LOS ANGELES — Next season will be Everton's last at Goodison Park, the iconic club's Liverpool home since 1892. It might also be the team's first outside the top tier of English soccer in nearly seven decades, which seems an unfortunate way to close the doors on one of the sport's most storied venues.
Everton has played at Goodison for 131 years, and for all but three of those years the club was in the first division. As a result, more top-flight games have been played there than at any stadium in England.
But the team is scheduled to move into new digs, two miles away at the Port of Liverpool, in summer 2024, meaning next season will be the club's last in the Blue Mile — and it's one the team could spend in the Championship, the second division of British soccer. After Saturday's 2-0 loss at Manchester United, Everton is 17th in the 20-team Premier League table, leading 18th-place Nottingham Forest on goal differential. With the bottom three teams facing relegation, the Toffees are in position to go down for the first time since 1951.
