As Everton receive the keys to their new super stadium in the new year, preparing to complete the move by the start of next season, we’re looking at their finest moments at Goodison Park that fans young and old can cherish as they wave goodbye to their iconic home.
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00:00Everton, obviously, have announced they are getting the keys to the new stadium in the
00:06new year. The move won't be done yet, but they are playing a lot of their final fixtures
00:12at Goodison. The postponed Merseyside derby would have been the last at Goodison, for
00:18example. It's a massive change, a massive milestone for them, having been there so,
00:25so long. In terms of moments at Goodison Park, what sort of stands out to you and to fans?
00:31Maybe, obviously, it might not be as historic as some fans would remember, but, you know,
00:37modern era as well, they've had some great times there. What sort of stands out when
00:41you look back at Goodison's best moments for Everton?
00:44Yeah, there's been ups and downs for sure, hasn't there? Especially if you look in the
00:48last, what, 40 years. Everton in the 80s were one of the top teams in the country.
00:54They won the title in 1985 and 1987. I think those two seasons will be remembered. And
01:01then when Everton won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1985, they beat Bayern Munich at Goodison
01:09in the semi-finals. They came back from behind. If you're a fan of a generation, then you're
01:14going to remember those for different reasons. Supporters are going to remember the 90s and
01:19all the games where they twice had to battle to survive. Wimbledon and Coventry, bringing
01:27different emotions. You're going into 2000s and a lot of people cite that one-nil win
01:32against Man Utd in the 2004-05 season, when that was a real big win and Everton finished
01:39fourth that season, the highest ever Premier League finish, qualifier for the Champions
01:45League. Maybe in more recent times, again, there haven't been an awful lot to get absolutely
01:54enthused about for the right reason, but I think Crystal Palace was pure relief when
01:58they stayed up under Frank Lampard, who was there that night. To come back from two-nil
02:03down, there would have been supporters who thought Everton were buried, to be quite frank.
02:09It was a magical night. I still feel the shaking underneath me when that Dominic Calvert-Lewin
02:16goal went in. The Merseyside derby last season when Everton won two-nil. There's plenty to
02:23remember, plenty to cherish, but, yes, Everton fans, they're looking forward to getting into
02:31the new stadium now. I think, as sad as it is for some fans, Goodson Park, it's represented
02:39I don't want to say mediocrity, but it's not been the place for this generation as
02:46for the generation before them. They've seen the good times, they haven't seen enough good
02:50memories and that's what Everton fans want to see now with the move to the new stadium.
02:55We want to see them back in the upper echelons of English football.