Women ready for that NEW experience

WHY SORENSEN'S SIDE ARE NOW FACING UNITED AWAY FROM HOME

- By CHRIS BEESLEY

JUST why are Everton Women playing at Hill Dickinson Stadium this weekend?

It's been a question on the lips of many Blues supporters this week, given that Sunday's high-noon showdown against Manchester United at the 52,769-capacity venue is coming hot on the heels of the team’s much-heralded permanent move to Goodison Park.

‘The Grand Old Lady’ has been given a major facelift by The Friedkin Group to mark the arrival of the women’s team.

The Main Stand on Goodison Road has been transformed with the giant images of legendary Everton centre-forwards Alex Young, Dave Hickson, Bob Latchford, Dixie Dean, Graeme Sharp and Joe Royle now having been taken down, along with the Everton timeline that documented key events in the club's history from their formation in 1878, to be replaced by a new design which combines the a vivid blending of royal blue with hot pink and the words “Welcome to Goodison Park/The home of Everton Women/A new era.