Everton fans will say goodbye to Goodison Park after their game vs Southampton
Fans took to the pubs at 8.30am on Sunday - nearly four hours before kick-off
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By YASEEN ZAMAN
Published: 05:42 EDT, 18 May 2025 | Updated: 05:43 EDT, 18 May 2025
The blue side of Liverpool turned up in full ahead of Everton's final game at Goodison Park on Sunday - their home of 133 years.
From next season, Goodison will become the permanent ground for Everton's women's team, as the men's side move across to their newly built Hill Dickinson Stadium on Bramley-Moore Dock.
It's a fate befitting a ground that has staged World Cup knockout matches, thrilling European ties and a number of title-winning celebrations.
The Toffees face Southampton at 12pm on Sunday afternoon, but that didn't stop their fans from getting the party started hours earlier.
Supporters gathered en masse at 'The People's Pub' under 'The Winslow Hotel', located opposite the stadium and separated by the one-way Goodison Road.
Some Evertonians were spotted as early as 8.14am getting the drinks flowing, with flares being set off not long after.
Everton fans flooded the streets ahead of the club's final match at Goodison Park on Sunday
Fans took to local pubs a stunning three and a half hours before kick-off against Southampton
Pictured: The queue at 8.14am outside 'The People's Pub', located opposite Goodison Park
The midday kick-off against Saints will be emotional, with dozens of former Everton players invited back for the occasion and fans set to line the streets to greet the team coach.
After 30 years without silverware, Everton hope to flourish in their new 53,000-capacity ground at Bramley-Moore dock.