'It feels like this is Everton Women coming home'

Former Everton goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis said making Goodison Park the home of Everton women "feels like coming home".

The club have scrapped plans to demolish the 132-year-old stadium, which will now be the largest dedicated women's football stadium in the country.

"It is fabulous news," Brown-Finnis told BBC Radio 5 Live. "The women's team including myself have played at Marine Football Club, we've played at Widnes Rugby League, we've played at lots of different homes but they have never felt like homes.

"It feels like this is Everton Women coming home.

"The statement the Friedkin group have made since coming in by refurbishing Goodison Park to make it fit for purpose for the women's team absolutely shows they want to invest in women's football and keep moving it along that upward trajectory that we have seen in these past five or six years."