156: Barry Horne, Everton, Merlin’s Premier League 95 Sticker Collection
Everton Football Club’s men’s team bade farewell to Goodison Park at the end of last season after 133 years with a 2-0 victory over Southampton . The Grand Old Lady has hosted more top flight games than any other English ground, owing to Everton spending all but four seasons up there since their move across Stanley Park in 1892, as well as an FA Cup final and five games during the 1966 World Cup. Somewhat fittingly it also hosted the infamous Dick Kerr’s Ladies team in 1920 in front of 53,000 spectators in a match that was seen as part of the reason for the FA’s ban on women’s football. While the men’s team move to the imaginatively named Everton Stadium for 2025/26 the women’s team will inherit Goodison for their Women’s Super League campaign. During their time at Goodison the club won eight league titles, five FA Cups and the European Cup Winners’ Cup and enjoyed the brilliance of Dixie Dean, Graeme Sharp and Neville Southall . Since the advent of the Premier League, however, such ...