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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Alexandra Topping

Goodison Park saved from bulldozers to become home of Everton Women

Everton players warming up before the Barclays Women's Super League match against Liverpool FC at Goodison Park on 24 March 2024.
Everton players warming up before the Barclays Women's Super League match against Liverpool FC at Goodison Park on 24 March 2024. Photograph: Jan Kruger/The FA/Getty Images

Goodison Park, one of the UK’s oldest football stadiums, has been saved from demolition and will become the country’s first major stadium dedicated solely to a women’s team next season.

Hailed as a gamechanging move for women’s football, Everton Women will kick off their first season at Goodison in September, 133 years after the men’s team started playing at the ground in Walton, Liverpool.

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