Everton fans have enjoyed a relatively smooth transition to life at the Hill Dickinson Stadium over the last few months.
Of course, it has not been seamless, with some Everton fans experiencing their own issues at the state-of-the-art home of the Blues.
A number of Everton fans have complained about the stadium transport links, which have proven the biggest issue to date.
David Moyes will take his side back to the docks on Saturday for their seventh Premier League game at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Changes will be made over the coming months to make improvements to the match day experience at the new ground.
But there has now been a development that will receive the approval of fans far and wide in paying tribute to Everton hero Gary Speed.
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Everton to unveil Gary Speed tribute at Hill Dickinson Stadium
Everton are introducing changes at the stadium for the Newcastle game on Saturday evening, that will affect match-going fans.
The stadium build may have been completed earlier this year, but the club are now set to reveal their latest tribute to a late Everton hero.
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Taking to social media platform X, Everton News columnist Alan Myers shared the club’s plans to pay tribute to Speed.
‘The Toffees are unveiling a ‘Everton Football Club will unveil a Gary Speed Memorial Bench at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday – a lasting tribute to one of the Club’s most admired former players, and significantly, the Club’s first-ever talking bench,’ said Myers.
Thursday, 27th November marked the 14th anniversary of Speed’s passing.
Ahead of Saturday’s game, the Everton hero will be recognised with his two former clubs set to meet at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Everton’s new stadium has a lot of modern features that will wow fans, but this is perhaps the best addition to the new home of the Blues yet.
Everton recognise their heroes at Hill Dickinson Stadium
Speed’s memorial is not the only tribute to a former Everton player on display at the new stadium.
Everton fans slammed the club for including Jamie Carragher in Kevin Campbell’s mosaic earlier in the year.
The Toffees have paid tribute to Campbell with a mosaic made up of individual photos, with an image of Carragher included in the tribute.
But this was not something that went down well with the Everton faithful.
However, the tribute to Speed should go down a lot better, with the addition being unveiled in a fitting meeting between Everton and Newcastle.
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