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  1. Move to new stadium 'feels right'published at 09:07 BST 17 May

    Barry Horne in action for Everton in 1992Image source, Getty Images

    Former Everton midfielder Barry Horne says leaving Goodison Park will be "sad" but that the move to a new stadium "feels right."

    Horne, a boyhood Evertonian, was an FA Cup winner with Everton in 1995.

    The ex-Wales international scored Everton's first ever goal in the Premier League on his debut at Goodison Park in August 1992.

    He also scored in a famous win over Wimbledon in May 1994 which saw Everton seal Premier League survival on the final day of the season.

    "For many, many years I was dead set against moving from Goodison but as time has gone on you realise it's tired," Horne told BBC Sport Wales.

    "It's been a magnificent stadium – it's had the World Cup here – but it's had it's time. We'll all be sad but it feels right.

    "I've been to the new stadium – I went to one of the test events – and it's going to be absolutely sensational."

    Read more of Barry Horne's Goodison Park memories