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{{short description|Football stadium in Walton, Liverpool, England}}
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| stadium_name = Goodison Park
| nickname = "The Grand Old Lady"
| image = 2023 07 31 arne mueseler 00023-Verbessert-RR (53105680992).jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = 
| logo_image = Goodison Park logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| location = Goodison Road<br />[[Walton, Liverpool|Walton]], [[Liverpool]], England
| coordinates = 
| opened = {{start date and age|1892|08|24|df=y}}
| closed = 
| owner = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
| operator = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
| surface = [[GrassMaster]]
| architect = Kelly Brothers<br />Henry Hartley<br />[[Archibald Leitch]]
| dimensions = {{convert|100.49|x|68|m|yd|1}}<ref name="cap2021"/>
| record_attendance = 78,299 (Everton vs [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], 18 September 1948)
| tenants = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] (1892–2025) <br 
/>[[Everton F.C. (women)|Everton Women]] (2025–present)
{{unbulleted list|item1_style=background-color:#ccc;|'''Major sporting events hosted'''|[[1966 FIFA World Cup]]}}
| publictransit = {{rint|liverpool}} {{rint|gb|Rail}} [[Kirkdale railway station|Kirkdale]]
| construction_cost = £3,000<ref group=nb>This is the original cost of the ground. Further costly developments have occurred since.</ref>
| former_names = Mere Green Field
| seating_capacity = 39,414<ref name="cap2021">{{cite web |title=Premier League Handbook 2020/21 |url=https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/document/2021/04/07/6ebff069-a7ee-415d-afbd-15878b6d33b2/2020-21-PL-Handbook-240321.pdf|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412002820/https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/document/2021/04/07/6ebff069-a7ee-415d-afbd-15878b6d33b2/2020-21-PL-Handbook-240321.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2021 |publisher=Premier League |access-date=12 April 2021 |page=16}}</ref>
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'''Goodison Park''' is a [[Association football|football]] stadium in [[Walton, Liverpool|Walton]], Liverpool, England. It is the home of [[Women's Super League|Women’s Super League]] club [[Everton F.C. (women)|Everton]], who moved into the ground in 2025. The stadium opened in 1892, and was built to serve the home ground for the club's [[Everton F.C.|men’s team]] who relocated to the [[Hill Dickinson Stadium]] in 2025. 

Outside of a home ground for Everton, Goodison Park also been the venue for the [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966 World Cup]], in addition to numerous other international fixtures. It has also hosted the [[1910 FA Cup Final]] and has hosted more top-flight games than any other stadium in England.<ref name="top-flight"/>{{failed verification|date=August 2025|reason=Neither the archived nor "current" version verifies Goodison Park specifically, rather only verifying that Everton played the most games.}}

The stadium is 2 miles (3&nbsp;km) north of [[Liverpool city centre|the city centre]], and has an all-seated capacity of 39,414.<ref name="cap2021"/>

==History==
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===Before Goodison Park===
{{main|Stanley Park, Liverpool|Anfield}}
[[File:John Houlding.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Former Everton Chairman John Houlding|[[John Houlding]], former Everton Chairman and Anfield landowner]]
Everton originally played on an open pitch in the south-east corner of the newly laid out [[Stanley Park, Liverpool|Stanley Park]] (on a site where rival [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool FC]] considered [[Stanley Park Stadium|building a stadium]] over a century later). The first official match following the renaming of the club from ''St. Domingo's'' to ''Everton'' was at Stanley Park, staged on 20 December 1879; St. Peter's was the opposition, and admission was free. In 1882, a man named J. Cruit donated land at Priory Road with the necessary facilities required for professional clubs, but asked the club to leave his land after two years because the crowds became too large and noisy.<ref name="Inglis" />

Everton moved to nearby Anfield Road, a site where proper covered stands were built. Everton played at the [[Anfield]] ground from 1884 until 1892.<ref>{{cite web| title=I: The Early Days (1878–88)| publisher=ToffeeWeb| url=http://www.toffeeweb.com/history/concise/1878-1888.asp| access-date=17 November 2007| archive-date=15 February 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215091240/http://www.toffeeweb.com/history/concise/1878-1888.asp| url-status=live}}</ref> During this time the club turned professional, entering teams in the [[FA Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/History/HistoryDetail/0,,10794~1357277,00.html |title=History of the Football League |date=3 August 2008 |access-date=17 April 2009 |publisher=[[The Football League]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209043226/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/History/HistoryDetail/0%2C%2C10794~1357277%2C00.html |archive-date=9 February 2009 }}</ref> They became founding members of the [[Football League]], winning their first championship at the ground in 1890–91.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/history/everton-the-begining.html?page=3|title=The Everton Story 1878–1930|publisher=Everton F.C.|access-date=17 April 2009|archive-date=27 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527073417/http://www.evertonfc.com/history/everton-the-begining.html?page=3|url-status=dead}}</ref> Anfield's capacity grew to over 20,000, with the club hosting an international match as [[England national football team|England]] played against [[Ireland national football team (1882–1950)|Ireland]]. During their time at Anfield, Everton became the first club to introduce goalnets to professional football.<ref name="efc-trivia">{{cite web|url=http://toffeeweb.com/history/trivia/efc-trivia.asp|title=General Trivia|publisher=ToffeeWeb|access-date=17 April 2009}}</ref>

In the 1890s, a dispute about how the club was to be owned and run emerged with [[John Houlding]], Anfield's majority owner and Everton's Chairman, at the forefront.<ref name=Inglis>{{cite book |title=The Football Grounds of Britain |last=Inglis |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Inglis |year=1996 |publisher=CollinsWillow |isbn=0-00-218426-5}}</ref> Houlding disagreed with the club's committee initially disagreeing about the full purchase of the land at Anfield from minor land owner Mr Orrell escalating into a principled disagreement of how the club was run. Two such disagreements included Houlding wanting Everton to sell only his brewery products during an event and for the Everton players to use his public house ''The Sandon'' as changing room facilities.<ref name="lfc.tv-events">{{cite web|title=Liverpool Football Club is formed|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/history/timeline/1892-1917/liverpool-football-club-is-formed|publisher=[[Liverpool F.C.]]|access-date=3 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712112221/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/history/timeline/1892-1917/liverpool-football-club-is-formed|archive-date=12 July 2010}}</ref>

The most well-known of the disagreements concerns the level of increased rent Everton was asked to pay. In 1889, Everton paid £100 to Houlding in rent; by the 1889–90 season this had risen to £250.<ref name="lfc.tv-events"/> Everton had to pay for all works and stands. The dispute escalated to a rent of £370 per year being demanded. In the complicated lead-up to the split in the club, the rent dispute is too simplistic to be singled out as the prime cause. The dispute was compounded by many minor disputed points.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}

The flashpoint was a covenant in the contract of land purchase by Houlding from Orrell causing further and deep friction. A strip of land at the Anfield ground bordering the adjacent land owned by Mr Orrell, could be used to provide a right of way access road for Orrell's landlocked vacant site. In early 1891 the club erected a stand on this now proposed roadway, which was also overlapping Orrell's land, unbeknown to the Everton F.C. Committee. In August 1891 Orrell announced intentions of developing his land next to the football ground, building an access road on the land owned by Houlding and occupied by Everton F.C.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/EPL/Full-story-of-The-Split-which-saw-Liverpool-formed-from-Everton/896860 |title=Full story of The Split which saw Liverpool formed from Everton |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>

Everton F.C. stated it knew nothing of the covenant; Houlding stated it did. This situation created great distrust, leading to friction between Houlding and the Everton F.C. Committee. The rift and distrust between the two parties was on three levels: Houlding's personal business intentions, politically and morally. Nevertheless, the club faced a dilemma of having to destroy the new revenue generating stand or compensate Orrell.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Houlding's way around the problem was to propose a limited company with floatation of the club enabling the club to purchase Houlding's and Orrell's land outright, hoping to raise £12,000. Previous attempts to raise money from the community had failed miserably. This would have meant the club would need to find £6,000 in cash with an additional £4,875 mortgage. The Everton Committee initially accepted Houlding's proposal in principle, yet voted against it at a meeting.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Community Politics in Liverpool and the Governance of Professional Football in the Late Nineteenth Century |journal=The Historical Journal |first1=David |last1=Kennedy |first2=Michael |last2=Collins |publisher=Cambridge University Press |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=761–788 |year=2006 |doi=10.1017/s0018246x06005504|s2cid=154635435}}</ref>

After much negotiating and brinkmanship on both sides Everton vacated Anfield, leaving Houlding with an empty stadium with no one to play in it. As a consequence, Houlding formed his own football club, [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], to take up residence at the stadium.<ref name="lfc.tv-events"/>

The clubs have differing versions of events of why it occurred.

{{blockquote|Houlding explained why this situation arose in a Liverpool match programme against Cliftonville in April 1893. He pointed out that he had given Everton a rent free loan until the club started to make money. If the club had gone bust he would have lost it all.

Despite making no profit in this respect, the issue that upset the members at Everton most was his plan to sell Anfield and the land adjoining, with Houlding himself profiting. He felt it was a reasonable reward for the risk he had ventured in the club for nine years. Houlding, as the ambitious businessman he was, saw a great future for the club. He wanted the club to have its own home ground and wanted them to buy land so the club could expand in due course.

Unfortunately most of the Everton FC board members failed to share his forward thinking and lacked confidence. They wanted instead a long term rent deal on all the land, but for this to be acceptable to Houlding, he wanted a rent at a price considered too high for the Club. The members reacted to that by "offering" Houlding less rent. Houlding unsurprisingly refused to accept this stating that he did not want to be dictated: "I cannot understand why a gentleman that has done so much for the club (Everton) and its members should be given such treatment".|Liverpool FC version of events<ref name="lfc.tv-events"/>}}

{{blockquote|During their spell at Anfield, John Houlding decided to charge the Club rent based on the increase of gate receipts from attendances and not, as was previously the case, at a fixed rate.

"This – along with other conflicts with Everton – led to the Club being expelled from Anfield in 1892 and in need of a new home....
fully expecting Houlding to dismiss Everton from their Anfield home, he ([[George Mahon (accountant)|George Mahon]]) acquired land on a patch off Stanley Park called 'Mere Green Field' and also made sure that the Club kept their name."|Everton FC version of events<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/history/everton-the-begining.html?tab=1|title=1878–1930 – Early homes|publisher=Everton F.C.|access-date=10 June 2010|archive-date=28 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128083042/http://www.evertonfc.com/history/everton-the-begining.html?tab=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

===Genesis of Goodison Park===
On 15 September 1891, a general meeting took place at Royal Street Hall, near Everton Valley.<ref name="School of Science" /> Everton's chairman John Houlding proposed that a [[limited company]] be formed with the new company purchasing his land and local brewer Joseph Orrell's adjacent land for a combined £9,237.<ref name="School of Science"/> A club run as a limited company was unusual for the time; football clubs were usually run as "sports clubs" with members paying an annual fee. The proposal was supported by [[William Edward Barclay|William Barclay]], the club secretary and a close friend of Houlding.<ref name="iykyh"/>

[[File:George-mahon.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=A black-and-white portrait photograph of a bearded man in a dark three-piece suit.| [[George Mahon (accountant)|George Mahon]] arranged for Everton to move to Goodison Park.]]
[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician and Everton board member [[George Mahon (accountant)|George Mahon]] fought the proposal putting forward his own amendment which was carried by the Everton board. At the time Everton's board contained both [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] and Liberal Party councillors. Houlding and Mahon had previously clashed during local elections.<ref>{{cite web |title=From Anfield to Goodison |url=http://www.toffeeweb.com/history/concise/1888-1915.asp |publisher=ToffeeWeb |access-date=3 April 2010 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605164050/http://www.toffeeweb.com/history/concise/1888-1915.asp |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anfield Split – The Move to Goodison |url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/exhibitions/the+anfield+split+%252d+the+move+to+goodison |publisher=evertoncollection.org.uk |access-date=3 April 2010}}</ref>

Both men agreed that Everton should operate as a limited company; however, they had different ideas about [[share (finance)|share]] ownership. Houlding suggested that 12,000 shares be created with each Everton board member given one share and the other shares sold to the public or Everton board members. Mahon disagreed and proposed that 500 shares be created with no member carrying more than 10 shares with board members given "7 or 8" shares. Mahon reasoned "we would rather have a large number of individual applications so that there will be more supporters of the club."<ref name="iykyh">{{cite web|url=http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/09-10/comment/fan/10231.html|title=And If You Know Your History|last=MacDonald|first=Ian|date=16 December 2008|publisher=ToffeeWeb|access-date=3 April 2010|archive-date=9 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109005945/http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/09-10/comment/fan/10231.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A [[Extraordinary General Meeting|special general meeting]] was convened at the former [[Liverpool College]] building on Shaw Street on 25 January 1892. John Houlding's proposal was defeated once more with George Mahon suggesting that Everton relocate to another site. A [[heckler]] shouted, "You can't find one!" Mahon responded "I have one in my pocket" revealing an option to lease Mere Green field, in Walton, [[Lancashire]], the site of the current Goodison Park.<ref name="School of Science">{{cite book|last=Corbett|first=James|title=School of Science|year=2003|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-1-4050-3431-9}}</ref>

The Liverpool press were partisan. The proposal was deemed to be a positive move for the club by the Liberal-leaning ''[[Liverpool Daily Post]]'' which described Houlding's ousting as "having shaken off the incubus."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Everton club|date=19 March 1892|newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post}}</ref> The Tory-supporting ''[[Liverpool Courier]]'' and ''[[Liverpool Evening Express]]''—owned by [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for Everton, [[John A. Willox]], a [[Trustee]] of the Licensed Victuallers' and Brewers' Association—took Houlding's side. The ''Courier'' published letters regularly criticising Mahon's supporters—many of which were anonymous.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kennedy|first=David|year=2006|title=Community Politics in Liverpool and the Governance of Professional Football in the Late Nineteenth Century|journal=The Historical Journal|publisher=Cambridge University Press|volume=49|issue=3|pages=761–788|doi=10.1017/s0018246x06005504|s2cid=154635435}}</ref> Philanthropist [[Sir William Pickles Hartley|William Hartley]], a jam manufacturer and [[Robert William Hudson]], a prominent soap-manufacturer supported Mahon.<ref name="Birley1995">{{cite book|last=Birley|first=Derek|title=Land of sport and glory: sport and British society, 1887–1910|year=1995|publisher=Manchester University Press|location=Manchester|page=40|isbn=0-7190-4494-4}}</ref>

The stadium was named Goodison Park because the length of the site was built against Goodison Road. The road was named after a civil engineer named George Goodison who provided a sewage report to the Walton Local Board in the mid-1800s later becoming a local landowner.<ref name="iykyh"/>

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| quote =Behold Goodison Park! no single picture could take in the entire scene the ground presents, it is so magnificently large, for it rivals the greater American baseball pitches. On three sides of the field of play there are tall covered stands, and on the fourth side the ground has been so well banked up with thousands of loads of cinders that a complete view of the game can be had from any portion.

The spectators are divided from the playing piece by a neat, low hoarding, and the touch line is far enough from it to prevent those accidents which were predicted at Anfield Road, but never happened... Taking it all together, it appears to be one of the finest and most complete grounds in the kingdom, and it is hoped that the public will liberally support the promoters.
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The Mere Green field was owned by Christopher Leyland with Everton renting until they were in a position to buy the site outright. Initially, the field needed work as parts of the site needed excavation, the field was levelled, a drainage system was installed and turf was laid. This work was considered to be a 'formidable initial expenditure' with local contractor Mr Barton contracted to work on the {{convert|29471|sqyd|m2|sigfig=2}} site at 4½[[Penny#Value|d]] per square yard—a total cost of £552. A J. Prescott was brought in as an architectural advisor and surveyor.<ref name="School of Science"/>

[[Walton, Liverpool|Walton]]-based building firm Kelly Brothers were instructed to erect two uncovered stands that could each accommodate 4,000 spectators. A third covered stand accommodating 3,000 spectators was also requested. The combined cost of these stands was £1,640. Everton inserted a penalty clause into the contract in case the work was not completed by its 31 July deadline.<ref name="School of Science"/> Everton officials were impressed with the builder's workmanship agreeing two further contracts: exterior hoardings were constructed at a cost of £150 with 12 [[turnstile]]s installed at a cost of £7 each.<ref name="School of Science"/> In 1894, Benjamin Kelly of Kelly Brothers was appointed as a director of Everton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/exhibitions/the+anfield+split+%252d+the+move+to+goodison?p=5#foot|title=The Move to Goodison|publisher=Everton Collection|access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref>

[[James Clement Baxter|Dr. James Baxter]] of the Everton committee donated a £1,000 [[interest]]-free [[loan]] to build Goodison Park. The stadium was England's first purpose-built football ground, with stands on three sides. Goodison Park was officially opened on 24 August 1892 by Lord Kinnaird and Frederick Wall of the Football Association. No football was played; instead the 12,000 crowd watched a short [[sport of athletics|athletics]] event followed by music and a fireworks display.<ref name="School of Science"/> Upon its completion the stadium was the first joint purpose-built football stadium in the world; [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]'s basic [[Celtic Park]] ground in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] was inaugurated on the same day as Goodison Park.<ref name="tw-gp-history" />

[[File:Goodison-park-first-known-sketch.jpg|thumb|The first known image of Goodison Park. Published by the ''Liverpool Echo'' in August 1892|alt=First known image of Goodison Park]]
The first football match at Goodison Park was on 2 September 1892 between Everton and [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]. Everton wore its new club colours of salmon and dark blue stripes and won the [[Exhibition game#Association football|exhibition]] game 4–2.<ref name="tw-gp-history">{{cite web|url=http://www.toffeeweb.com/club/goodison/gp-history.asp|title=History of Goodison Park|publisher=ToffeeWeb|access-date=3 April 2010|archive-date=7 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007175429/http://toffeeweb.com/club/goodison/gp-history.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> The first [[Football League|league]] game at Goodison Park took place on 3 September 1892 against [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]; the game ended in a 2–2 draw. The stadium's first competitive goal was scored by Forest's [[Horace Pike]] and the first Everton goal scored by [[Fred Geary]]. Everton's first league victory at their new ground came in the next home game with a 6–0 defeat of [[Manchester United F.C.|Newton Heath]] in front of an estimated 10,000 spectators.<ref name="goodison-glory"/>

It was announced at a general meeting on 22 March 1895 that the club could finally afford to buy Goodison Park. Mahon revealed that Everton were buying Goodison Park for £650 less than the price of Anfield three years earlier, with Goodison Park having more land and a 25% larger capacity. The motion to purchase Goodison Park was passed unanimously.<ref name="iykyh" /> Dr. Baxter also lent the club £5,000 to redeem the [[mortgage loan|mortgage]] early at a rate of 3½%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2f1%2f1%2f3&p=320&q=%C2%A35%2c000|title=Minute book|publisher=evertoncollection.org.u|access-date=4 April 2010}}</ref> By this time the redrawing of political boundaries put Walton, and hence Goodison Park, inside the City of Liverpool.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolinpictures.com/History_of_Liverpool.htm|title=History of Liverpool|publisher=Liverpool in Pictures|access-date=31 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601035223/http://www.liverpoolinpictures.com/History_of_Liverpool.htm|archive-date=1 June 2010}}</ref>

In 1999, ''[[The Independent]]'' newspaper journalist [[David Conn]] unexpectedly coined the nickname "The Grand Old Lady" for the stadium when he wrote "Another potential suitor has apparently thought better of Everton, walking away on Tuesday from the sagging Grand Old Lady of English football, leaving her still in desperate need of a makeover."<ref>{{cite news|last=Conn|first=David|title=Goodison Conundrum|newspaper=The Independent|date=4 November 1999}}</ref>

===Structural developments===
[[File:goodison-park-bullens-road-1905.jpg|thumb|alt=Black and white photograph of Bullens Road stand taken in 1900s|Bullens Road c.1905]]
[[File:goodison-park-goodison-road-1905.jpg|thumb|alt=Black and white photograph of Goodison Road stand taken in 1900s|Goodison Road c.1905]]
The Goodison Park structure was built in stages. In the summer of 1895 a new Bullens Road stand was built and a roof placed on the original Goodison Road stand but only after five directors, including chairman, George Mahon had resigned over what was described in the club minutes as 'acute administrative difficulties'.<ref>The verton Story, Gordon Hodgson, Page 20, 1985</ref> In 1906, the double-decker Goodison Avenue Stand was built behind the goal at the south end of the ground. The stand was designed by Liverpool architect Henry Hartley<ref name="tw-gp-history" /> who went on to chair the [[Liverpool Architectural Society]] a year later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolarchitecture.com/past_presidents.php |title=Past Presidents |publisher=The Liverpool Architectural Society |access-date=31 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004142000/http://www.liverpoolarchitecture.com/past_presidents.php |archive-date=4 October 2010}}</ref> The club minutes from the time show that Hartley was unhappy with certain aspects of the stand and the poor [[sightline]]s meant that the goal line had to be moved seven metres north, towards Gwladys Street. In January 1908, he complained that his fees had not been paid and the bill for the stand was near £13,000.<ref name="School of Science"/> There were 2,657 seats on its upper tier with a terrace below.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

[[Archibald Leitch]] designed the Goodison Road Stand with construction in 1909. In September that year Ernest Edwards, the ''[[Liverpool Echo]]'' journalist who christened the terrace at [[Anfield]] the "[[Spion Kop (stadia)|Spion Kop]]", wrote of the newly built stand, "The building as one looks at it, suggests the side of Mauretania at once."<ref>{{cite news|title=Goodison Road Stand|date=September 1909|work=Liverpool Echo}}</ref> The stand was occasionally referred to as the "Mauretania Stand", in reference to the Liverpool-registered {{RMS|Mauretania|1906|6}}, then the world's largest ship, which operated from the [[Port of Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocean-liners.com/ships/mauretania.asp |title=RMS Mauretania |publisher=Ocean-liners.com |access-date=5 January 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124072018/http://www.ocean-liners.com/ships/mauretania.asp |archive-date=24 November 2009}}</ref>

The two-tier [[steel]] frame and wooden floor Bullens Road Stand, designed by Archibald Leitch, was completed in 1926. The upper tier was seated, with terracing below, a part of the ground called The Paddock. Few changes were made until 1963 when the rear of the Paddock was seated and an overhanging roof was added. The stand is known for Archibald Leitch's highly distinctive balcony [[truss]]es which also act as handrails for the front row of seats in the Upper Bullens stand. Goodison Park is the only stadium with two complete trusses designed by Leitch. Of the 17 created, only Goodison Park, [[Ibrox Stadium|Ibrox]] and [[Fratton Park]] retain these trusses.<ref name="Inglis" />

Everton constructed covered [[Technical area|dugouts]] in 1931. The idea was inspired by a visit to [[Pittodrie Stadium|Pittodrie]] to play a friendly against [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]], where such dugouts had been constructed at the behest of the Dons' trainer [[Donald Colman]]. The Goodison Park dugouts were the first in England.<ref name="GoodisonInDepth" />

[[File:gwladys-street-bombing.jpg|thumb|alt=Bomb damage of Gwladys Street stand|Goodison Park was bombed in September 1940]]

The ground become an entirely two-tiered affair in 1938 with another Archibald Leitch stand at the Gwladys Street end. The stand completed at a cost of £50,000, being delayed because an old man would not move from his to be demolished home.<ref name="GoodisonInDepth" /> The original Gwladys Street having had terraced houses on either side, with those backing on to the ground making way for the expansion. Architect Leitch and Everton Chairman [[Will Cuff]] became close friends with Cuff appointed as Leitch's accountant with Leitch moving to nearby [[Formby]].<ref name="Inglis" />

In 1940, during the [[Second World War]], the Gwladys Street Stand suffered bomb damage. The bomb had landed directly in Gwladys Street and caused serious injury to nearby residents. The bomb splinter damage to the bricks on the stand is still noticeable. The cost of repair was £5,000 and was paid for by the [[War Damage Commission]].<ref name="GoodisonInDepth" /> Damage included the demolition of part of the new stand outer wall on this side, with destruction of all glass in this stand. Further harm was caused on the Bullens Road side by a bomb that fell in the school playground there.   

The first floodlit match at Goodison Park took place when Everton hosted Liverpool on 9 October 1957 in front of 58,771 spectators.<ref name="goodison-glory" /> Four pylons {{convert|185|ft|m}} each with 36 lamps installed were installed behind each corner of the pitch. At the time, they were tallest in the country. There was capacity for 18 more lamps per pylon if it was felt the brightness was insufficient for the game. Each bulb was a 1,500 watt tungsten bulb 15&nbsp;inches in diameter and cost 25 shillings. It was recommended that the club made a habit of changing them after three to four seasons to save the club performing intermittent repairs. [[MANWEB]] installed a transformer sub-station to cope with the 6,000 volt-load.<ref name="goodison-glory" />

The first [[undersoil heating]] system in English football was installed at Goodison Park in 1958,<ref name=GPrecords>{{cite web|url=http://www.toffeeweb.com/club/goodison/gp-records.asp|title=Goodison Park records|publisher=ToffeeWeb|access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref> with 20 miles (30&nbsp;km) of electric wire laid beneath the playing surface at a cost of £16,000. The system was more effective than anticipated and the drainage system could not cope with the quantity of water produced from the melting of frost and snow. As a consequence the pitch had to be relaid in 1960 to allow a more suitable drainage system to be installed.<ref name="School of Science" />

The Everton chairman [[John Moores (merchant)|Sir John Moores]], who presided over the club between 1960 and 1973, provided finances for the club in the form of loans to become involved in large-scale redevelopment projects and compete with other clubs for the best players; under his stewardship Everton acquired the nickname 'The Mersey Millionaires'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0400evertonfc/merseymemories/tm_headline=when-everton-were-mersey-millionaires&method=full&objectid=14573264&siteid=50061-name_page.html|title=When Everton were Mersey millionaires|last=Redmond|first=Phil|date=26 August 2004|publisher=icliverpool|access-date=4 April 2010}}</ref>

Goodison Park featured in the filming of ''The Golden Vision'', a [[BBC]] film made for television. The matches featured in the film were Division One games against [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] on 4 November 1967 (1–1 draw) and 18 November 1967 versus [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] (1–0 win)<ref name="shennan-golden-vision">{{cite news|title=Paddy Shennan: Golden Vision|last=Shennan|first=Paddy|date=3 July 2004|newspaper=Liverpool Echo}}</ref>—the scorer of the winner that day was [[Alex Young (footballer born 1937)|Alex Young]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonresults.com/196768.htm|title=Everton Results|publisher=evertonresults.net|access-date=14 April 2010}}</ref> also known as The Golden Vision or Golden Ghost after whom the film was named.<ref name="shennan-golden-vision" />

Everton was the first club to have a scoreboard installed in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/history/everton-firsts.html|title=Everton firsts|publisher=Everton F.C.|access-date=13 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820184938/http://www.evertonfc.com/history/everton-firsts.html|archive-date=20 August 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 20 November 1971 Everton beat [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] 8–0 with [[Joe Royle]] scoring four, David Johnson three and [[Alan Ball, Jr.|Alan Ball]] one. The scoreboard did not have enough room to display the goal scorer's names and simply read "7 9 7 9 8 9 9 7" as it displayed the goal scorers' shirt numbers instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.art247.com/Photo/10168-Everton-8-v-Southampton-0|title=Everton 8 v Southampton 0|publisher=art247|access-date=13 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707164202/http://www.art247.com/Photo/10168-Everton-8-v-Southampton-0|archive-date=7 July 2011}}</ref>

The Goodison Road Stand was partially demolished and rebuilt during the 1969–70 season with striking images of both old and new stands side by side. The new stand opened in 1971, at a cost of £1 million. The new stand housed the 500 and 300 members clubs<ref name="School of Science" /> and an [[escalator]] to the tallest stand in the ground—the Top Balcony.<ref name="Inglis"/> However, not everyone thought that the upgrade was necessary at the time. Journalist [[Geoffrey Green]] of ''The Times'' wrote "Goodison Park has always been a handsome fashionable stage for football, a living thing full of atmospherics-like a theatre. And now it has stepped into the demanding seventies with a facelift it scarcely seemed to need compared with some of us I know. New giant stands in place of the old; the latest in dazzling floodlight systems that cast not a shadow. A cathedral of a place indeed, fit for the gods of the game."<ref>{{cite news|title=Ruthless defensive efficiency|last=Green|first=Geoffrey|date=21 December 1970|newspaper=The Times}}</ref>

The [[Safety at Sports Grounds Act 1975]] saw the Bullens Road Stand extensively fireproofed with widened aisles, which entailed closure of parts of the stand.<ref name="School of Science"/> Because of the closure, Anfield was chosen over first choice Goodison Park for a [[Wales national football team|Wales]] vs. [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] qualifying tie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/anfield_reds/history.htm|title=Anfield history|publisher=Anfield Reds|access-date=3 April 2010}}</ref>

Following Moores' exit from Everton's hierarchy, minimum changes had been made to Goodison Park's structure due to costs,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-fans-eye-view-no-198--------everton-1316259.html|title=Football: Fan's Eye View No 198 Everton |last=Berry|first=Mick|date=28 December 1996|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=11 April 2010 | location=London}}</ref> two British Government Acts; the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 and [[Football Spectators Act 1989]] had forced the club's hand into improving the facilities. Upon Moore's death the club was sold to [[Peter Johnson (businessman)|Peter Johnson]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-wary-across-the-mersey-simon-ohagan-meets-the-manager-with-a-cloud-over-his-wembley-horizon-1396730.html|title=Wary cross the Mersey|date=27 February 1994|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=4 April 2010 |location=London | first=Simon |last=O'Hagan}}</ref>

[[File:Dixie Dean (geograph 4957770) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Statue of Dixie Dean outside the main gates of Goodison Park]]

Everton F.C. celebrated the [[centenary]] of Goodison Park with a game against German club side [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] in August 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2f6%2f107%2f2|title=Programme – Everton v Borussia Monchengladbach|publisher=evertoncollection.org.uk|access-date=6 April 2010|archive-date=1 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301051849/http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2F6%2F107%2F2|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, 200 limited edition medals were created.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2f37%2f15%2f8|title=Commemorative medal – Centenary of Goodison Park, 1892–1992 |publisher=evertoncollection.org.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>

===Taylor report===
Following the publication of the 1990 [[Taylor Report]], in the wake of the [[Hillsborough disaster]], top-flight English football grounds had to become all-seated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.le.ac.uk/sociology/css/resources/factsheets/fs2.html|title=Fact Sheet 2: Football Stadia After Taylor|publisher=[[University of Leicester]]: Department of Sociology|date=March 2002|access-date=6 January 2010}}</ref> At the time three of the four sides of the ground had standing areas. The Enclosure, fronting the main stand, had already been made all-seated in time for the 1987–88 season and was given the new name of Family Enclosure. The Paddock, the Park End terrace and the Gwladys Street terrace, known as 'the Ground', were standing and had to be replaced. The fences around the perimeter of the ground fronting the terracing (which were to prevent fans, notably hooligans, running onto the pitch) were removed immediately post Hillsborough, in time for the rearranged league fixture with Liverpool. The Everton match versus Luton Town in May 1991 was the final time that Gwladys Street allowed standing spectators.<ref name="goodison-glory">{{cite book|last=Rogers|first=Ken|title=Goodison Glory|publisher=Breedon Sports|pages=222|isbn=1-873626-11-8|year=1992}}</ref> Seats were installed in the Paddock, while the Lower Gwladys Street was later completely rebuilt to accommodate seating with new concrete steps.

Everton opted to demolish the entire Park End stand in 1994 and replace it with a single-tier [[cantilever]] stand, with the assistance of a grant of £1.3 million from the [[Football Trust]].<ref name="GoodisonInDepth"/>

Following the conversion of Goodison Park into an all-seater stadium in 1994, plans for relocation to a new site have been afoot since 1997, when then chairman [[Peter Johnson (businessman)|Peter Johnson]] announced his intention to build a new 60,000-seat stadium for the club. At the time, no English league club had a stadium with such a high capacity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/96-97/reports/chelse_h.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621073332/http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/96-97/reports/chelse_h.htm |archive-date=21 June 2008|title=Match Report: Everton v Chelsea 1996–97 |access-date=28 March 2010 }}</ref>{{failed verification|date=August 2025}}

In January 2001,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/1131303.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=Everton reveal stadium blueprint | date=22 January 2001}}</ref> plans were drawn up to move to a 55,000-seat purpose-built arena on the site of the [[King's Dock, Port of Liverpool|King's Dock]] in Liverpool. The proposed stadium would have had a retractable roof enabling it to be used for concerts and chairman [[Bill Kenwright]] had hoped to have it ready for the [[2005–06 in English football|2005–06 season]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/1454035.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=Everton's grounds for hope | date=24 July 2001}}</ref>

However, the plans were abandoned in April 2003 due to the club not being able to raise adequate funds.<ref>{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/2940481.stm|title=Everton fail in King's Dock bid|publisher=BBC Sport|date=11 April 2003|access-date=17 December 2009}}</ref> Following this, plans were made to move to [[The Kirkby Project|Kirkby]], just outside the city, in a joint venture with the supermarket chain [[Tesco]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/5083198.stm|title=Everton in talks on stadium move|date=15 June 2006|publisher=BBC News|access-date=14 April 2010}}</ref> The scheme was greatly divisive amongst supporters and local authorities,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7734802.stm|title= Everton stadium plans 'are wrong'|date=18 November 2008|publisher=BBC News|access-date=14 April 2010}}</ref> but was rejected in late November 2009 following a decision by [[Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/8379839.stm|title=Government reject Everton's Kirkby stadium plans|date=26 November 2009|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=14 April 2010}}</ref>

The site of Goodison Park was earmarked in 1997<ref>{{cite news|title=Goodison To Be A Tesco|last=Dunn|first=Andy|date=30 November 1997|newspaper=The People}}</ref> and 2003<ref name="kings-dock-hitch">{{cite news|title=NEW KINGS DOCK HITCH FOR BLUES; Club warned of concerns over Goodison shopping centre plans|last=Gleeson|first=Bill|date=1 November 2002|newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post}}</ref> for a food store by Tesco who offered £12 million which was valued at £4 million<ref name="kings-dock-hitch" /> for the site but Liverpool City Council was advised against allowing planning permission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Images/tcm21-62269.pdf|title=District and local centre study|publisher=Liverpool City Council|access-date=16 December 2009}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The club were advised that the [[planning permission]] required would not necessarily be granted, and chose not to take the scheme further.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ellesmereportpioneer.co.uk/ellesmere-port-news/local-ellesmere-port-news/2002/11/01/new-kings-dock-hitch-for-blues-55940-12329338/|title=New Kings Dock Hitch For Blues|date=1 November 2002|publisher=Trinity Mirror|newspaper=Ellesmere Port Pioneer|access-date=16 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716170725/http://www.ellesmereportpioneer.co.uk/ellesmere-port-news/local-ellesmere-port-news/2002/11/01/new-kings-dock-hitch-for-blues-55940-12329338/|archive-date=16 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Supporters' groups have fought against the club moving to a new stadium twice. In 2007, a group was established called ''Keep Everton in Our City'' (KEIOC) whose aim is to keep Everton FC inside the city of Liverpool. The KEIOC attempted to prevent the club moving to a new stadium in [[Kirkby]], just outside the city’s boundaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonbanter.co.uk/2008/11/new-everton-stadium-battle-lin.html|title=New Everton stadium battle lines drawn|date=18 November 2008|publisher=evertonbanter.co.uk (Trinity Mirror)|access-date=7 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308070504/http://www.evertonbanter.co.uk/2008/11/new-everton-stadium-battle-lin.html|archive-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> The supporters' groups have argued that it is possible to expand Goodison Park, despite the odd shaped landlocked site being surrounded by housing, local authority buildings, and have produced image renders, architectural drawings and costings for a redeveloped Goodison Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/columnists/brian-reade/Why-Everton-dodged-a-bullet-over-Kirkby-stadium-and-some-advice-for-Tottenham-fans-and-Phil-Brown-article234691.html|title=Why Everton dodged a bullet over Kirkby stadium|last=Reade|first=Brian|date=27 November 2009|publisher=Mirror Football|access-date=17 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201045406/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/columnists/brian-reade/Why-Everton-dodged-a-bullet-over-Kirkby-stadium-and-some-advice-for-Tottenham-fans-and-Phil-Brown-article234691.html|archive-date=1 December 2009}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2025}} The then [[Liverpool City Council]] leader Warren Bradley stated in November 2009 that a redevelopment of Goodison Park was his favoured option, and that relocation of the homes, infrastructure and businesses in streets adjoining the ground is "not a major hurdle". Council leader Joe Anderson stated that "the setback for Everton was an opportunity for both clubs to go back to the drawing board".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2009/11/27/kirkby-refusal-for-everton-forces-ground-share-re-think-92534-25264815/2/|title= Kirkby refusal for Everton forces ground share re-think|last=Bartlett|first=David|date=27 November 2009|newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post|access-date=17 December 2009}}</ref>

Everton was considering all options, including relocation, redevelopment of the current ground, or a [[groundshare]] with Liverpool F.C., in a new, purpose-built stadium in Stanley Park, stressing that finance was the main factor affecting decision-making.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/elstone-on-no-decision.html|title=Elstone on 'no' decision|date=26 November 2009|publisher=Everton F.C.|access-date=17 December 2009}}</ref> 
In 2010, Everton supporters approached [[University of Liverpool]] and [[Liverpool City Council]] to initiate a dedicated 'Football Quarter'/'Sports City' zone around Goodison Park, [[Stanley Park, Liverpool|Stanley Park]] and [[Anfield]]. The university and city council met with the [[North West Development Agency]], Everton and [[Liverpool F.C.]] representatives but no further action was taken.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2010/03/13/liverpool-fc-and-everton-fc-fans-unite-to-promote-football-quarter-100252-26023078/|title=Liverpool FC and Everton FC fans' groups unite to promote city football quarter|last=Randles |first=David|date=13 March 2010|newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post|access-date=4 April 2010}}</ref>

On 10 February 2011, Liverpool City Council Regeneration and Transport Select Committee proposed to open the eastern section of the Liverpool Outer Loop line using "Liverpool Football Club and Everton Football Club as priorities, as economic enablers of the project".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://councillors.liverpool.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=10728&T=11 |title=Liverpool City Council Regeneration and Transport Select Committee meeting on 10.02.2011 |access-date=12 May 2011 |archive-date=12 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112221353/http://councillors.liverpool.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=10728&T=11 |url-status=live }}</ref> This proposal would place both football clubs on a rapid-transit [[Merseyrail]] line circling the city giving high throughput, fast transport access.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

In 2016, following his investment in the club by major shareholder [[Farhad Moshiri (businessman)|Farhad Moshiri]], the prospect of a new stadium was once again addressed, with a pair of options mentioned. The preferred option was to resurrect the idea of a riverside stadium, this time in partnership with the [[The Peel Group|Peel Group]] using the [[Clarence Dock (Liverpool)|Clarence Dock]]. However, the other option was a site located at Stonebridge Cross in [[Gillmoss]], which is seen as more easily deliverable in some areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-new-stadium-comment-blues-11648546 |title=Blues challenge is to deliver the docks – but a Plan B is shrewd |last1=O'Keefe |first1=Greg |date=22 July 2016 |website=Liverpool Echo |access-date=29 September 2016 }}</ref> The dockside site option was later confirmed as [[Bramley-Moore Dock]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-38516127|title=Everton reveal Bramley Moore Dock as preferred stadium site|publisher=BBC News|date=5 January 2017}}</ref>

In August 2010, Everton announced plans to build a new development situated between the Park End stand and Walton Lane; the site is currently used for a hospitality marquee.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 August 2010 |title=Blues unveil plans |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2010/08/04/blues-unveil-plans |access-date=29 September 2010 |publisher=Everton F.C.}}</ref> The £9 million scheme was designed by [[Manchester]]-based Formroom Architects.<ref>{{cite web |last=Winston |first=Anna |date=6 August 2010 |title=Formroom designs £9 million project for Everton |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/formroom-designs-%C2%A39-million-project-for-everton/5003923.article |access-date=30 September 2010 |publisher=BD Online}}</ref> In September 2010 the club submitted a planning application to Liverpool City Council.<ref>{{cite web |date=22 September 2010 |title=Blues submit plans |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2010/09/22/blues-submit-plans |access-date=29 September 2010 |publisher=Everton F.C.}}</ref>

The proposed development is a four-storey building which include a retail store, ticket office, offices, conference and catering facilities and a [[museum]]. The project has been delayed twice and never happened in the end.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

=== Transition to Everton Women stadium ===
{{further|Hill Dickinson Stadium}}
[[File:Victoria Tower and construction of the new Everton Stadium (geograph 7449307).jpg|thumb|Hill Dickinson Stadium under construction in April 2023 with the [[Victoria Tower, Liverpool|Victoria Tower]] to the right.]]
In February 2021, Liverpool City Council voted in favour of Everton's £82 million plan to redevelop Goodison Park into a mixed-use scheme featuring 173 homes and {{convert|51,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of offices. The approval followed the green light for the club's new [[Everton Stadium]], which was nearing completion, and was scheduled to be occupied by the summer of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c727j0v8kdjo.amp|title=Everton set out plans for Goodison Park farewell festival|date=3 July 2024|website=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hakimian |first=Rob |date=2022-05-04 |title=Liverpool Council approves demolition of Everton's Goodison Park stadium |url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/liverpool-council-approves-demolition-of-evertons-goodison-park-stadium-04-05-2022/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |magazine=New Civil Engineer |language=en}}</ref> In September 2024 [[Historic England]] issued a [[Certificate of Immunity from Listing]], guaranteeing that the stadium and its structures would not be [[Listed building|statutorily listed]] within the next five years.<ref name="CoImm">{{NHLE|num=1489811|desc=Goodison Park - Everton FC Football Ground, Everton Football Club Co Ltd, Goodison Road, Liverpool, L4 4EL (Certificate of Immunity from Listing)|date=6 September 2024|access-date=9 September 2024}}</ref> As well as the homes and office space, the outline proposals for the Goodison Park site in Walton included a {{convert|63,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} six-storey care home, more than {{convert|107,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of space for community uses, and {{convert|8,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} of retail and leisure space.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 April 2022 |title=Goodison Park legacy project back in spotlight |url=https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/evertons-goodison-park-legacy-project-back-in-spotlight/ |access-date=24 September 2022 |website=Place North West |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Plans to demolish the stadium changed following Everton's 2024 takeover, with the new owners saying the stadium would be "preserved for community use" and a feasibility study was commissioned to determine if the stadium could host the club's women's team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/creqznqy9dno.amp|title=Goodison Park 'could be saved' for Everton women's team|date=3 April 2025|website=BBC News}}</ref>

On 13 May 2025, Everton announced it would no longer pursue a redevelopment of the Goodison Park stadium, instead opting to use the stadium as the home ground for their [[Everton F.C. (women)|women's team]] from the [[2025-26 Women's Super League|2025–26 WSL season]] onwards, making the stadium the largest dedicated women's football stadium in the UK.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Austin |first1=Daniel |title=Goodison Park to become home of Everton's women |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c753l17rgkdo |access-date=13 May 2025 |work=BBC Sport |date=13 May 2025}}</ref> The transition to becoming a home for the women's team would see the capacity reduced, with the upper tiers of the Gwladys Street End and the Bullens Road stand, as well as the top balcony of the Goodison Road stand being left out of use, instead covered with Everton Women's team branding unless demand for derbies and significant matches cause an opening of stands. Additionally, the number of seats in the remaining parts of the stadium would be reduced to create more space.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McNulty |first1=Phil |title=Everton to reduce Goodison capacity for women's team |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0mr1981vvmo |access-date=15 May 2025 |work=BBC Sport |date=15 May 2025}}</ref> Five days later, the Everton men's team played their final game at the stadium, securing a 2–0 win over [[Southampton FC|Southampton]] with a brace from [[Iliman Ndiaye]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c3evpdwxdjxt | title=Premier League LIVE: Everton v Southampton plus four other fixtures - radio commentary, live text & score updates }}</ref>

The Everton women's team played their first match at Goodison against [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women|Tottenham]] on 14 September 2025. Tottenham won the match 2-0, with midfielder [[Olga Ahtinen]] scoring the stadium's first goal in WSL competition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Jess |title=Spurs spoil party at Everton's new Goodison home |date=14 September 2025 |website=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cm2ze67158xt |access-date=19 September 2025}}</ref>

==Structure==
[[File:goodison-park.svg|thumb|alt=Exploded view drawing of Goodison Paek|[[Exploded view drawing|Exploded view]] plan of the present-day layout of Goodison Park]]
Goodison Park has a total capacity of 39,572 all-seated and comprises four separate stands: the Goodison Road Stand, Gwladys Street Stand, Bullens Road Stand, and the Park End Stand.<ref name="History of Goodison Park">{{cite web|title=History of Goodison Park|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/history/goodison-in-depth.html?page=full|publisher=Everton F.C.|access-date=13 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203140203/http://www.evertonfc.com/history/goodison-in-depth.html?page=full|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Goodison Road Stand===
Built in sections from 1969 to 1971 – replacing the large double-decker 1909 Archibald Leitch–designed stand – the Goodison Road Stand is a double-decker stand with the lower deck being two-tier. Each level is given a separate name. The middle-deck level is known as the Main Stand and is fronted by another seated section known as the Family Enclosure. The Enclosure was originally terracing prior to the advent of all-seater stadia. The Top Balcony is the highest part of the stadium. The stand became all-seater in 1987 and {{as of|2016|lc=y}} has a capacity of 12,664.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=2016-01-19 |title=Everton FC: Goodison Park Stadium Guide {{!}} English Grounds - Football-Stadiums.co.uk |url=https://www.football-stadiums.co.uk/grounds/england/goodison-park/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The back wall of the stand cuts into the stand because of the non-square nature of the Goodison Park site. The Goodison Road Stand is also home to the conference and hospitality facilities. On non-match days Goodison Park holds conferences, weddings, meetings and parties on a daily basis.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

===Bullens Road===
[[File:Bullens Road.jpg|thumb|right|300px|alt=Bullens Road|Bullens Road]]
On the east side of the ground, the Bullens Road stand is divided into the Upper Bullens, Lower Bullens and The Paddock. The rear of the south end of the stand houses away supporters. The north corner of the stand is connected to the Gwladys Street Stand. The current capacity of the stand is 10,546.<ref name=":0" /> The stand takes its name from the adjacent Bullens Road. The Upper Bullens is decorated with [[Archibald Leitch]]'s distinctive [[truss]] design.<ref>{{cite book|last=Inglis|first=Simon|title=Engineering Archive|year=2005|publisher=English Heritage |isbn=978-1-85074-918-9}}</ref>

===Howard Kendall Gwladys Street End===
Behind the goal at the north end of Goodison Park, the Gwladys Street Stand is divided into Upper Gwladys and Lower Gwladys. This stand is the "Popular End", holding the most boisterous and vociferous home supporters. It is known colloquially as "The Street End". If Everton win the toss before kick-off the captain traditionally elects to play towards the Gwladys Street End in the second half. The stand has a capacity of 10,611<ref name=":0" /> and gives its name to [[Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame]]. In July 2016 the stand was renamed the [[Howard Kendall]] Gwladys Street End, in honour of Everton's most successful manager.<ref name="StandsRenamingHonoursGreats">{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2016/07/12/club-announcemnet?page=full|title=Stands Renaming Honours Greats|publisher=Everton F.C.|access-date=4 August 2016}}</ref>

===Sir Philip Carter Park Stand===
[[File:GoodisonApril2024.jpg|thumb|The Park End within the view of the Gwladys Street]]
At the south end of the ground, behind one goal, the Park End Stand backs onto Walton Lane, which borders [[Stanley Park, Liverpool|Stanley Park]]. The name of the stand was originally the ''Stanley Park End'' but it is commonly referred to as the ''Park End''. The Park End has the smallest capacity at Goodison Park. The current layout of the stand was opened on 17 September 1994 with a capacity of 5,750.<ref name=":0" /> It was opened by [[David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral|David Hunt]], a Member of Parliament.<ref name="GoodisonInDepth">{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/history/goodison-in-depth.html?page=full|title=History of Goodison Park|publisher=Everton F.C.|access-date=13 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203140203/http://www.evertonfc.com/history/goodison-in-depth.html?page=full|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the structure's development, fans were able to watch matches by climbing trees in neighbouring Stanley Park.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bad weather gathering over Goodison Park |last=Shaw|first=Paul|date=25 April 1994|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref>

In the late 1970s and 1980s, the stand accommodated the away fans. Previously, it was open to home supporters. The lower tier of the old stand was terracing and this was closed off by the turn of the 1980s due to it being a fire hazard as the terracing steps were wooden. The front concrete terracing remained and was one of the last standing areas at a Premiership ground. During the 1960s and 1970s, both ends of the ground featured a large arc behind the goals. This was created as a requirement for the 1966 World Cup because the crowd had to be a required distance from the goals.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

The area around Goodison Park when built was full of terraced housing, including Goodison Avenue behind the Park End stand. Oddly, housing was built right into the stand itself (as shown on old photographs of Goodison and in programmes). The club had previously owned many of the houses on the street and rented them to players. One of the players to live there, [[Dixie Dean]], later had a statue erected in his honour near the Park End on Walton Lane.<ref name="School of Science" /> By the 1990s, the club had demolished virtually the whole street and this coincided with the redevelopment of the Park End stand. However, at present{{when|date=August 2025}} the majority of the land is now an open car park for the club and its [[Tent#Marquees and larger tents|marquee]].{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

In July 2016, the stand was renamed the Sir Philip Carter Park Stand, in honour of the club's former chairman.<ref name="StandsRenamingHonoursGreats"/>

===St Luke's Church===
{{Main|St Luke's Church, Walton}}
[[File:Goodison-park-everton-hearts-1892.jpg|thumb|alt=A wooden church structure can be seen behind the corner of the pitch.|Sketch published by ''Outdoors Magazine'' in 1892, St. Luke's predecessor – a wooden church structure can be seen behind the corner of the pitch.]]
Goodison Park is unique in the sense that a church, St Luke's, protrudes into the site between the Goodison Road Stand and the Gwladys Street Stand only yards from the corner flag. Everton do not play early kick-offs on Sundays in order to permit Sunday services at the church.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/1791575.stm|title=Everton obey holy orders|date=February 2002|publisher=BBC|access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref> The church is synonymous with the football club and a wooden church structure was in place when Goodison Park was originally built. Former Everton players such as [[Brian Harris (footballer)|Brian Harris]] have had their funeral service held there.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/brian-harris-funloving-everton-footballer-784894.html|title=Brian Harris: Fun-loving Everton footballer|date=21 February 2008|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=31 December 2009|location=London|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925102403/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/brian-harris-funloving-everton-footballer-784894.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The church can be seen from the Park End and Bullens Road and has featured prominently over the years as a backdrop during live televised matches. It is also the home to the [[Everton Former Players' Foundation]] of which the Reverend is a trustee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/club/efpf-patrons-and-trustees.html|title=Patrons and Trustees|publisher=Everton F.C.|access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref>

The church has over the years curtailed development of the ground. Everton did attempt to pay for its removal in order to gain extra space for a larger capacity.<ref name="GoodisonInDepth" /> One of two jumbotron screens (both installed in 2000) has been installed between the Goodison Road stand and Gwladys Street stand<ref name="GoodisonInDepth" /> partially obscuring the church from view. The other is situated between the Bullens Road and Park End.<ref name="inquiry-evidence" />

Imaginative spectators would climb the church and watch a football game from the rooftop; however, they have now{{when?|date=August 2025}} been deterred from doing so with the installation of security measures such as [[barbed wire]] and [[anti-climb paint]]. In addition, the introduction of the 'all-seater' ruling following the [[Taylor Report]] has meant that spectators no longer resort to climbing nearby buildings for a glimpse of the event as a seat is guaranteed with a purchased ticket.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

==Transport==
Goodison Park is located two miles (3&nbsp;km) north of Liverpool City Centre.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}} [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station]] is the nearest mainline station.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}} The nearest station to the stadium is [[Kirkdale railway station]] on the [[Merseyrail]] [[Northern Line (Merseyrail)|Northern Line]] which is located just over half a mile (800 m) away.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}} On match days there is also a shuttle bus service from [[Sandhills railway station]] known as "SoccerBus". In 2007 Sandhills underwent a £6 million renovation to help encourage people to use the rail service.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/11/09/sandhill-station-shuts-for-4-months-100252-20083337/|title=Sandhill Station shuts for 4 months|date=9 November 2007|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|access-date=4 April 2010}}</ref>

[[Walton & Anfield railway station]], located on [[A580 road|Walton Lane]] (the same road that the Park End backs onto), was the nearest station to Goodison Park until its closure in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/w/walton_and_anfield/index.shtml|title=Walton and Anfield railway station|publisher=subbrit.org.uk|access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref> Although Everton has now shifted towards a new stadium away from Goodison Park it remained a suggestion that the station could be re-opened should the freight only [[Canada Dock Branch]] line once again run passenger trains.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inquiry.knowsley.gov.uk/Proof%20of%20Evidence/KEIOC-INQ-13.pdf|title=Merseytravel|date=10 December 2008|publisher=Merseytravel|access-date=3 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818135423/http://inquiry.knowsley.gov.uk/Proof%20of%20Evidence/KEIOC-INQ-13.pdf|archive-date=18 August 2011}}</ref>

There are on-site parking facilities for supporters (limited to 230 spaces)<ref name="inquiry-evidence">{{cite web|url=http://inquiry.knowsley.gov.uk/Core%20Documents/CD%201.6.1%20Appendix%203%20%20Goodison%20Park.pdf|title=Goodison Park Stadium Redevelopment|date=October 2007|publisher=Savills, KSS Design and Franklin Sports Business|access-date=14 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818134937/http://inquiry.knowsley.gov.uk/Core%20Documents/CD%201.6.1%20Appendix%203%20%20Goodison%20Park.pdf|archive-date=18 August 2011}}</ref> and the streets surrounding the ground allow parking only for residents with permits. The Car Parking resident parking scheme is operated by [[Liverpool City Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Leisure_and_culture/Sports/Football/Football_Parking/index.asp |title=Football Parking |publisher=Liverpool City Council |access-date=6 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123202753/http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Leisure_and_culture/Sports/Football/Football_Parking/index.asp |archive-date=23 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Records==
With Goodison Park now closed for men’s football at the end of the 2024–25 season, Everton have played here for all but 4 of their 122 league seasons in the top tier, giving it the distinction of hosting more top-flight games than any other ground in England for its time.<ref name="top-flight">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engalltime.html |title=England – First Level All-Time Tables 1888/89-2008/09 |access-date=8 April 2010 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511101111/http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engalltime.html |archive-date=11 May 2011 }}</ref> Goodison is the only English club ground to have hosted a [[FIFA World Cup]] semi final. Until the expansion of [[Old Trafford]] in 1996 Goodison Park held the record Sunday attendance on a Football League ground (53,509 v West Bromwich Albion, FA Cup, 1974).{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

Everton won 15 home league games in a row between 4 October 1930 and 4 April 1931.<ref name="statto-records">{{cite web|url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/everton/records|title=Everton records|publisher=Statto.com|access-date=4 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220215340/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/everton/records|archive-date=20 February 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1931–32 season Goodison Park was the venue of the most goals scored at home in a league season, 84 by Everton.<ref name="efc-trivia" /> Between 23 April 1984 and 2 September 1986 Everton scored consecutively in 47 games.,<ref name="statto-records" /> registering 36 wins and 7 draws and scoring 123 goals in the process while conceding 38. Scottish striker [[Graeme Sharp]] scored 32 of these goals.<ref name="efc-trivia" />

[[Jack Southworth]] holds the record for most goals scored in one game at Goodison Park, scoring six versus [[West Bromwich Albion]] on 30 December 1893.<ref name="goodison-glory"/>

The most goals scored in a game at Goodison Park is 12, this occurred in two Everton games: versus Sheffield Wednesday (9–3) on 17 October 1931 and versus Plymouth Argyle (8–4) on 27 February 1954.<ref name="statto-records" />

==Attendances==
[[File:Goodison-park-average-attendance.svg|thumb|alt=Average yearly attendance|Average yearly attendance for Goodison Park]]

Whilst at Goodison Park the club has had one of the highest average attendances in the country. The stadium has only had six seasons where Everton FC has not been amongst the top ten highest attendances in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toffeeweb.com/history/records/attendances.asp|title=Attendance History|publisher=ToffeeWeb|access-date=7 April 2010|archive-date=9 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509124305/http://toffeeweb.com/history/records/attendances.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

The highest average attendance in the club's history has been 51,603 (1962–63) and the lowest was 13,230 (1892–93) which was recorded in Goodison Park's first year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonresults.com/ataglance.htm|title=Everton Results|publisher=evertonresults.com|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>

The five highest attendances for Everton at Goodison Park are:<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.evertonresults.com/highallhomeatts.htm|title=Everton Results|publisher=evertonresults.com|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>

{| width="600" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Competition
! Opposition
! Attendance
|-
| 18 September 1948
| Division One
| Liverpool
| 78,299
|-
| 14 February 1953
| FA Cup
| Manchester United
| 77,920
|-
| 28 August 1954
| Division One
| Preston North End
| 76,839
|-
| 29 January 1958
| FA Cup
| Blackburn Rovers
| 75,818
|-
| 27 December 1954
| Division One
| Wolverhampton Wanderers
| 75,322
|}

The five lowest attendances for Everton at Goodison Park are:<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.evertonresults.com/lowallhomeatts.htm|title=Everton Results|publisher=evertonresults.com|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>

{| width="600" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Competition
! Opposition
! Attendance
|-
| 20 December 1988
| Simod Cup
| Millwall
| 3,703
|-
| 1 October 1991
| rowspan="2" | Zenith Data Systems Cup
| Oldham
| 4,588
|-
| 22 January 1991
| Sunderland
| 4,609
|-
| 16 February 1988
| rowspan="2" | Simod Cup
| Luton
| 5,204
|-
| 28 February 1989
| Q.P.R.
| 7,072
|}

==Other uses==
Despite being purposefully built for Everton F.C. to play football,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/club/events.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216041012/http://www.evertonfc.com/club/events.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 December 2008 |title=Events at Goodison |publisher=Everton F.C. |access-date=3 April 2010 }}</ref> Goodison Park has hosted many other types of events.

===Goodison Park as host stadium for football===
Goodison Park became the first Football League ground to hold an [[FA Cup Final]], in [[1894 FA Cup Final|1894]]. [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] beat Bolton Wanderers, watched by crowd of 37,000. An FA Cup final replay was staged in [[1910 FA Cup Final|1910]] with [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] beating [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]] 2–0.

On 27 December 1920, Goodison Park hosted a [[Dick, Kerr Ladies 4–0 St Helens Ladies|match between Dick, Kerr's Ladies & St Helens Ladies]], which was attended by an estimated 53,000 people,<ref name="bbc-womens-football">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/women/4603149.stm|title=Trail-blazers who pioneered women's football|date=3 June 2005|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=31 December 2009|first=Shelley|last=Alexander|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814225402/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/women/4603149.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> at a time when the average gate at Goodison Park in 1919–20 was near 29,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonresults.com/ataglance5.htm|title=Everton Results|publisher=evertonresults.com|access-date=11 April 2010}}</ref> Dick, Kerr's Ladies won 4–0. More than £3,000 was raised for charity. Shortly after, the Football Association banned women's football on official pitches. The reasons given by the FA were not substantial and it is perceived by some that the women's teams were a threat to the men's game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dickkerrladies.com/page7.htm|title=Dick, Kerr Ladies FC 1917–1965|publisher=dickkerrladies.com|access-date=6 April 2010|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018070335/http://dickkerrladies.com/page7.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ban was lifted in 1970.<ref name="bbc-womens-football"/>

During the Second World War, Goodison Park was chosen as a host venue for the "Football League – Northern Section".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.efchistory.co.uk/The%20Second%20World%20War%20Years.htm |title=The Second World War Years |publisher=efchistory.co.uk |access-date=13 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722154126/http://www.efchistory.co.uk/The%20Second%20World%20War%20Years.htm |archive-date=22 July 2011 }}</ref>

In [[England v Ireland (1949)|1949]], Goodison Park became the site of [[England national football team|England]]'s first ever defeat on English soil by a non-Home Nations country, namely the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]. The ground hosted five matches including a semi-final for the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]]. In April 1895 Goodison Park hosted England versus Scotland<ref name="1895-england-scotland" /> and so Everton became the first club to host England internationals on two grounds (the other being Anfield in 1889 when England won 6–2 versus Ireland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=38|title=EnglandFC Match Data|publisher=England FC|access-date=5 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502075927/http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=38|archive-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>). The city of Liverpool also became the first English city to stage England games at three different venues, the other being [[Liverpool Cricket Club|Aigburth Cricket Club]].

In 1973 Goodison hosted [[Northern Ireland]]'s home games against Wales and England.<ref name="northern-ireland-host">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jul/26/belfast-ormeau-park-football-stadium|title=Anger as Belfast stadium plan is revived|last=McDonald|first=Henry|date=26 July 2009 |newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=3 April 2010 | location=London}}</ref>

====1966 FIFA World Cup====
{{Main|1966 FIFA World Cup}}

Goodison Park hosted five games during the 1966 FIFA World Cup. The original schedule of the 1966 World Cup meant that if England won their group and then reached the Semi final, the match would be held at Goodison Park. However, the organising committee were allowed to swap the venues, with England playing Portugal at [[Wembley Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vintagebluekipper.com/history/worldcupgood.htm|title=The World Cup at Goodison Park|publisher=bluekipper.com|access-date=6 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025010902/http://www.vintagebluekipper.com/history/worldcupgood.htm|archive-date=25 October 2010}}</ref>

=====Group stage=====
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=====Quarter-finals=====
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=====Semi-finals=====
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|goals1 = [[Helmut Haller|Haller]] {{goal|42}}<br />[[Franz Beckenbauer|Beckenbauer]] {{goal|67}}
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|stadium = Goodison Park, [[Liverpool]]
|attendance = 39,840
|referee = [[Concetto Lo Bello]] (Italy) }}

Portugal's [[Eusébio]] won the tournament's [[World Cup Golden Boot|Golden Boot]] scoring nine goals, six of them at Goodison Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=26/overview.html |title=1966 FIFA World Cup England -Hurst the hero for England in the home of football |publisher=[[FIFA]] |access-date=17 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124163121/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D26/overview.html |archive-date=24 January 2008 }}</ref> Eusébio later stated that "Goodison Park is for me the best stadium in my life".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8345329.stm|title= Europa League as it happened|date=5 November 2009|publisher=BBC|access-date=16 November 2009 | first=Jonathan | last=Stevenson}}</ref> In [[Garrincha]]'s 50 caps for Brazil, the only defeat he experienced was in the game versus Hungary at Goodison Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/49459-a-tribute-to-garrincha|title=A Tribute To... Garrincha|date=20 August 2008|publisher=Bleacher Report|access-date=30 December 2009|archive-date=2 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302020410/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/49459-a-tribute-to-garrincha|url-status=live}}</ref>

====FA Cup Final====
Two years after construction, Goodison Park was chosen by the Football Association to host the final of the [[FA Cup]].

{| width="600" class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Attendance
! Winner
!
! Runner-up
!
!Details
|-
|31 March [[1894 FA Cup Final|1894]]
| 37,000
| [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]
| 4
| [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]
| 1
|<ref name="GoodisonInDepth" />
|-
|}

====British Home championships====

=====England=====
Goodison Park has played host to England on eight occasions during the [[British Home Championship|Home Championships]]. When [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] player [[Alex Stevenson]] scored for Ireland in the [[1935 British Home Championship]] versus England, he became the first player to score an international away goal on his club's home ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://toffeeweb.com/season/04-05/reports/Southampton(a).asp |title=Southampton vs Everton – Premiership Season 2004/05 |date=6 February 2005 |publisher=ToffeeWeb |access-date=6 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108044745/http://toffeeweb.com/season/04-05/reports/Southampton%28a%29.asp |archive-date=8 January 2010 }}</ref>

{| width="600" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! "Home" Team
!
! "Away" Team
!
! Details
|-
| 6 April [[1895 British Home Championship|1895]]
| rowspan="8" | [[England national football team|England]]
| 3
| [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| 0
|<ref name="1895-england-scotland">{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=54|title=England FC Match Data|publisher=EnglandFC.com|access-date=3 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117034508/http://englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=54|archive-date=17 January 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 16 February [[1907 British Home Championship|1907]]
| 1
|[[Ireland national football team (1882–1950)|Ireland]]
| 0
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=88|title=England FC Match Data|publisher=EnglandFC.com|access-date=3 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502081120/http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=88|archive-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 1 April [[1911 British Home Championship|1911]]
| 1
| [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]
| 1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=107|title=England FC Match Data|publisher=EnglandFC.com|access-date=3 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328190026/http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=107|archive-date=28 March 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 22 October [[1925 British Home Championship|1924]]
| 3
| rowspan="3" | [[Ireland national football team (1882–1950)|Ireland]]
| 0
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=137|title=England FC Match Data|publisher=EnglandFC.com|access-date=3 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502073121/http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=137|archive-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 22 October [[1929 British Home Championship|1928]]
| 2
| 1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=157 |title=England FC Match Data |publisher=EnglandFC.com |access-date=3 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502080704/http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=157 |archive-date=2 May 2010 }}</ref>
|-
| 6 February [[1935 British Home Championship|1935]]
| 2
| 1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=191|title=England FC Match Data|publisher=EnglandFC.com|access-date=3 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502080525/http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=191|archive-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 5 November [[1948 British Home Championship|1947]]
| 2
|[[Ireland national football team (1882–1950)|Ireland]]
| 2
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=237|title=England FC Match Data|publisher=EnglandFC.com|access-date=3 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706221914/http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=237|archive-date=6 July 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 11 November [[1954 British Home Championship|1953]]
| 3
| [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]
| 1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=280|title=England FC Match Data|publisher=EnglandFC.com|access-date=3 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502080530/http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=280|archive-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>
|-
|}

=====Northern Ireland=====
On 22 February 1973 the [[Irish Football Association]] announced that [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]'s home matches in the [[1973 British Home Championship]] would be moved to Goodison Park due to [[The Troubles|the civil unrest]] within [[Belfast]] at that time.<ref name="northern-ireland-host" />

{| width="600" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! "Home" Team
!
! "Away" Team
!
|-
| 12 May 1973
| rowspan="2" | [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]
| 1
| [[England national football team|England]]
| 2
|-
| 19 May 1973
| 1
| [[Wales national football team|Wales]]
| 0
|-
|}

Both Northern Ireland goalscorers [[Dave Clements]] (vs. England) and [[Bryan Hamilton]] (vs. Wales)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/ITV/HomeInts.html|title=Home Internationals|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024001522/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/ITV/HomeInts.html|archive-date=24 October 2012}}</ref> went on to play for Everton later on in their careers.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

====Other neutral matches at Goodison Park====
{| width="600" class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! Competition
! "Home" Team
!
! "Away" Team
!
! Details
|-
| 21 April 1894
| Inter-League Match
| Football League XI
| 1
| [[Scottish League XI]]
| 1
|<ref name="london-hearts">{{cite web|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/tea/englishfootballleague.html|title=Scotland versus English Football League Complete Football Association Record|publisher=londonhearts.com|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 21 March 1896
| [[FA Cup]] Semi final
| [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]
| 1
| [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]]
| 1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadcups.asp?mtno=53&ssnno=25|title=Cup Competitions – Everton FC|publisher=everton-mad.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 11 April 1896
| Inter League Match
| Football League XI
| 5
| Scottish League XI
| 1
|<ref name="london-hearts" />
|-
| 21 March 1903
| rowspan="2" | FA Cup Semi final
| [[Bury F.C.|Bury]]
| 3
| [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
| 0
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadcups.asp?mtno=53&ssnno=32|title=Cup Competitions – Everton FC|publisher=everton-mad.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 13 March 1904
| [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
| 3
| Sheffield Wednesday
| 0
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadcups.asp?mtno=53&ssnno=33|title=Cup Competitions – Everton FC|publisher=everton-mad.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 28 April 1910
| [[1910 FA Cup Final|FA Cup Final (Replay)]]
| [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
| 2
| [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]
| 0
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadcups.asp?mtno=53&ssnno=39|title=Cup Competitions – Everton FC|publisher=everton-mad.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 1 April 1914
| FA Cup Semi final Replay
| [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]
| 1
| [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]
| 0
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadcups.asp?mtno=53&ssnno=43|title=Cup Competitions – Everton FC|publisher=everton-mad.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 14 March 1925
| Inter-League Match
| Football League XI
| 4
| Scottish League XI
| 3
|<ref name="london-hearts" />
|-
| 26 March 1928
| FA Cup Semi final Replay
| [[Huddersfield Town F.C.|Huddersfield Town]]
| 0
| Sheffield United
| 0
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadcups.asp?mtno=53&ssnno=57|title=Cup Competitions – Everton FC|publisher=everton-mad.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 25 September 1929
| Inter-League Match
| Football League XI
| 7
| [[Irish League representative team|Irish League XI]]
| 2
|<ref name="irishleaguegreats">{{cite web|url=https://irishleaguegreats.blogspot.com/2008/08/irish-league-representative-match.html|title=Irish League Representative Match Results|date=18 August 2008|publisher=irishleaguegreats.blogspot.com|access-date=7 April 2010|archive-date=8 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708044429/http://irishleaguegreats.blogspot.com/2008/08/irish-league-representative-match.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 3 December 1934
| FA Cup 1st round, 2nd replay
| [[New Brighton A.F.C.|New Brighton]]
| 2
| [[Southport F.C.|Southport]]
| 1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadcups.asp?mtno=53&ssnno=64|title=Cup Competitions – Everton FC|publisher=everton-mad.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 11 May 1935<ref group=nb>This was one of two matches which trialled having two referees in a single match. The other trial was on 8 May 1935 when the Football League team beat [[West Bromwich Albion]] 9–6 at [[The Hawthorns]].</ref>
| rowspan="2" | Inter-League Match
| rowspan="4" | Football League XI
| 10
| Welsh Football League/Irish league XI
| 2
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Association Football: The Surrey Senior Cup|date=13 May 1935|newspaper=The Times|pages=5}}</ref>
|-
| 21 October 1936
| 2
| [[Scottish Football League XI|Scottish League XI]]
| 0
|<ref name="london-hearts"/>
|-
| 4 November 1939<ref group=nb>The game took place to aid the [[British Red Cross|Red Cross]] fund.</ref>
| Representative Match
| 3
| All British XI
| 3
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Football League v. All British XI |date=27 October 1939|newspaper=The Times|pages=3}}</ref>
|-
| 19 February 1947
| Inter-League Match
| 4
| Irish League XI
| 2
|<ref name="irishleaguegreats" />
|-
| 24 January 1948<ref group=nb>Due to war damage, [[Old Trafford]] was closed at the time, and [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] were playing their home matches at [[Maine Road]]. However, on the same day, [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] were at home to [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] in another FA Cup tie and as a result this tie was switched to Goodison Park.</ref>
| FA Cup 4th round
| [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] (home team)
| 3
| [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| 0
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadcups.asp?mtno=53&ssnno=77|title=Cup Competitions – Everton FC|publisher=everton-mad.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 2 April 1949
| FA Cup Semi final Replay
| [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
| 1
| Manchester United
| 0
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadcups.asp?mtno=53&ssnno=78|title=Cup Competitions – Everton FC|publisher=everton-mad.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| [[1949 England v Ireland football match|21 September 1949]]<ref group=nb>This was the first time that [[England national football team|England]] had been beaten at home by a team from outside the [[Home nations|Home Nations]].</ref>
| Friendly International
| [[England national football team|England]]
| 0
| [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]
| 2
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=246|title=England FC Match Data|publisher=EnglandFC.com|access-date=3 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129143829/http://englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=246|archive-date=29 November 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 14 March 1951
| FA Cup Semi final Replay
| [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]
| 2
| [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]]
| 1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadcups.asp?mtno=53&ssnno=80|title=Cup Competitions – Everton FC|publisher=everton-mad.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 19 May 1951
| Friendly International
| England
| 5
| [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]
| 2
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=261|title=England FC Match Data|publisher=EnglandFC.com|access-date=5 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117034745/http://englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=261|archive-date=17 January 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 10 October 1951
| Inter-League Match
| rowspan="2" | Football League XI
| 9
| rowspan="2" | [[League of Ireland XI]]
| 1
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Easy Win for the Football League |date=11 October 1951|newspaper=The Times|pages=9}}</ref>
|-
| 7 December 1955
| Inter-League Match
| 5
| 1
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Football League Should Beat Ireland |date=7 December 1955|newspaper=The Times|pages=14}}</ref>
|-
| 15 January 1958
| rowspan="3" | U23 International
| [[England national under-21 football team|England U23]]
| 3
| [[Scotland national under-21 football team|Scotland U23]]
| 1
|<ref name="rsssf-u23-results">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-u23-intres-det.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040413100658/http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eng-u23-intres-det.html |url-status=live |archive-date=13 April 2004 |title=England – U-23 International Results – Details |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=4 April 2010 }}</ref>
|-
| 23 September 1959
|[[England national under-21 football team|England U23]]
| 0
| Hungary U23
| 1
|<ref name="rsssf-u23-results" />
|-
| 8 February 1961
|[[England national under-21 football team|England U23]]
| 2
|[[Wales national under-21 football team|Wales U23]]
| 0
|<ref name="rsssf-u23-results" />
|-
| 17 August 1963
| [[FA Charity Shield]]
| Everton
| 4
| Manchester United
| 0
|<ref name="gp-charity-shield">{{cite web|url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/CommunityShield.html|title=Community Shield & Charity Shield results|publisher=footballsite.co.uk|access-date=4 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 5 January 1966<ref group="nb">England's goal was scored by [[Bobby Moore]]. This was his first international goal and the only one on English soil. Ray Wilson was chosen to play in this game, he is therefore the last Everton player to play for England at Goodison Park.</ref>
| Friendly International
| England
| 1
| [[Poland national football team|Poland]]
| 1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=387|title=EnglandFC Match Data|publisher=EnglandFC.com|access-date=3 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129165659/http://englandfc.com/MatchData/showmatchdetails.php?mid=387|archive-date=29 November 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 13 August 1966
| FA Charity Shield
| Everton
| 0
| Liverpool
| 1
|<ref name="gp-charity-shield" />
|-
| 1 May 1968
| U23 International
| England U23
| 4
| Hungary U23
| 0
|<ref name="rsssf-u23-results" />
|-
| 30 November 1970
| FA Cup 1st round, 2nd replay
| [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]
| 0
| [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]]
| 1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2f8%2f1%2f49|title=Programme – Tranmere Rovers v Scunthorpe United |publisher=evertoncollection.org.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 19 April 1972
| FA Cup Semi final Replay
| [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
| 2
| [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]]
| 1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadcups.asp?mtno=53&ssnno=101|title=Cup Competitions – Everton FC|publisher=everton-mad.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 18 March 1974<ref group=nb>Due to a pitch invasion at the original match (which [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] won 4–3), [[The Football Association|The FA]] ordered the tie to be replayed at a neutral venue.</ref>
| FA Cup 6th round replay
| Newcastle United
| 0
| [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]
| 0
|<ref name="nufc-nf-1974">{{cite web|url=http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1974.htm|title=Fa Cup Final 1974|publisher=fa-cupfinals.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419221847/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1974.htm|archive-date=19 April 2012}}</ref>
|-
| 21 March 1974
| FA Cup 6th round, 2nd replay
| Nottingham Forest
| 0
| Newcastle United
| 1
|<ref name="nufc-nf-1974" />
|-
| 4 April 1979
| FA Cup Semi final replay
| Manchester United
| 1
| Liverpool
| 0
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadcups.asp?mtno=53&ssnno=108|title=Cup Competitions – Everton FC|publisher=everton-mad.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 17 May 1983
| [[UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship|UEFA U18 Championship Finals Group A]]
| West Germany U18
| 3
| Bulgaria U18
| 1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/ec-u18-83.html|title=European U-18 Championship 1983|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 13 April 1985
| FA Cup Semi final
| Manchester United
| 2
| Liverpool
| 2
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadcups.asp?mtno=53&ssnno=114|title=Cup Competitions – Everton FC|publisher=everton-mad.co.uk|access-date=6 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 6 April 1989
| U18 International
| England U18
| 0
| Switzerland U18
| 0
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2f8%2f6%2f35|title=Programme – England v Switzerland (Under 18's) |publisher=evertoncollection.org.uk|access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 17 January 1991
| FA Cup 3rd Round
| [[Woking F.C.|Woking]] (home team)
| 0
| Everton
| 1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wokingfc.co.uk/history/|title=Woking Football Club History|publisher=wokingfc.co.uk|access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref>
|-
| 13 November 1993
| FA Cup 1st round
| [[Knowsley United F.C.|Knowsley United]]
| 1
| [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]]
| 4
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football--fa-cup-countdown-hopeful-knowsley-look-to-orr-family-mettle-goodison-will-pulsate-to-a-different-mersey-beat-on-saturday-rupert-metcalf-reports-1503615.html|title=Football / FA Cup Countdown|last=Metcalf|first=Rupert|date=11 November 1993|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=5 April 2010 | location=London}}</ref>
|-
| 6 June 1995
| [[Umbro Cup]]
| [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
| 3
| [[Japan national football team|Japan]]
| 0
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/umbro95.html|title=Umbro Cup 1995|date=30 July 1999|access-date=3 April 2010|archive-date=27 August 2009|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827000258/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/umbro95.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 9 September 2003
| [[UEFA European Under-21 Championship|UEFA U21 Championship Qualifying]]
| [[England national under-21 football team|England U21]]
| 1
| [[Portugal national under-21 football team|Portugal U21]]
| 1
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg2.html|title=England U21 Match Results|publisher=englandfootballonline.com|access-date=3 April 2010|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010852/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/MatchRsl/MatchRslTmU21pg2.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Non-football usage===
[[File:goodison-park-1913-royal-visit.jpg|thumb|alt=Photograph of ceremony at Goodison Park|Men in dark blue and white suits stand across the pitch in formation, creating the image of a [[Flag of the United Kingdom|Union Flag]]. 80,000 people attended Goodison Park to see King George V.]]
On 11 July 1913 Goodison Park became the first English football ground to be visited by a reigning monarch when [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] attended.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.efchistory.co.uk/The%20twentieth%20century%20-%20before%20the%20first%20war.htm |title=The Early Years of the Twentieth Century |publisher=efchistory.co.uk |access-date=8 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722154138/http://www.efchistory.co.uk/The%20twentieth%20century%20-%20before%20the%20first%20war.htm |archive-date=22 July 2011 }}</ref> The attending royals had opened [[Gladstone Dock]] on the same day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mersey-gateway.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.166|title=Gladstone Dock|publisher=Mersey Gateway|access-date=5 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507021604/http://www.mersey-gateway.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.166|archive-date=7 May 2006}}</ref> A tablet was unveiled in the Main Stand to mark the occasion. During the First World War Goodison frequently hosted [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] training drill sessions.<ref name="GoodisonInDepth" />

On 19 May 1938 [[George VI]] and [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Queen Elizabeth]] attended Goodison Park to present new colours to the [[5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)|5th Battalion the King's Regiment]] (Liverpool) and the [[Liverpool Scottish]] (Queens Own Cameron Highlanders) in front of 80,000 spectators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/86/a6001886.shtml|title=My war with the 5th Battalion King's Regiment|date=3 October 2005|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

In 1921, Goodison Park played host to [[Lancashire rugby league team|Lancashire's rugby league team]] when they took on [[Australia national rugby league team]] and lost 29–6.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=18388|title=The Aussies win (aka Australia beat Lancashire) 1921|publisher=British Pathe|access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref>
Goodison Park was chosen as one of two English venues for the Sox-Giants 1924 World Tour. On 23 October 1924, 2,000 spectators witnessed US [[baseball]] teams [[Chicago White Sox]] and [[History of the New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] participate in an exhibition match. One player managed to hit a ball clear over the large Goodison Road Stand. The other English venue selected was [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bloyce|first=Danny|date=March 2008|title=Baseball in England: A Case of Prolonged Cultural Resistance|journal=Journal of Historical Sociology|publisher=Blackwell Publishing Ltd|volume=21|issue=1|pages=120–142|doi=10.1111/j.1467-6443.2008.00332.x}}</ref>

In September 1939, Goodison Park was commandeered by military, the club's minutes read: "The Chairman reported that our ground has been commandeered as an anti-aircraft (Balloon Barrage section), post."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/object?id=796+EFC%2f1%2f1%2f23&p=315#title|title=Everton board minutes: 1939–40|publisher=evertoncollection.org.uk|access-date=12 April 2010}}</ref> During World War Two, an American forces baseball league was based at Goodison Park.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nicholson|first=Robert|title=The Shell weekend guide to London and the South-East |publisher=R Nicholson|year=1979|pages=55}}</ref> In addition, a baseball game between two Army Air Force nines watched by over 8,000 spectators raised over $3,000 for British Red Cross and St. John's Ambulance fund.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bullock|first=Steven R.|title=Playing for their nation: baseball and the American military during World War II|publisher=University of Nebraska Press |date=1 March 2004|pages=49}}</ref>

The Liverpool Trojans and Formby Cardinals were the last two teams to play baseball at Goodison Park. This was in the Lancashire Cup Final in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpooltrojansbaseball.co.uk/History_Main.htm |title=Trojans history |publisher=liverpooltrojansbaseball.co.uk |access-date=3 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821225306/http://www.liverpooltrojansbaseball.co.uk/History_Main.htm |archive-date=21 August 2009 }}</ref>

Goodison Park is used as a venue for weddings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evertonfc.com/conferences/wedding-venue-liverpool.html|title=Weddings at Goodison|publisher=Everton F.C.|access-date=4 April 2010}}</ref> More than 800 fans' ashes have been buried at Goodison Park and since 2004 the club have had to reject further requests because there is no room for any more.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jun/16/football.davidward|title=Goodison Park to end fan burials|last=Ward|first=David|date=16 June 2004|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=6 November 2009 | location=London}}</ref> [[Tommy Lawton]] wanted his ashes to be scattered at Goodison but his son chose to donate them to the national football museum because of Goodison's uncertain future.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/places+to+go/wales/art18928|title=Player's Ashes Given To National Football Museum|date=9 December 2003|publisher=culture24.org.uk|access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref>

Goodison Park was also the venue for the boxing match between "Pretty" Ricky Conlan (played by native Evertonian and Everton fan [[Tony Bellew]]) and [[Adonis Creed]] ([[Michael B. Jordan]]) in the 2015 movie ''[[Creed (film)|Creed]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/creed-review-michael-b-jordan-1201640507/ |title=Film Review: 'Creed' |date=18 November 2015 |access-date=11 December 2017 |archive-date=5 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905102743/https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/creed-review-michael-b-jordan-1201640507/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The stadium hosted the first outdoor boxing event in Liverpool since 1949 when Bellew defeated [[Ilunga Makabu]] on 29 May 2016 to claim the vacant [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] [[Cruiserweight (boxing)|Cruiserweight]] title.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/boxing/tony-bellew-expecting-liverpool-go-11278632 |title=Tony Bellew expecting Liverpool to go nuts for first stadium fight in 67 years |work=Liverpool Echo |first=Michael |last=McKenna |date=3 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/36409406 |title=Tony Bellew beats Ilunga Makabu at Goodison Park to win world title |publisher=BBC Sport |first=Ben |last=Dirs |date=29 May 2016}}</ref>

====Rugby League at Goodison Park====
Between 1908 and 1921, Goodison Park also played host to four [[rugby league]] [[Kangaroo Tour]] matches involving the {{rlnt|Australia}}n and [[Australasia rugby league team|Australasian]] teams from 1908 to 1921.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/venues/goodison-park/results.html |title=Goodison Park |publisher=Rugby League Project |access-date=14 June 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Game !! Date !! Host team !! Result !! Touring team !! Attendance !! Tour
|-
|1 || 18 November 1908 || {{leagueicon|England|16}} [[Rugby Football League|Northern Union XIII]] || 9–10 || {{leagueicon|Australia old|16}} '''{{rlnt|Australia}}''' || 6,000 || rowspan=2|[[1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain]]
|-
|2 || 3 March 1909 || {{leagueicon|England|16}} '''[[Rugby Football League|Northern Union XIII]]''' || 14–7 || {{leagueicon|Australia old|16}} {{rlnt|Australia}} || 4,500
|-
|3 || 25 October 1911 || {{leagueicon|England|16}} [[Rugby Football League|Northern League XIII]] || 3–16 || {{leagueicon|Australasia|16}} '''[[Australasia rugby league team|Australasia]]''' || 6,000 || [[1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain]]
|-
|4 || 30 November 1921 || {{flagicon|Lancashire}} [[Lancashire rugby league team|Lancashire]] || 6–29 || {{leagueicon|Australasia|16}} '''[[Australasia rugby league team|Australasia]]''' || 17,000 || [[1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain]]
|}

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==Footnotes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Goodison Park}}{{WikidataCoord}}
* [http://stadiumdb.com/stadiums/eng/goodison_park Goodison Park] at StadiumDB.com
* [http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/search/results?q=%22Goodison+Park%22 Goodison Park] at [[The Everton Collection]]
* [http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g186337-d215374-Reviews-Goodison_Park_Stadium_Tours-Liverpool_Merseyside_England.html Goodison Park] at [[TripAdvisor]]

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