Merseyside club have been at Goodison Park since 1892 but leave next summer
Their new Bramley Moore Dock Stadium has been plagued by flooding issues
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By SAM LAWLEY
Published: 15:54 EST, 5 December 2024 | Updated: 16:28 EST, 5 December 2024
Shocking footage has emerged of water gushing into the stands of the new Everton stadium just months before the club are due to move there.
The Toffees have played at the iconic Goodison Park since 1892, with the ground hosting an FA Cup final as well as a semi-final at the 1966 World Cup in that time.
But the Merseyside team are due to move their home to the purpose-built Bramley Moore Dock Stadium at the start of the 2025-26 season.
The new 52,888 seater stadium is set to be complete by the end of the year and at least three test events will follow in the early months of 2025.
Meanwhile, the site of Goodison will be redeveloped to include some social housing, a community health centre and education hub, while the area currently occupied by the playing surface will remain as a garden.
As work progresses with the shiny new venue, an alarming clip of torrents of water leaking into the stadium has emerged on X.
Everton's new stadium appears to have become flooded once again months before they move in
A jaw-dropping clip sees water rushing at a pace down the stands after some rainfall
Those filming believe the leak is coming from the top corner of the stand at the building site
Some people filmed themselves entering the ground from the concourse area but were almost drenched by the water before they could even see the pitch as it raced down the stairs.
As they panned to show the rest of the stand, the stream could be seen in every direction moving at a ferocious pace down the newly-installed seats and the stairs.
Those filming eventually discovered where the leak was coming from, with water seemingly getting in from the top corner of the stand.
This marks the second time in just two months that leaks have caused chaos at Everton's new stadium with similar scenes going viral on X in October.
Everton explained to Mail Sport then that the internal drainage in the stadium had yet to be installed.
Meanwhile, fans' concerns could be eased by the fact that the stadium has been built to withstand floods for up to 100 years.
Colin Chong, the project's development director said in 2021: 'In 60 years time, the climate could be a completely different climate to what we have today.
'We have a number of consultants who forecast what the potential climate could be in 60 or 100 years, and take into account global warming and other stuff. It's a bit of a dark art, having said that you have to plan ahead.'
The Toffees are due to move from their home at Goodison Park after more than 130 years
The Bramley Moore Dock Stadium will be their new home from the start of the 2025-26 season
In October a video appeared on social media showing one of the stands drenched amid a downpour
The new 52,888 seater stadium is supposed to be complete by the end of the year
He added: 'We are actually probably building one of the most complex projects in one of the most difficult locations.
'It's in a world heritage site, it's in a floodplain, it's in a docklands environment which is used to control the Leeds-Liverpool canal there - and we literally have to raise the footprint of the stadium by over a metre to create a new level if you want to call it that, where hopefully the experts will have got it right.
'The rest of Liverpool could flood but the football stadium should be ok!'
Everton will hope to be a Premier League side when they eventually move into their new home, having not been a second-tier team for 70 years.
Their 4-0 win over Wolves on Wednesday night will allow Sean Dyche to breathe a little easier, with the Toffees moving up to 15th.