Everton are quickly making the Hill Dickinson Stadium feel like home with results playing a large part of that.
David Moyes saw his first defeat on home soil at the weekend against Tottenham Hotspur, but the record remains a positive one.
The Hill Dickinson Stadium was always going to have teething issues for Everton fans transitioning to a new matchday routine.
With the new stadium hosting a rugby game this weekend, travel advice has been shared for the Hill Dickinson Stadium following the lessons learned during Everton’s opening fixtures.
Results are always going to be the quickest way to make the new stadium feel like home, but the club are still adding small tweaks to enhance the feel of the ground.
And the latest instalments will surely please both the fans and the players on Merseyside.
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Everton reveal new Hill Dickinson Stadium instalments
Following the defeat against Spurs, Everton fans weren’t impressed with the music played outside of the stadium.
Feedback from the fans will be crucial to the club getting things correct in the long-term, and it seems as if the fans are being listened to.
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Earlier in the week, Everton shared footage from inside the Hill Dickinson Stadium showing some of the new banners put up inside the ground.
Just weeks into its opening, some have felt there needs to be a little more character added to make the stadium feel like it belongs to Everton.
The club have already painted some of the concrete inside the stadium bowl blue, but these banners will certainly help to create that feeling of home.
Everton fans were not impressed with the rugby game being played on their new pitch this weekend.
However, fans will now know any visiting fans for the fixture will be well aware of whose home it is, with Everton badges and slogans across the walls.
Hill Dickinson Stadium is impressing opposition teams
Spurs were the first away team to take all three points away from their visit to the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
After the game, Thomas Frank admitted he had been left impressed by Everton’s atmosphere at their new home.
“In general, the second half was a little bit more of a dogfight at times, and going here to Everton, which is against a very good team that is well set up by David Moyes and [which has] a very good home crowd,” he said.
Everton have proven to be a difficult team to beat at the Hill Dickinson Stadium and they only have to wait until next weekend for their next game on the docks.
Fulham will be making the trip to Merseyside, where the Blues will be keen to get back to winning ways at the Hill Dickinson.