With signings galore and positivity rife around the current Everton squad, it’s easy to forget that next season promises to be the saddest in the club’s history.
After all, it will mark the final one with Goodison Park as their stadium.
The Toffees moved in and played their first game at The Old Lady in 1892, and it has been their home ever since, having made history within it countless times.
It was the first purpose-built football stadium in the country, and the first to host a World Cup semi-final too in 1966.
The legacy it holds is limitless, but to progress forward as a club, change is needed.
That change comes in the form of the constantly expanding Bramley-Moore Dock stadium.
The Esk outlines issue with Bramley-Moore Dock stadium
Excitement is brewing at the prospect of this move, even if it is set to be a hugely sad one.
However, we are far from finished with the construction of this great piece of architecture, which is due to be finished by the end of this calendar year.
But, once the actual stadium is complete, there is still so much else that can be done around the ground regarding additional infrastructure.
Finance guru, writer and Everton fan Paul Quinn, better known as The Esk on X, has actually outlined one thing that needs fixing with immediacy.
Replying to a fellow supporter who had questioned how the transport lines would work, he wrote: ‘I agree with you mate, the transportation plan and surrounding public transport infra-structure looks inadequate & requires significant investment.’
Everton have a long way to go before Bramley-Moore Dock is perfect
Whilst this is likely a big issue now, and does require fixing ahead of the move-in, there is expected to be a mountain of mistakes made before things are perfected at this new stadium.
So whether that be proper infrastructure regarding hotels, bars and restaurants around it, or ticketing, or just general filtration of the huge crowds. These are things that will only work with time, after making these mistakes.
But the club cannot dwell on such a potentially damaging future.
For now, this new home must only bring excitement.
It promises to finally be the catalyst that drags the Toffees from relegation dogfights and mid-table mediocrity back into the light, ready with a steady stream of cash to hopefully propel them up the Premier League.
Not only will it provide a shiny new stadium, set to be one of the best in the country, but the commercial upsides are limitless too.
The Esk is right to point out these outstanding flaws which will need sorting as soon as possible, but this is an overwhelmingly positive move. Nothing can detract from that.
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