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'''New Goodison''' is the unofficial name given by some [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] supporters for the planned new stadium in [[Kirkby]]. The stadium's naming rights will be sold to a commercial entity at a later date. The stadium's capacity is planned to be 50,000, originally plans were for a 55,000 capacity stadium.
'''New Goodison''' is the unofficial name given by some [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] supporters for the planned new stadium in [[Kirkby]]. The stadium's naming rights will be sold to a commercial entity at a later date. The stadium's capacity is planned to be 50,000, originally stadium capacity was reported as 55,000.


==Kirkby Golf Course and King's Dock==
==Kirkby Golf Course and King's Dock==
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===Naming Rights===
===Naming Rights===

Everton chairman [[Bill Kenwright]] had previously said that naming rights would not be sold when pushing for the Kings Dock Arena project, he had wanted to call it "New Goodison". Some fans were surprised when it was announced that Everton FC are looking to sell naming rights for the proposed new stadium.
Everton chairman [[Bill Kenwright]] had previously said that naming rights would not be sold when pushing for the Kings Dock Arena project, he had wanted to call it "New Goodison". Some fans were surprised when it was announced that Everton FC are looking to sell naming rights for the proposed new stadium.


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In March 2008, a government body, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment issued a report that stated:
In March 2008, a government body, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment issued a report that stated:


''"This scheme does not meet the criteria in terms of design quality set out in PPS1 and we do not think that it should receive planning permission."''<ref>{{cite web | title=Kirkby Masterplan| work = CABE |url=http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=2429&field=sitesearch&term=kirkby&type=0 | accessdate=Mar 13 | accessyear=2008}}</ref>. They also described the project as "a lost opportunity".
''"This scheme does not meet the criteria in terms of design quality set out in PPS1 and we do not think that it should receive planning permission."''<ref>{{cite web | title=Kirkby Masterplan| work = CABE |url=http://www.cabe.org.uk/default.aspx?contentitemid=2429&field=sitesearch&term=kirkby&type=0 | accessdate=Mar 13 | accessyear=2008}}</ref>.





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Full nameTBA
LocationKirkby, Merseyside, England
OwnerTesco (Everton FC will sub-lease)
OperatorKnowsley Council
Capacity50,000
SurfaceGrass
Construction
BuiltAwaiting Approval
Construction cost£130 million for stadium, part of a £400 million development[1]
ArchitectBarr Construction (Stadium Build & Design)
KSS (Interior Suites)
Tenants
Everton F.C. (after construction)

New Goodison is the unofficial name given by some Everton supporters for the planned new stadium in Kirkby. The stadium's naming rights will be sold to a commercial entity at a later date. The stadium's capacity is planned to be 50,000, originally stadium capacity was reported as 55,000.

Kirkby Golf Course and King's Dock

In 1996, Everton FC under Peter Johnson released plans to relocate Everton to a new stadium on the site of Kirkby Golf Course.

An fan-funded organisation was set up by supporters called 'Goodison For Everton' who later commissioned the Architects behind Twickenham's redevelopment for a feasibility report which supports the view that Goodison Park can be redeveloped.[2]

In 2000, Everton released plans for a proposed new 50,000 seat stadium that would form part of the King's Dock development in Liverpool on the Mersey front.

A ballot of supporters at this time found that, of those questioned, 85% would prefer to leave Goodison Park for a new stadium. As part of the proposal, Everton would be granted "preferred bidder" status and would contribute £30m towards the project. However, the club failed to raise the money necessary and were forced to pull out of the project in

There were rumours that Everton's preference for a new stadium site was Stanley Park but council records show that Everton have never made a formal enquiry about the availability of land.

Ground-Share

In 2005, with the announcement that Liverpool were planning a new stadium to replace Anfield, Everton met with the then Sports Minister Richard Caborn, the city council and representatives of Liverpool to discuss the possibility of a ground-share. This proposal was however not greeted with significant enthusiasm by either club, and so Liverpool have continued the project alone.[3].

The ground share idea was reintroduced in 2008 when Liverpool City Council leader Warren Bradley told the local press that he had been working on it behind the scenes.[4]. Liverpool's Rick Parry and Everton's Keith Wyness have both dismissed the idea as a non-starter.

Early move plans

In December 2004, Everton again began looking at the possibility of leaving Goodison Park for a new stadium. In 2006, two possibilities of a location for the ground being Liverpool[5] and Kirkby in the neighbouring borough of Knowsley were put forward.[6] Everton said at their AGM they have signed an exclusive deal to look at the Kirkby proposal but will not move out of the city without the fans backing.[7] On the February 7 2007 Everton submitted their initial proposals to Knowsley Council, with a preferred location being next to Knowsley Community College.[8]

The Kirkby option includes a stadium designed loosely on that of FC Köln's stadium in Germany used in World Cup 2006. It would include backing from Terry Leahy the CEO of the supermarket chain Tesco[9]and would include a Tesco supermarket, a hotel, high street shops and extensive car parking.[10]

The other tangible benefit would be for England's bid for the 2018 World Cup. FIFA rules dictate that only one city can have two host stadia, and no other city can have more than one. Everton's new stadium would be able to host matches as it would fall outside the city limits, however the current plans fail to meet FIFA's recommendations due to the distance between the stadium and the available car parking.

The stadium will include a conference centre that will be used by Knowsley Council.

Controversy

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David Moyes controversially posed with a KEIOC banner

Although the site of the stadium will be 4 miles from Goodison Park in the suburb of Kirkby, a large number of fans are still opposed to the move as it is outside the Liverpool city boundary.

On the other hand, it is perceived by some that Liverpool's city boundaries are outdated and Kirkby should be regarded as part of Liverpool.

In modern terms, the Liverpool City Region goes beyond the current City Council and covers south Sefton and Knowsley with a large percentage of Everton's fan base from these suburbs.

Everton manager David Moyes posed with a banner for the Keep Everton In Our City campaign during a pre-season tour in the United States. A club official said '"He was not aware of the wording on the banner when the photograph was taken.'"[11]

The Liverpool City Council leader Warren Bradley referred to the proposed stadium in Kirkby as "a cow shed in a small town". [12]

Keep Everton In Our City Campaign

At a meeting of some Evertonians on the 10th March, 2007 a movement named Keep Everton In Our City was inaugurated, with the stated aim of preventing Everton Football Club moving to a site that they did not feel was adequate for a Premier league football club for varying reasons.

Liverpool Council Leader, Liberal Democrat Warren Bradley, was in attendance and stated that the City Council have a strong desire to keep Everton Football Club within the city.[13] He and Joe Anderson, leader of the opposition Labour group, later accused the previous council of 'shame' in not doing enough to keep Everton within the city boundaries. [14]

Some former players have backed the KEIOC movement including ex-Everton fans favourite Duncan Ferguson, [15] Tony Kay, [16], Graham Stuart, Barry Horne and Ronnie Goodlass.

Officials at the club had threatened the campaigners with legal action for content on their website which suggested that Everton had neglected the Scotland Road site, embarrassingly the club's solicitors had sent the threat to a dentist in Japan with a similar website domain. [17]. No legal action has been taken.

Naming Rights

Everton chairman Bill Kenwright had previously said that naming rights would not be sold when pushing for the Kings Dock Arena project, he had wanted to call it "New Goodison". Some fans were surprised when it was announced that Everton FC are looking to sell naming rights for the proposed new stadium.

The Club's press officer Ian Ross said that the club could obtain up to £6million per annum for the naming rights. [18]

He said: "We are currently in the throes of finding the best naming rights deal. That has involved meeting some of the biggest companies in the world."

"We could be looking at deals which generate maybe £5m or £6m a year. As Keith Wyness has hinted already, the whole thing could be self-financing."

Earlier Robert Elstone, the club's deputy Chief Executive Officer had said the figure would be closer to £4.5million per annum.[19]

However, not all fans are convinced. A KEIOC spokesman said "We would suggest this is hugely optimistic, given that Arsenal, a top four, consistent Champions League entrant based in a capital city, receive only £3.3m per year for their stadium deal alone."

CABE

In March 2008, a government body, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment issued a report that stated:

"This scheme does not meet the criteria in terms of design quality set out in PPS1 and we do not think that it should receive planning permission."[20].


Objections

A number of local authorities objected to the scheme including Liverpool City Council, Sefton Council, West Lancashire Council and St Helens Council as they felt that the accompanying retail park would have a detrimental effect to towns in their area. The objections led to more controversy as Knowsley councillor Eddie Connor publicly stated that Liverpool political party leaders Warren Bradley and Joe Anderson should not have been able to address their planning committee's due to their footballing allegiance (Everton FC).

Joe Anderson responded angrily to the suggestion that he was putting football before his civic duty and responded "Let me be clear to both EFC and Knowsley Council, you will not silence me on speaking out and representing what I believe to be in the best interests of the people of Liverpool, that is what I am elected to do." [21]

The Duke of Westminster's company Grosvenor and St Modwen also lodged objections.

Ownership

Knowsley Council will be the stadium operators and they will directly negotiate the sub-lease terms with Everton. Keith Wyness, the club's CEO has stated Everton will pay a "peppercorn rent"[22] but has not given an exact sum. Tesco will sign a 999 year lease for the land from Knowsley Council and Everton FC will sub-lease from supermarket giants Tesco.

Proposed plans

On 20th July 2007 the proposed stadium plans were produced for the Kirkby option. However prior to this Everton conducted a ballot to decide if it was the best option would be held with eligible voters being current season ticket holders, individuals who have had a season ticket in the last three years, adult Evertonia members and shareholders. Complimentary season ticket holders were not eligible to vote. [23]

On Goodison Park's 115th anniversary, August 24 2007 the result was announced. [24].

As a result Everton will continue to negotiate plans with Tesco and Knowsley Borough Council. Despite the controversy, Everton have pressed ahead with the plans, with an application submitted to Knowsley Council by the club and Tesco on January 2 2008.[25]

On the 9th June 2008, Knowsley Council approved of the plans with 20 councillors voting in favour and 1 against. Keith Wyness, the club's CEO said:

"The next big step comes in the form of trying to ensure the project is not 'called-in' for inquiry form the government."[26]

References

  1. ^ Everton's Kirkby stadium: All eyes now on public inquiry calls
  2. ^ "Goodison Park Redevelopment Feasibility Study". Goodison For Everton.
  3. ^ "Rivals Liverpool and Everton mull stadium share". Allbusiness. Retrieved November 6. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Warren Bradley: We're still working on shared stadium for Everton and Liverpool FC". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved May 27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Everton offered 2 sites in Liverpool". icLiverpool. Retrieved December 11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Everton offered Kirkby site". icLiverpool. Retrieved December 11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Fans to get their say". Everton F.C. Official site. Retrieved December 11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Initial Kirkby proposals submitted to Knowsley". Retrieved February 8. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Everton may move out of Liverpool". BBC News. Retrieved December 11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Kirkby proposal". icLiverpool. Retrieved December 11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Bid to keep EFC in city will step up a gear as campaigners explain their 'Plan B'". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved August 1. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Bradley blasted for 'cow shed' EFC comments". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved July 27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Keep Everton In Our City". NSNO. Retrieved March 16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Council accused of shame". icliverpool. Retrieved July 20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Dunc backs campaign". icLiverpool. Retrieved April 04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "Tony Kay wants Everton to stay". NSNO. Retrieved May 12. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "Everton FC send legal letter to Japanese Dental Practise". Liverpool Echo.
  18. ^ "Everton FC Stadium: The Trust Cost". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved May 22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "Everton hunt £60million new ground sponsor". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved May 7. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "Kirkby Masterplan". CABE. Retrieved Mar 13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ "Best Interests". Liverpool Daily Post Letters page. Retrieved June 7. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "Everton stadium question and answers plans". Evertonfc.com.
  23. ^ "Major Announcement". Official Site. Retrieved July 20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ "Ballot Result". Official Site. Retrieved August 24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ "Everton submit new stadium plans". BBC News. Retrieved January 2. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  26. ^ "Kirkby Plans passed plans". Evertonfc.com. Retrieved June 9. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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