Everton will leave Goodison Park and move into their new stadium on Bramley-Moore Dock for the 2025-26 campaign, although Premier League football hasn't been confirmed just yet
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Updated 16:00, 31 Mar 2025
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MARCH 25: Aerial view of Everton FC's new stadium at Bramley Moore Dock on March 25, 2025 in Liverpool, England. Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium in Vauxhall, Liverpool, will become the home ground for Everton FC ahead of the 2025–26 season, replacing Goodison Park. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
Everton will move into their new stadium next season(Image: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
Everton manager David Moyes has revealed that he's refusing to visit their new £800million stadium until the Toffees have secured their Premier League status. Moyes, 61, returned to the blue half of Merseyside in January after nearly 12 years away.
The Scot has transformed Everton's fortunes, losing just one of his 10 league games in charge to help them move a massive 17 points clear of the relegation zone with nine games to play. But despite the large gap between them and 18th-placed Ipswich Town, Moyes isn't counting his chickens just yet.
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"I've not been to the new stadium yet because I'm not going to go until I feel as if we are safe," he revealed ahead Wednesday's Merseyside derby against Liverpool.
"It looks a lot easier, the league table, than when I first came in. It's a much better feeling than what I had when I arrived. But I have to say, we look as if we're in a good position. It will be tough for a lot of teams below us to catch us. But we hope to try and keep winning and get ourselves into an even stronger position."
A limited number of Everton supporters have already been able to experience the 52,888-seater stadium for two test events, while the Toffees' players got a sneak peak prior to the current season. But as Moyes went on to reiterate, he doesn't want to visit the venue on Bramley-Moore Dock until he knows that there'll be Premier League football on show there next season.
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"If we were going to be a Championship team, I don't know if it'd have been me who'd still be doing that job," Moyes added, speaking to talkSPORT. "I want to make sure that when we go, we're a guaranteed Premier League team. It's looking like that at the moment, but football can change. I'm not counting my chickens yet."
Fortunately for Moyes, it shouldn't be too long until he can make the trip across town and see the stadium for himself. To be relegated, Everton would need to lose six of their remaining nine fixtures and see one of Leicester City or Ipswich, both on 17 points, pick up six wins - more than double their respective points tallies after 29 matches.
Moyes isn't stopping himself from dreaming, though, declaring that he hopes to bring European nights back to Everton before the end of his two-and-a-half-year contract. "I think you look at the Premier League and you look at the teams who are challenging for the European cup competitions this year," the former Manchester United boss explained.
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LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MARCH 25: General view from the east stand at Bramley Moore Dock on March 25, 2025 in Liverpool, England. Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium in Vauxhall, Liverpool, will become the home ground for Everton FC ahead of the 2025–26 season, replacing Goodison Park. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
Everton's new stadium on Bramley-Moore Dock cost £800million
"I think the league this year's thrown up a lot of teams who think, 'Hey, we've got a chance of making those competitions'. The year I had at West Ham, we'd just avoided relegation and the next season we went on to qualify for the Europa League.
"I'm going to use that as my inspiration in what I'm looking to try and do here at Everton. If we can try to keep the club pushing forward, we know we need to make a lot of changes. We're moving to a new stadium which itself could bring difficulties, which a lot of teams have found when they move to new stadiums.
"But hey, I want to be positive. I want the club to change in the way they're looking at things and we want to look up and see if we can challenge a lot of the top teams."
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