Permanent home
Everton Women
Goodison Park is Everton Women's permanent home for Women's Super League matches. The team is now in its second full season at the stadium.
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Goodison Park future
What will happen to Goodison Park?
The Grand Old Lady has not been demolished. Goodison Park is now the permanent home of Everton Women and remains an active football, visitor and community venue.
Updated October 2026
Goodison Park is staying.
Everton's previous plan to demolish Goodison Park and redevelop the site has been abandoned. Instead, the stadium began a new chapter in September 2025 as the permanent home of Everton Women.
The ground also hosts selected academy activity, supports Everton in the Community's wider L4 campus and is once again open for public stadium tours.
Primary use
Everton Women
Women's home since
2025/26
Full stadium capacity
39,572
Tours
Running again
What changed?
From demolition plan to football legacy.
The future of Goodison changed significantly after The Friedkin Group completed its takeover of Everton in December 2024.
2020
Original legacy redevelopment
Everton's earlier Goodison Legacy proposals envisaged demolishing the stadium and creating a mixed-use site including housing, community space, retail, a care home and green space.
Dec 2024
New ownership reviews the plan
Following The Friedkin Group's takeover, Everton carried out a fresh feasibility review of the Goodison site and whether the stadium itself could be retained.
May 2025
Demolition is cancelled
Everton confirmed that Goodison Park would remain a football stadium and become the permanent home of Everton Women from the 2025/26 season.
Sep 2025
Everton Women move in
Everton Women played their first league match at Goodison as permanent residents, beginning a new era after the men's first team moved to Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Jul 2026
Goodison tours return
Public stadium tours recommenced, giving visitors access to more than 130 years of Everton history alongside the story of Goodison's new role in women's football.
Goodison today
What is the stadium used for now?
Goodison remains part of Everton rather than becoming a vacant site waiting for redevelopment.
Visitor experience
Goodison Park tours
Guided tours are available again on selected days, taking in hospitality areas, the media centre, Directors' box, home dressing room, tunnel and pitchside.
Official tour information →Wider Everton use
Academy & community
Everton has retained Goodison within its wider L4 footprint, with selected academy use and an expanded role alongside Everton in the Community and Everton Football College.
Everton in the Community →A stadium being adapted
Goodison is becoming Everton Women's stadium.
Everton has not simply moved the women's team into the old men's setup unchanged. The club has been adapting the stadium around its new team and a different matchday audience.
Current women's matchdays use the lower tiers on three sides of the ground, with other seating areas covered by Everton Women branding. Player facilities have also been altered, while fan areas have been moved into larger covered concourses.
Matchday layout
Lower tiers concentrated for atmosphere
Player areas
Updated dressing room and family facilities
Fan experience
More family-focused concourse spaces
Next phase
Seating and fan-area improvements
Everton's two stadiums
Goodison did not simply close when the men moved.
Everton's men's first team now plays at Hill Dickinson Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. Goodison Park remains in L4 as the home of Everton Women and part of the club's community footprint.
That means Everton now operates two historic but very different football homes across Liverpool.
Visit Goodison Park
You can still go through the turnstiles.
Goodison remains a working stadium. The two clearest ways to visit are an Everton Women match or an official stadium tour.
01
Watch Everton Women
Home WSL fixtures are played at Goodison Park, with match-by-match tickets available through Everton.
Everton fixtures
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Take a Goodison tour
Official tours run on selected days through the week and on most weekends, subject to the stadium calendar.
Tour informationWhat happens next?
The Goodison project is still evolving.
The big decision has been made: the stadium survives. The next changes are about making it work even better as a long-term home for women's football.
Goodison Park FAQ
The future of the Grand Old Lady.
The key questions following Everton men's move to Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Is Goodison Park going to be demolished?
No. Everton cancelled the previous demolition and redevelopment plan in 2025. Goodison Park has been retained as a football stadium and is now the permanent home of Everton Women.
Who plays at Goodison Park now?
Everton Women are the stadium's permanent senior team. Goodison also has a wider role for selected academy activity, Everton in the Community and Everton Football College.
Can you still tour Goodison Park?
Yes. Official Goodison Park tours recommenced in July 2026 and now operate on selected weekdays and most weekends, depending on fixtures and stadium use.
What happened to the old Goodison Legacy redevelopment?
The previous mixed-use redevelopment proposal, which would have followed demolition of the stadium, was superseded after Everton's new owners reviewed the site. The current plan keeps football at the centre of Goodison's future.
What is Goodison Park's capacity now?
Goodison's full official capacity is 39,572, but Everton currently uses a reduced seating configuration for women's fixtures, concentrating supporters in selected lower tiers while other areas are covered.
Is Goodison Park still owned and used by Everton?
Yes. Goodison remains part of Everton's football and community estate even though the men's first team now plays at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Latest status:
This guide was updated in October 2026. Goodison's matchday
configuration, tour calendar and future stadium improvements
may continue to change as Everton develops the site for its
long-term role.