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We was travelling along
the M62 to Everton to see Hull City. We was in a
poor run of form and the last point we got was a
few weeks earlier at Anfield. We knew the way
because Anfield is pretty much next door to
Goodison park and we actually parked right outside
Goodison for the Liverpool game.
For this game I was travelling with three friends,
two of which had bagged tickets for the corporate
section at Goodision, this meant that we got a
parking spot in the secure car park next to the
stadium. From experience a few weeks earlier at
Anfield we had no trouble parking in one of the
secure car parks dotted around the ground, even
though they are a little steep at £10. The
"stadia" are well sign posted coming from the M62
and we had no trouble finding it.
Before the game, me and a friend had a fair bit of
time to look around since we got there at about
12:30 (friends had a pre-match meal). We decided
to have a look in the club shop and then a walk
across Stanley Park to have a look at Anfield,
especially for my friend who didn't go to the
Liverpool game a few weeks earlier. The club shop
was a nice shelter from the freezing cold but
obviously didn't promise too much for the away
fans. We then headed across the road into Stanley
Park where the cold showed as the lake was frozen
over. As we headed across the open football fields
to Anfield we was hit by the freezing wind but it
didn't seem to affect quite a few young Everton
and Liverpool fans having a kick around. We got
warm greetings from all supporters we met,
especially the Liverpool fans!. We journeyed
back to Goodison for a burger outside of the
ground which was pretty good. We saw some Everton
players entering the stadiums after getting out of
their cars and a kind supporter told us where our
team bus would come in, we had a good chat and
then waited 5 minutes for the bus.
After clapping the team off the bus we went around
the other side of the stadium to the entrance for
away fans. We was in the Upper section which
promised a good view. The stadium looked okay from
the outside, although a little old. Entering the
turnstiles we headed up some stairs into a very
cramped concourse which looked more like an old
train station. There was nothing on the TVs and
luckily we got in there very early and grabbed
ourselves a hot drink before the queues (if you
can call them that) became ridiculous. There is no
real space in the concourse so we headed to our
seats. We was worried about the cold but actually
where we were sat we was protected from the wind
very well, I even took my gloves off. The stadium
looks old and you can see why thay want to move
but there is still a certain charm to it.
There didn't seem to be too much sound coming from
home supporters, except for the cheering
after their two goals. Their first goal a cross,
later shown to be offside which was headed in by
Fellini. Just before half time Everton grabbed a
second from a brilliant free kick. We played
terrible and didn't have a shot on target for the
full game but our support was decent considering.
We even managed a rendition of "You'll never walk
along" which seemed to get some of the home
supporters a little heated. The stewards were
pretty good, me and the people around me were
stood up for most of the game and wasn't told to
sit down.
We were a little late to leave as we were waiting
for our friends for about ten minutes so the
traffic was quite bad but we were on the motorway
within 30 minutes which isn't bad. Overall the
game wasn't great for us but it was an enjoyable
day out with friendly home supporters.
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