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Green light for Everton move
24/08/2007 13:33 - (SA)
London - Everton will go ahead with plans to leave Goodison Park for a new stadium in Kirkby having received the backing of almost 60% of fans voting in a ballot over the proposed move.
The Merseyside club said on Friday it had received 15 230 yes votes, constituting 59.27% of the total 25 761 votes cast. There were 10 468 no votes (40.73%).
Everton had sent ballot papers to more than 36 000 season ticket holders and shareholders. The ballot received a turnout of 70.27%.
The projected move had generated plenty of debate among the club's supporters because Kirkby, which is four miles from Goodison, lies outside the Liverpool city boundary.
The planned 50 000-capacity stadium will cost an estimated 150 million pounds and is part of a 400 million pound development planned with British supermarket giants Tesco.
Everton hope to be there in time for the 2010/11 season.
Goodison, which staged a Soccer World Cup semi-final in 1966, has been home to Everton for 115 years since they moved across Stanley Park from Anfield in 1982.
- Reuters
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