LFC-Everton groundshare meeting “likely”

By This Is Anfield On · 39 Comments · In LFC News

A meeting between Liverpool Football Club and Everton Football Club about the idea of ground sharing a new stadium on Stanley Park is looking more likely, according to Everton chairman Bill Kenwright.

Liverpool legend and club ambassador Kenny Dalglish hinted in the Mail on Sunday at the weekend that the club could be open to groundshare talks, with financial problems halting their aim to build a new home.

Dalglish had said, “Whoever is in a position of responsibility at Liverpool and Everton are only custodians for the next generation of supporters.

“They owe it to the fans to look at every possibility to help their respective clubs.”

Kenwright says he is interested to hear the Reds’ ideas on the idea and hopes a meeting is not too far away.

He told ESPN, “In the past Liverpool have always been opposed so I am intrigued about what Kenny Dalglish has had to say about ground sharing.

“It is more than likely we would sit down and have a decent discussion about ground sharing in Stanley Park with Liverpool.”

It is thought Liverpool City Council are keen for stadium plans to go ahead, to make the city part of England’s World Cup 2018 plans, should they win the bid.

There is a great article from Well Red magazine today looking at both sides of the groundshare argument.

What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.

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  • Mikey

    To those who say Everton can’t fill there ground, look at it this way. Everton capacity = 40k and average attendance last year was 37k. Liverpool capacity = 45k and average attendance was 42k. Ok thats still 5k more than Everton but both grounds are still 3k short of capacity.

    Its not rocket science to consider that, if this brought success to both clubs, more fans would go to the matches.

  • Zahid

    I really hope this doesn’t come off, besides how can you have a meeting when LFC is looking for new owners once that is done then and only then can you have a meeting. The new owner may not want a ground share and heres hoping he doesn’t. Id only be happy with a ground share if we were the owners of the ground and get 1st pick in all the games and Everton paid us rent……YNWA

  • stan h

    Everton have no off pitch assets worth a balloon, even future earnings are to some exetent mortgaged, how could they raise the money for a groung shae- no chance at all with kenwright, while he is there its a definate no goer.

  • Trevor Williams

    Speaking as an LFC fan from down south near bWatford I think you should do it. You guys have something special up there on merseyside and the 2 cup finals in the 1980`s showed the Country something unique. When I watched Liverpool beat Chelsea in their first Champions League semi final in our local with my Evertonian Scouse neighbour you would have thought he was an LFC fan, proving that comunity spirit is still alive and well. Besides it makes commercial sense. And I admit Rafa was out of order when he labelled Everton a small club. If you are worried about loss of identity look at the 2 Milan clubs who share the San Siro.

  • Danny_GBUK

    Lets build a 60,000 seater and watch Everton consistently half-fill it. I don’t think this will ever get off the ground as it means the matchday ticket prices will have to be matched. Can you imagine the uproar if Everton‘s ticket prices increased to match ours? Do you think any owner of Liverpool will want to lower ticket prices in line with Everton‘s? Can’t see it happening on a practical level.

  • Simon Worden

    To the desperate Blues posting on here – HOW would the ground be split? COULDN’T be 50/50 as only ONE club is a global brand with a trophy winning history/tradition etc. What of our Kop? Or your Gwladys End? What of the numbers of fans to each side of the stadium – What colours would it have? What of the revenues? How would THEY be split and who would PAY for the damn thing anyway? Everton couldn’t come CLOSE to affording it on their own no? But a Liverpool with ALL the revenue streams we now have and NO debt MIGHT – So WE carry the bill again no? It’s a RIDICULOUS idea and I’ll tell you ONE thing for certain – IF it goes ahead we BOTH -The fans of Both teams will want OUT within a decade – I notice NOTHING was mentioned anywhere by that idiot DannyGBUK was it?

    You know, the fool who came out with his CRAP about not losing identity about AC and Inter WANTING to split and build their OWN grounds which they BOTH have wanted to do for at least 5 YEARS now – Why not? Not suit the pathetic Agenda of you and your equally Comedy Chairman does it?It’s a terrible so-called idea and only IDIOTS would TRY and push it through – WHY was it never mentioned for the two wastes of space in Manchester or ANY of the London Clubs? There’s a good reason you know – They HATE Liverpool the City and would GLADLY destroy BOTH club’s identities IF they could – But they’d NEVER suggest something like THAT for their OWN precious clubs WOULD they? Oh no, perish the thought – FAR better to sabotage the clubs in Liverpool first. It’s a ridiculous idea and those Red and Blue who Fall for it? Are Idiots who WILL regret it at their leisure if this abomination of an idea EVER sees the light of day……………..

    NB IF the ground ever IS built that they make both clubs share? I’d put MONEY on it being burned down, sabotaged or somehow ‘prevented’ before it could EVER see the light of day – Both clubs are FAR to different and will NEVER share a stadium.

  • Anonymous

    Leave Everton to rot, we will be sorted pronto!!!!!!!!

  • dave, brighton

    Off at a tangent:
    I was gutted to see that one of the Kop banners on Saturday threw Purslow & Broughton into the mix of “liars(?)”.
    Hicks & Gillett are our only enemies.
    Hicks & Gillett made the mistake (to them) of appointing Purslow, who has become very much on our side, 100%.
    The banks then forced on the Yanks that the respectible Broughton be appointed temporary chairman, until the 2 liars are gone, to give credibility and independence to the Board, to see that the Banks are repaid, even if the sale price at is at a much lower level than the yanks want. That is good news for us.

    So Purslow & Broughton are good guys, with OUR interests at heart.

    By pointlessly adding their names to the mix, our purpose is muddied.

  • blueboyscouse

    lets share, 20 years, both gain financial stability, we`ll move out, build a better stadium, let you reds have your little stanley park effort, bang on about history (oh we blues love that) and go our seperate ways and see what happens. There are a few reds on here slating our financial situation as to what we can bring to this!! Ha Ha you idiots, don`t you realise the only reason it is being debated is because your crippled club cant afford it either??

  • LiverpoolUnited

    I’ve felt passionately about this subject for a long time now and have always been strongly in favour of both clubs sharing a stadium. My reason is I am 100% scouse. I love our city, and the relationship between reds and blues is something that makes our city special. Friends, family, even twins divided and at the same time united by football. Growing up in the 80′s, I used to think that every year both teams would be the pride of English football, and it was great. The arguments, banter, and rivalry were great , and both teams had respect. Other cities, like Manchester, looked on with envy as OUR city dominated football. Nobody and nothing came close to blue or red. We are the only place to have fans mixed together on derby day. I remember after the Hillsborough disaster for a long time after people wearing red, white, and blue scarves with ‘Merseyside’ written on them. Thats my city. Sharing a ground would symbolise exactly what our city is all about. Some things are bigger than football. The reduction in cost makes sense. The increased revenue makes sense for both clubs. Lets face it both clubs are falling behind others, especially Machester of all places. The only real argument against this idea is childish pride. Pride is important, but so is success. I hate the other lot, (not going to say which team I support for this post), but can I swallow a bit of pride for some more success? Deffo. And success creates pride. We should show the rest England what makes our city special, different. We fight each other, but we also fight together. We hate each other, but if were honest we love to hate each other. The continued prosperity of both clubs is important to our city and to its people and culture. No sayers, swallow your pride, take your dummies out your mouths, put your toys back in your prams, and back this for the good of everyone you know. It makes sense.

  • IraqiRed

    What I am wondering about is.. .who is going to fill the 70,000 seats?
    Dont get me wrong Ive been advocating a groundshare since 2002. But when I look at those numbers… if we are struggling to fill the two stadiums now, where will the extra 30K punters come from?

  • Calvin Briffa

    Against ground share.

    The day this happens will be the day I walk away from football.

  • stan h

    does anyone remember liverpool being invited to share the kings dock site with Everton pre the stanley park plan ? that fell through when the deadline to prove efc had the money came along, kenwright assured evertonians the cheque would be in the bank tomorrow – they are still waiting, given they were actually partners with liverpool city council and the north west devlopment agency (government funders), it takes a special kind of uselessness to achieve such a failiure, we must never deal with him.

  • Liveforthereds

    I have always been open minded on the groundshare idea, But now more than ever I feel it is the best way forward not just for both clubs but for the City as well, We want a 75000 seat ground but can we fill it, they want a 55000 seat ground can they fill it, Think about the money to build two grounds nearly 700M that’s a hell of a lot of money when you balance that against the City and other body’s putting in money the cost would come down to half that and both clubs would only have to find about 75/100M each. Yes the argument about the past history’s of both clubs could be lost but inreality it won’t, It’s time to start a new and if by entering a shared ground helps to rid the club of the owners we have now then that’s all the better for me as the new owners would be able to invest more in the players. Time for both sets of fans to put aside their hate for each other and say lets do it and make Merseyside the doment force in world football once again.

  • Gusband1

    Keep The Liverpool Red!

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