Everton fan groups are making a special plan to improve the atmosphere at Hill Dickinson Stadium when Manchester United visit on Monday.
The Blues have endured a rough patch at home lately and haven’t won at their recent waterfront venue since December 6. They’ve lost and drawn three games each since, with Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth inflicting a 2-1 loss in their most recent encounter.
In the 13 league matches that Everton have played at this ground since moving from Goodison Park last summer, the Toffees have recorded four wins, four draws and five losses. This stands in stark contrast to their impressive record on the road where they have six wins, three draws and four defeats.
In order to boost the atmosphere at the stadium and provide David Moyes and his players added impetus, Everton Supporter Group the 1878s are planning to unfurl more than 400 banners before kick-off, decking out of the ground's south stand.
They are hoping to outperform similar demonstrations done before the clashes against Arsenal and Leeds United, both games where the hosts failed to win.
An army of volunteers have been gathered to lay the flags out over the weekend. Fans in the south stand will be asked to wave any flags they find on their seats once the club begin songs over the PA system around 15 minutes before kick-off.
Katie Carter, a leading figure of the 1878s, hopes that the display will help the players secure the double over Manchester United, having won 1-0 at Old Trafford in impressive fashion.
"It's one of the steepest stands in Europe, it can be intimidating if we make it that way, so let's decorate it with flags and let's fill it with noise and get it going,” she told Liverpool ECHO.
"Monday night is the perfect opportunity for that. Whether you know the person next to you or you don't, sing along with them, like get right behind them - make sure that everyone is stood-up, all singing and getting that atmosphere going in that ground.
"We've got it all there, ready, waiting for us. The stand itself is set up ready. We just need to make it feel like a cauldron of noise to help the players on the pitch."
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