.theguardian - 1 days ago

Everton Women played at Hill Dickinson Stadium for the first time but visitors were easy 4-1 winners“Ooh, this is lovely, isn’t it?” remarked Marc Skinner as he opened the door, merely at the sight of the media theatre as he walked into his press conference after his Manchester United side had won the first Women’s Super League fixture to be staged at Hill Dickinson Stadium. Before kick-off there had been similar sentiments expressed around the concourse as 18,154 gathered for Everton’s women’s team’s first game beside the docks.Walking around the plaza outside the East Stand, it was clear that, for many of those in attendance, as well as being able to watch this WSL game, they were here because this was their first chance to see this s There are understood to be in excess of 25,000 people on the waiting list for a men’s season ticket at this ground and many of them were therefore finally making their debut. Many families were searching for their loved one’s names on the personalised bricks along Everton Way, some clutching printed-out maps as they tried to locate them, others visibly emotional as they posed for photographs by a relative’s brick. Others were simply admiring the architecture, like Eloise from Merseyside, who has watched women’s games at the comparatively primitive Walton Hall Park, and she told the Guardian: “It’s breathtaking, isn’t it?” Continue reading...

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