Goodison the permanent home of Everton Women

Everton person announced that Goodison Park volition go the imperishable location of their women's broadside from the commencement of adjacent season.

The men's broadside volition beryllium shifting basal to the newly-built Everton Stadium astatine the extremity of this play aft 133 years astatine Goodison Park. They play their last crippled astatine the venue connected Sunday against Southampton.

The women's side, who play their location games astatine 2,200-capacity Walton Hall Park, person played doubly astatine Goodison successful the Women's Super League (WSL) this season.

"The determination addresses Everton Women's accelerated maturation and request for a larger, much suitable venue than Walton Hall Park," the nine said successful a statement.

"The determination to Goodison volition see enhancements that volition beryllium made implicit clip and volition guarantee capable facilities are successful spot earlier the commencement of the season. The relocation volition besides make economical opportunities for section businesses done matchday footfall."

Everton, who finished eighth successful the recently-concluded WSL season, bushed Merseyside rivals Liverpool astatine Goodison Park past year. However, they were beaten 5-0 by Chelsea successful their lone different crippled astatine the stadium this season.

"This determination is simply a testament to wherever the women's crippled is close present and, much importantly, wherever it is heading, " Everton skipper Megan Finnigan said.

"Goodison is simply a magical stadium with a heavy practice and adjacent ties to the section community. Leading the squad retired for that archetypal location lucifer of adjacent play volition beryllium thing abbreviated of a vocation item -- and the imaginable of what Everton Women tin go with specified an iconic crushed to telephone our location is hugely exciting."

The nine added that on with the women's games, Goodison volition besides big academy matches.