David Moyes wants to usher in a successful transition to new stadium

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ToffeeWeb is slipping into the same standards as the Echo with clickbait articles full of copy and paste comments. Change your style or you'll see your investment die from the corporate malaise that usually accompanies these types of takeovers.

I thought the article must have some current fresh news in it. Alas, no.

I'm travelling in a couple of weeks to Santa Mónica.

While I'm at it can anyone tell me what the old ToffeeWeb podcast is now called please?

They've just put on the End of an Era display at the last male's match at Goodison, have announced it will be the home of the female team and have been selling season tickets for the new Everton Stadium.

I've no idea where these rumours have generated from. I've not seen or heard anything, either online or from family back home.

I'm confident we will play our 3rd test event and start the season at our new home.

On GOT the rumours were that the hospitality areas are behind.

Fixtures are released on 0900 on 18th June. Guess we'll know then.

Matt, whatever happens, the men’s team will not be playing at Goodison ever again.

We've done it with Goodison pre-season over the years, when we introduced the blue wall around the stadium to dress the old girl up and make her easier on the eye.

Let's not go there for people with wandering minds!!! They're all beautiful.

I didn't see covered up seats at the 2nd test event. It all looked good to go for me. And it was.

I see the in the Government's planned £15bn investment in transport infrastructure, the Liverpool City Region will get £1.6bn to improve and make faster links to Speke Airport and the Everton Stadium according to the statement.

The only negative is that they included Anfield in that.

Over to the council now they are to get the funding and invest in the north docks and the city's premier football and sporting venue.

We've only got two grounds.

No word, as yet, whether that request has been granted.

The men's team WON'T be playing at Goodison.

Old Trafford, the Etihad? Or god forbid Anfield. Although there might be a sense of satisfaction seeing it full of Evertonians and blue smoke.

Until the club announces it, we won't know.

I don't, but having already played two matches there, with a third likely, I don't see how we wouldn't start the season there.

We'll have to wait and see.

If these rumours are true then serious questions would have to be asked. How could you possibly have had 2 test events with a 3rd scheduled and with a couple of months to go suggest that BMD might not be ready for the start of the season. But this is Everton, who got a special licence for the last game at Goodison to allow fans to take a beer into the ground after the game, only to find in my stand Upper Bullens they had sold out of beer at half time.

Presumably due to need to secure a Safety Certificate, requiring a game at full capacity ( the awaited 3rd trial- note no date set), plus resolving issues that have emerged from first two test events ( not least managing safe access and exit).

It is clear from number of trades still on site that work is still ongoing on fit out ( hospitality presumably).

In the absence of any communication from the club we are left to speculate again. June fixture list will give us the answer.

Agree Brian, that beer thing was a fiasco.

Does seem strange, that any such request would be made. I was at the Test Events and although numbers were limited for safety reasons etc, there didn't seem to be any other reasons why all seats couldn't be occupied.

My observation was no clocks in the ground, and some of the toilets lacking paper towels/bins and or hand dryers, but hardly reasons to request postponements. Hospitality arrangements have been mentioned, but surely that only affects a few, not thousands, and seemingly little or no reason to prevent the 'home fixtures' to go ahead !

Yes, the only sign of potential trouble at the Southampton match I witnessed was when the bars ran dry on the Park End only had on 24 x crate of fruit flavoured cider!!!

The travel arrangements for the new stadium should have been given more foresight.

But if Goodison, with it's wooden seats and packed amongst rammed narrow terraced streets get's it's safety certificate, I would be very surprised if the Everton Stadium didn't.

Andy, I've stood on bendy buses in Germany, just avoid the bendy bit in the middle as it affects your balance!!

If the council and City Region Mayor don't use that to serve the 4th Grace that is going to be an international sporting venue in the north west of England, we need change. It's already been mentioned on national media. They can't hide and Everton should be all over them.

It would be not shock me at all because we haven't yet had a full 53,000 fans in the new stadium, we have zero idea yet how it's all going to develop

But trying to get out of Goodison on County Road or Walton Lane is also a nightmare. Likewise, the tributes to Queens Drive, even if you try negotiating your way down Utting Avenue or Townsend Lane.

I usually, or as I should now say, used to walk a mile or two to get away from the traffic and catch a bus or taxi.

There will always be congestion around football grounds. It's the same in London at Wembley, Stamford Bridge and West Ham amongst others. And Brighton's stadium is a nightmare, waiting to get on the platform in the people traffic controlled queue if you travel by train. West Ham is the same with the stop and go signs as you head back to Stratford station. Wembley the same as you approach Wembley Park Metropolitan Line station.

It seems the biggest oversights have been reliance on Sandhills Station, which is ill equipped. And they should have built a Liverpool South Parkway style station near the dock. Maybe they will now belatedly consider that. It has 6 platforms in both directions.

And they should have made more provision for parking for those who choose to drive to the match. You wouldn't be able to park close to the ground, you can't really at Goodison and usually have to choose somewhere like the Taxi Club and make a 15 minute walk.

Top tip is the Sainsbury's between Scotland Road and Great Howard Street, but I assume they will either start charging increased fees or stop football traffic using it. The Tai Pan restaurant near the stadium was asking people if they were attending the 2nd test event, asking them to show their ticket and turning them away from parking on the retail park.

Stanley Park isn't a million miles away, but I appreciate not everyone can make the walk.

I rarely drive to the match. The closest I come is parking at South Parkway and getting a train to Lime Street and taxi. I'm sure the taxi drivers will figure out the best drop off spots. The Pier Head is only 15-20 minutes away by foot as is Moorfields, depending on your pace.

We'll figure it out. There is always a way.

Yes, you still play every team home and away over the season, but we know that momentum makes a difference. It's been periods of positive momentum that have kept us in the league over the last few years. Likewise negative momentum has eroded any positivity.

Don't get me wrong I would love to see the first match of the season kick of in the new ground but just a that nagging feeling it might not happen for a good few weeks.

I think we are good with the safety certificate, so I don't see why we can't start the season there. I'll wait until the club says otherwise. All I have is an email informing me of my season ticket for the dock.

We built a new stand at Goodison during an ongoing season and continuously addressed the cosmetics around the exterior and interior during close season that involved scaffolding and paintwork over the years.

Liverpool have been building loft extensions for years and the Centenary Stand (formerly Kemlyn Road). It didn't stop them playing at Anfield. The redevelopment of Old Trafford didn't stop Manchester United playing at Old Trafford whilst it was ongoing.

I don't think that can be a reason for not kicking off at the Everton Stadium. The club has probably sold more season tickets and corporate than Goodison could hold.

Incidentally, where have these rumours come from? I haven't heard or seen them.

1. Ale was around £7.50 a pint where I was.

2. There is a clip going around of that old charmer Aldridge in one of the hospitality lounges, saying “I’m normally in here talking shite to punters, tonight I’m with my son to watch top man Bruce Springfield”.

3. There is a much better clip of a girl in an Everton shirt, grabbing the badge as she was dancing in the dark on some shoulders.

4. It was emotional hearing the band play “Twist and Shout” at the home of our first league title win.

I was expecting the show to start at 7.00pm with a view to finishing at 10.00pm. I was very surprised to look out of the lounge window at 6.50pm to see so many people still rocking up. I can’t speak of the stewarding for those people, it just looked like they were late.

The sound was not great for the first 30-45 minutes. They seemed to resolve that, then, to me, it was a very good show. Nobody left early around me. I’ve seen Bruce a few times and thought he was as good as ever. Each to their own.

Still dressed in what little clothing they had from the night before, I use my surveillance skills to mark and avoid. A game of cat and mouse. Fortunately, you can hear them coming before you see them.

Peter, I hope you and the family enjoyed the evening. Better than the rest. Their's another song for Everton.

I'm sure you have done, but as we all have to do after a visit to Anfield, I hope you had a shower to cleanse the body and soul!!

On the way back to the car, a couple of girls ran up and said - "Your shirt made our night". Yeah, 3 hours of Taylor swift but seeing a guy wearing an Everton shirt was the best bit.

I suggested he wore gloves and his oldest shoes as someone used to do that to see the derby at our very old ground. Then he could burn them both when he got home and not be contaminated.

And that is a stupid price. You pay less than that for a bottle of the best Sauvignon Blanc in France. Welcome to Rip Off Britain.

No issue getting in and none of the over-the-top stewarding and policing we've had at their place for the derby over the past couple of years. Scheduled to start 7:30 and he came on stage a few minutes after and didn't notice any mass early exit.

As good as ever, seen him a dozen times. Rumoured to be touring UK again next year; if so, hopefully he'll be playing at Bramley-Moore Dock instead.

Pete, what you described sounds how it should be, not what I witnessed at the last derby at their place.

Met by a wall of mounted police as we made our way from County Road across Stanley Park. Herded into pens like pigs. Basically treated like strangers in our own city.

There was no trouble, but the police handling could have caused it as people (Evertonians), were getting very frustrated. The stewards were alright and if anything, I saw more getting ejected from their Main Stand near to where we were standing.

I really don't understand why it's come to this. What do they think we're going to do, other than support our own team?

He was brilliant btw, always is. Be great to get concerts like this at Bramley-Moore Dock.

With regard to the price, a pal of mine was unfortunately unable to attend having bought tickets, and very generously gave me 2 hospitality places. Following some discussion, we agreed that I would make a donation to a charity of his choice.