Teenager is first Everton player to score at new stadium

Everton's new stadium has a spectacular setting on the banks of the river Mersey

Youth player Ray Robert, who's 16, has put his name in the history books as the first Everton player to score at the team's brand new stadium.

The ground cost £750 million pounds and has taken four years to build.

Now the Toffees, that's the nickname for the club, have opened the doors to their new ground at Bramley-Moore Dock for a series of special test events.

Ten thousand lucky fans got a glimpse of the future by watching the Everton under-18s play against Wigan, ahead of the men's team moving in properly for the 2025-2026 season.

Ray Robert scored for Everton's Under-18s on the opening test night

The new ground will be able to hold 52,888 people, which will make it the seventh-biggest in the Premier League.

It replaces Goodison Park which has been the home of the Toffees for more than 130 years - since 1892.

Goodison Park is right next door to Anfield, the ground of rivals Liverpool FC

Goodison Park hosted a final Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool earlier this month - a game so important to fans, that one even travelled from Australia - twice!

The new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium won't just host games involving Everton, it's already lined up to host matches at Euro 2028.

The ground will be able to hold 52,888 people

Leaving Goodison Park will be a wrench for lots of Evertonians - the team have played there for all but four of their 122 league seasons at the top level.

It's one of English football's most famous grounds and even hosted a FIFA World Cup semi final in 1966.

The stadium took four years to build

But fans have have been offered a chance to feel a part of the new stadium already, with the club giving the opportunity to have engraved stones placed as part of a walkway there - there was so much demand it will now run along the entire south stand.

Everton Women currently play at Walton Hall Park but could potentially share the new stadium with the men - their manager Brian Sorensen says the club's owners will do "what's best for the women's programme".

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