Everton's origins saw them playing at Anfield between 1878 and 1892, when a dispute between the Everton committee and the stadium owner, John Houlding, saw The Toffees move across Stanley Park to Goodison Park.

The Grand Old Lady, as she is known, was built in stages between the summer of 1895 and 1909. A major re-design of the Bullens Road Stand was completed in 1926 with covered dugouts, the first in England, added five years later.

During the Second World War, the Gwladys Street Stand suffered bomb damage. The bomb landed directly in Gwladys Street and caused serious injury to nearby residents; the bomb splinter damage to the bricks on the stand is still noticeable.

As well as dugouts, Goodison Park was the first stadium in English football to have undersoil heating, which was added in 1958, and a scoreboard. On 20 November 1971, Everton beat Southampton 8–0 with Joe Royle scoring four, David Johnson three and Alan Ball one. The scoreboard did not have enough room to display the goal scorer's names and simply read "7 9 7 9 8 9 9 7" as it displayed the goal scorers' shirt numbers instead.

As Everton have only been outside the top division for four seasons, Goodison Park has hosted more top-flight games than any other stadium in England. The stadium has also been the venue for an FA Cup Final and numerous international fixtures, including a semi-final match in the 1966 World Cup, among others.

Saturday's visit will be one of our last to Goodison Park with work underway on a new 52,000 seater stadium at Bramley Moore Dock which is set to be complete in time for the 2024/25 season.

DID YOU KNOW?

St Luke The Evangelist, Walton on the Hill is a Church of England parish located between the Gwladys Street End and Goodison Road stands of Goodison Park. On regular match days, the church opens up two and a half hours before kick off for supporters to come and have a cup of tea or just a sit down. Everton do not play games early on a Sunday to avoid clashing with the church’s regular services.

HOW TO GET THERE

WHERE TO EAT/DRINK

A 15-minute walk away from the away fans entrance is a Wetherspoons - The Thomas Frost (L4 4AJ) - where home and away fans are allowed in without issue.

There are plenty of pubs in Liverpool city centre that you are able to drink in pre-match before making a short trip to Goodison using public transport. Many away fans congregate in the Concert Square and Mathew Street areas of the City.