Anjishnu Roy 08/07/2025 1comment  |  Jump to last

Everton Giant Peter Reid is set to take charge of the Blues in the Legends game against AS Roma at Hill Dickinson Stadium. The Italian side will be led by Italian great Fabio Capello.

The Legends game between Everton and AS Roma will take place after David Moyes’ side take on their Serie A counterparts in their final warm-up fixture before the Premier League kicks off.

While the senior men’s team match will begin at 3:00pm BST on August 9, the Legends game will get underway at 5:15pm BST as both fixtures will mark the opening of the 52,769-capacity waterfront stadium.

"I'm delighted," a beaming Reid told the club website. "The day will be a brilliant curtain-raiser. Listen, the Grand Old Lady has always been our heart but when you go inside and look at Hill Dickinson Stadium, it's just magnificent. I can't wait for 50-odd thousand Evertonians to be in there because we know what a unique atmosphere they create. It'll be something to behold.”

Reid was a key player in the Toffees side of the mid-1980s that lifted two league titles, the FA Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup, as well as three Charity Shields, during a stellar spell at Goodison Park.

Phil Jagielka will captain the Everton Legends side on the field and more names will be added in the coming days.

Meanwhile, Roma will be led by Capello who managed the side from the capital between 1999 and 2004. A former Milan, Juventus, Real Madrid, and England manager as well, Capello has won five Serie A titles, two La Liga titles, and a UEFA Champions League.

The Roma side will also include French World Cup winner Vincent Candela.

"It's an honour to be asked to manage the Everton team – and it'll be brilliant to go up against Fabio Capello, someone who I've met a couple of times. When I was a manager, I went on courses and I'd heard him speak. His record is second to none,” said Reid.

"It'll be good to catch up again... as long as we win! We've got to win it – I'm all about winning!"

 

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Peter Mills
1 Posted 08/07/2025 at 13:29:53
I’m surprised two matches are going to take place, one after the other.

I’m going to the event, but don’t imagine I’ll hang around for the whole (or any) of the Legends game. I can see people leaving the stadium over a spread-out period of time from around 4.30pm, with perhaps half the crowd staying for the 2nd game, meaning there will not have been a fully tested evacuation of 50,000 people in a limited timescale by the time the first league game comes around.

I’m going to be very cautious on that opening day of the season.

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