Everton requested that their final match of the club’s last season at Goodison Park be played away from home. The Blues made this appeal to the Premier League to ensure that the historic stadium, affectionately known as the Grand Old Lady, receives a fitting farewell.
All final round matches are scheduled to take place simultaneously on the same day, which next season will be at 4pm on Sunday, May 25. This scheduling could have resulted in Goodison Park’s farewell being overshadowed by competing narratives at both ends of the Premier League table.
This simultaneous broadcast of games on the last day of the season often divides the attention of the wider football world. To avoid this and to ensure that Goodison’s final match receives the recognition and coverage it deserves, Everton’s management approached the Premier League with the request to play their final game of the season away from home.
The Premier League has granted this request, and Everton will conclude their season at Newcastle United. As a result, the final league game at Goodison Park will be against Southampton on the weekend of May 18. Efforts are being made to ensure this match is a stand-alone event, allowing one of football’s most famous venues to receive the proper send-off it deserves after 133 incredible years. This development was reported by the Liverpool Echo.
