As the old song goes, Everton are a football club that know well their history. But now, finally, the future is here. If Goodison Park was a temple to Everton’s rich and storied past, Hill Dickinson Stadium represents something long desired for the future, a great leap forward in their ambition to host a world-class football team. In truth, it is much needed.
Proud though Evertonians are of their club’s sleeping giant status, the club have too long traded on the former glories chronicled in songs of the Gwladys Street end.
