG,

NosnikciD muidatS. Dosn't look as good, does it?

I was expecting a global brand.

This has to be a wind-up?

'Jeez Louise, you're all Evertonians, so I love you all, but for goodness sake, cheer up'.

Who is Louise Paul? Is she your make-believe friend?

Much better than, eg, the Carlsberg Stadium, or the Ford Focus stadium.

For me, it's the Everton Stadium.

A bit like the Etihad, which is technically still the City of Manchester Stadium.

Sponsors come and go.

Merchant Taylor's School Waterloo. Moloch Academy.

I hear the colloquial name for those in the know in the right circles is Hill Dicks. They couldn't even squeeze in an 'Everton' somewhere or even a limp 'Waterfront' or a stronger 'Mersey'?

think it's an excellent understated quality tie-in.

In 2020, their net worth was £41.545 million. Their cash on hand in 2022 was £27.479 million, up from £21.344 million in 2020.

The firm also experienced a 12% increase in revenue to £145.5 million in the 12 months to 30 April 2024.

Local associations with the city. One of the biggest stadium naming deals in Europe.

There was always going to be a sponsor so it could have been a hell of a lot worse. At least we are not named after crisps or beer or some gambling firm.

Just no.

"In the Black Solicitors Network's Diversity League Table 2009 Hill Dickinson was ranked 30th within the top 100 UK law firms. In January 2010, the firm was ranked as the sixth most female friendly firm (among the top 50 UK firms by turnover) with 27 per cent of its partnership made up of women."

Absolutely fantastic credentials, we can all breath easily now knowing that, because we care, yes, I am being totally sarcastic.

I actually couldn't give a toss about a Black Solicitors Network's Diversity League Table, or how many women work for them. We are here supporting a football team, remember?

Hill Dickinson really isn't that bad a name.

Whether on tv or at the stadium, you can always see Everton in HD!

Okay, Everton Stadium it is. :-)

I'd've loved the Alex Murphy Stadium, the Vinty Karalius stadium. The Fuck Wigan Pie-Eating Scab Stadium.

But money talks. Call it what they like. It's Bramley-Moore

As long as we don't support oppressive regimes and win the fucking Premier League, I don't care what it's called! Better than Quatar/Suadi etc

Nah!

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3712394/2022/10/26/john-bramley-moore-slavery-everton/"John Bramley-Moore, slavery and the site of Everton’s new stadium — The Athletic, 26 October 2022

"The Bell-e-field Hill-Dickies" would have been an unbearable piss-take!

Note that 'master negotiator' Levy hasn't got a stadium sponsor yet.

Could have been far worse. Imagine the Rex Makin Stadium!

THE HILL !!!

"Let's be careful out there!"

But at their size, what could they really be paying?

At least the name is clunky enough that no-one will ever call it that.

But for comedy purposes it’ll be …

Let’s all get down to “DICKY HILL”?

But it is still the City of Manchester Stadium.

The Everton Stadium or Bramley-Moore Dock will be our name. Sponsors will come and go.

Top English one is the Emirates at €6.9M. I'd love to know what we're getting for this.

“It's shit!”

Obviously, it could have been a lot worse: The Virgin Mates Stadium, The Reform UK Stadium or the Truth Social Stadium for example.

I just find it so underwhelming, like a couple naming their new baby after where it was conceived, ie Wilmslow, Top House, Slug and Lettuce (twins), or even Pump House.

To me, it will be Bramley-Moore foreverton.

And at least we are now backed by lawyers in case that corrupt Premier League comes knocking at the door again. We can chin them off!!

Trips off the tongue ok as well. Just hope the money's befitting.

After all, we have had to live with Hafnia, Danka, and even Fat Sam and Benitez.

Given the aforementioned, in the overall scheme of things.

However, how can this relatively small firm be paying what we all hoped would be a lavish amount???

I've worked with Hill Dickinson for years. Well respected Liverpool firm, with offices in Europe and Asia. I've a lot of time for the new CEO, Craig Scott, and Matt Noon. Both big Evertonians, and quality business people in Liverpool. We use them for mergers and acquisitions, but the firm is big in shipping around Asia.

Does it trip off the tongue? No, but neither does Stake. £30M+ a year for both ain't to be sniffed at.

Clearly not a big queue of corporates wanting to pay more. I've no idea if the £10M reported us true. I suspect not… but neither did I believe the £12.5M a year that Moyes supposedly earns either...

It's Bramley-Moore and that's it for most of us. At a push, l don't mind the suggestion above, The Dixie Stadium.

A local, albeit large and well regarded, law firm based a stone's throw from the ground itself. Hmmmm… It seems more fitting for a newly rebranded Goodison Park and its hopefully resurgent women's team.

I think we were all hoping for something like the ‘Microsoft Arena of Dreams' or ‘Paul McCartney Presents The Apple Stadium'.

Anyway, it is what it is. Onwards and upwards etc.

I think if it's announced that Doucoure is staying on and has had a pay rise then the vibe on Sunday might not be quite what was hoped!

Are we the third biggest team in Europe? No, but we have the third best naming rights deal in Europe.

If that's not ambition, I don't know what is. Perhaps you were expecting too much.

I do think that he majority of fans will be at least a little disappointed though. The money's very welcome, it's more about making a statement by association. The Emirates and Etihad are the prime examples of aspirational partnerships (putting to one-side the sports-washing).

Anyway, The Hill Dickinson Stadium it is. No doubt we'll get used to it (in due course).

I'm also sceptical about the financial value of this deal. Law firms are partnerships. Profits are split between the equity partners who each own a slice the firm.

It is incredibly hard to believe the partnership of a mid-sized firm with annual revenues of around £145M would have signed off on a deal worth anywhere near £5-10M. That's money that could be going directly into their pockets, and I would imagine significantly more than their annual marketing budget… I just don't see it.

I knew this new name would come as a shock to a lot of fans; however, it sounds professional and will grow on us all. Embrace the phoenix rising from the ashes. It's up to all of us fans to get on board, stick together and make this opportunity a big success story.

"Watch Everton rise to the top"

They know potential when they see it.

£10M a year?

Maybe useful with PSR legal advice.

I will get me coat…..

The stadium is stunning and HD are giving us good money. Small steps but it’s progress.

Secondly, I wonder whether part of the deal will be made up of the provision of free legal services

Hill Dickenson arena or something.

Everton rose to the top

The Shite scored none

Everton one

Moyes is a bit of a....

Dock and top don't rhyme.

"Everton ran down the clock"

Feck...three grand children are much less demanding.

Perhaps you posted on the relevant thread and I missed it and if so... ignore this.

What did you make of the Angus Kinnear interview?

A bit of reading online shows us as the third highest in Europe, with only Barcelona and Leverkusen above us. Bayern Munich and Dortmund are below us in the league table of naming rights. Our deal is double that of Arsenal with Emirates.

If it's over say 10 years, which appears to be something that does happen, then that's a good deal regardless of whether it's not Sony or Apple or whoever. Glitzy it ain't, but the money's good.

“Bramley Moore”, “The Dock”, or “The Ground” all sound fine to me.

Hickory Dickory dock

Everton opened the lock

We finished top four

Now close the door

Hickory Dickory lock.

Moyes is a ......

Please note the clever 'door' metaphor.

Seamus Heaney... I'm not

Bmd or HD slip out a lot easier in everyday chat...

We are witnessing the next stage of our club history, glad to be here, finishing a crazy season at the old lady, above utd and Spurs, the old lady gets a new life and we breath a new life into our new home...

Call it what you want, home is where the heart is, blue blooded is best,,coyb

I don’t know where this figure comes from

I've obviously read a different interview from you.

UK Solicitors do not pay tax on client bills that have not been paid unlike Sole Traders and Companies were Debtors are part of the tax return calculation. Hence the seemingly low Turnover.

The name might be warm to Worldwide Clients, but I can't see it being so for Evertonians.But I do think Christine has made a good point.

Yeah it does, but ONLY if you say it.

Everton should take the money and you (and I) should take the following pledge..

"I (insert your name) make a solemn pledge that I will never, ever, EVER refer to Everton's new stadium as anything other than 'Bramley Moore'. And should I break my pledge, I hope to die in a cellar full of rats."

Seriously, (sort of) there's one thing nobody can force you to do and that's call Bramley Moore by some other name.

And six months from now, should you hear a mate say "what time are we getting to The Hill Dickinson Stadium?" you can punch them full in the face and say "you made a vow!"

Up the Hill Dickinson Toffees!

OW!!

(just punched myself in the face)

What is the right figure Ryan?