Anjishnu Roy 13/06/2025 11comments  |  Jump to last

Everton have officially announced that the Everton Football College will relocate to Goodison Park from September. The Grand Old Lady will also be the new home for the Everton women’s team from next season.

The iconic venue has hosted the men’s team for 133 years, and the club has been clear on preserving the history and heritage of the ground and is intent on ensuring it remains an active, vibrant, and valuable asset for the community.

“From September, Everton’s multi-academy education trust, The People’s Learning Trust, will relocate its flagship Everton Football College to Goodison Park, giving students the opportunity to study inside a stadium that has inspired generations of football fans and players,” Everton officially announced in a statement on the club website.

This move will grant Goodison an unprecedented status as one of the only globally recognised stadiums to host a top-tier professional football side as well as a dedicated educational trust.

The move will create opportunity and is in line with the club’s long-term regeneration strategy at North Liverpool. Former Everton CEO Colin Chong, who is currently serving as the chief real estate and regeneration officer, has been appointed to the People’s Learning Trust board of trustees.

“Goodison Park has always stood for more than just football — it’s a symbol of pride, purpose, and identity for many people in this part of Liverpool,” said Chong.

"By welcoming The People’s Learning Trust to this historic ground, we are not only preserving its legacy but reimagining its future as a place of opportunity, education, and inspiration. This is a vital part of our wider regeneration vision and a powerful example of how football can help positively transform communities.”

The People’s Learning Trust is a non-profit multi-academy trust that oversees a large number of schools, including the Everton Free School and Everton Football College. The administrative centre of the Everton Football College is currently located at Spellow Lane.

 

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Paul O'Neill
1 Posted 13/06/2025 at 14:07:11
The more I read about the ideas for Goodison, the better I think it is they are keeping it. In the Park End alone, there is loads of useable office space and other spaces for projects.

I just hope they modernise the stadium as best they can, and smarten it up, especially on the outside. It will be interesting to see what they do with it long term.

Mike Hayes
2 Posted 13/06/2025 at 14:52:37
Lots of good news coming out in and around the club.

Good to see The Old Lady being kept – love going there.

Allen Rodgers
3 Posted 13/06/2025 at 15:09:22
Paul, I took some American visitors to Goodison a few years back and they asked to use the bathroom upstairs in the Park End.

I went up too and took the opportunity to wander around the spacious office layout. The more use they can get out of Goodison the better.

Martin Mason
4 Posted 13/06/2025 at 17:42:58
Fantastic.

We are still a Goodison club in so many ways. We haven't left, only moved where the first team play

Colin Crooks
5 Posted 13/06/2025 at 18:18:50
We haven't left.

We just bought a second home on the coast

Neil Copeland
6 Posted 13/06/2025 at 18:26:29
Martin and Colin, nicely put.
Danny O'Neill
7 Posted 13/06/2025 at 20:10:37
Great news. The club seems definitely invested in keeping the Goodison legacy alive.

With the girls' team and hopefully the U21s and U18s, along with the Everton Football College, I hope this goes some way to supporting the local businesses around Goodison. That was always my concern. The manager of the Winslow stated that he made 80% of his turnover from Everton match days. A huge void to fill.

In the short term, I'll probably still go to the usual haunts. She is part of our lives. She is engrained in Everton and us.

I previously said she should be bulldozed, but in hindsight, I believe the club has made a good call. At some point, I think the old girl will need restructuring, but she is always going to be there.

We now hold two stadiums, in our city, only two miles apart.

Craig Scott
8 Posted 13/06/2025 at 21:11:32
You couldn’t help feeling a little bit conceited if you showed a person new to the club to BMD and then brought them to our “second” ground.

“Bloody hell! How big is your support base?”

Kieran Kinsella
9 Posted 13/06/2025 at 21:24:11
Much better than Arsenal's Highbury "legacy" of converting the stands into apartments, carving up the field but retaining the clock to somehow "preserve" the old stadium.
Paul Ferry
10 Posted 13/06/2025 at 22:26:51
Hi Kieran (9),

I stayed in one of those apartments for three months over the summer and it was fabulous. The parks/gardens on the old pitch are lovely and it was classy how they kept the old external fabric of the stadium.

My apartment was in the Everton end for the '84 semi-final. Gooners really like seeing the old frame. Apartments in L4 might not have the same appeal as in the leafy shades of Islington!

That said, I'm with you all the way on the current plans for the Old Lady. It's just another sort of class for me.

Mick O'Malley
11 Posted 14/06/2025 at 10:21:51
Colin at 5, we can call it our weekend getaway.

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