FAREWELL TO A GRAND OLD PLACE

RUMOURS have swirled for a while that Sir Paul McCartney will be part of a Goodison Park encore.

- By Andy Dunn

Unlikely as it seems, how good would it be for one Merseyside institution to bid farewell to another? Perhaps he could play the Beatles classic 'She's Leaving Home'.

Only Everton - well, the men's first team, at least are leaving the Grand Old Lady. It is not just the club who are losing a bit of their soul. Football and the city of Liverpool are, too.

Part of what makes Anfield special is Goodison Park and part of what makes Goodison Park special is Anfield.

They are two giant pillars of one community within a roar of each other neighbours who fight, neighbours who unite.

The new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock is only a couple of miles away but, even though the club are relocating their women's team to Goodison and the place will remain operational, the area of L4 will never be the same again. The move, of course, was inevitable and needed.