To the joy of Evertonians, Goodison Park will not suffer the same fate as some of the famous old grounds of English football after the Toffees play their last game in their house from 133 years on Sunday.
From next season, Goodison will be the permanent home base of Everton's Women's team, while the men's side switches to their newly built Hill Dickinson Stadium.
It is a fate that fits with a land that has organized world cup knock-out competitions, has exciting European tires and a number of title-winning parties. Unfortunately, the reality for most stadiums is very different after they have been replaced by updated shiny models.
The will of Arsenal, Manchester City and Leicester City have brought all sticks on larger places in recent years, leaving history in their old houses. The fans, the team, iconography and everything else make the journey to the new fork. Only not the memories – they remain locked up in the space they have performed.
Indeed, the way in which a side deals with their old land after departure, the volume speaks about the club and its ethos. Some throw it aside to make room for lush housing apartments or new -build modules, while others succeed in retaining a figure that took place earlier.
Here, Mail Sport looks a large number of approaches to clubs in the pyramid of English football, in the week that Everton has promised to continue to organize matches on their side of Stanley Park.
Griffin Park, Brentford (1904-2020)
The bees waved goodbye to 116 years in 2020, just when a new era for the club penetrated with their promotion to the Premier League. Plans to leave Griffin Park had been in the air for more than 40 years and there was a deep unpopular plot for that to merge with Queens Park Rangers.
Brentford spent 58 of 59 years until 2014 Verwijnen in the third and fourth layers. For 12 seasons from the mid -sixties they were the lowest ranked London Club in the Football League.
Only when Matthew Benham took over control with the club in League One 13 years ago, the Outlook was brightened up. The Shiny West -London Gtech Community Stadium is a suitable house for the biggest over -performers of the top flight, while Griffin Park was demolished with the view to build 149 new houses.
Although the work started in 2020, recent photos would indicate that not much progress was made in the intervening five years. In November 2024, the sun claimed that Ecoworld was still pursuing the building permit for their plans to develop the new apartments.
Unfortunately, because of the coronavirus pandemia, fans could not give the land a suitable shipping in the last campaign of the bees in the stadium.
Highbury, Arsenal (1913-2006)
Thierry Henry kissed the grass famous after he had protected his hat trick against Wigan in what the ultimate goal was in the old house of Arsenal. Highbury organized the world heavyweight title fight between Muhammad Ali and Henry Cooper in 1966, but was dropped as a world cup location in the same year.
It also witnessed several of the Gunners title -winning parties, most recently their undefeated campaign in 2004. But Highbury, who had a presence of 38,419, closed its doors in 2006, with the step from the Gunners to the Emirates.
After his closure, Arsenal held an auction to sell many of the parts of the stadium, including pieces of the pitch and the goal posts – and it was redeveloped and converted into flats into a project known as 'Highbury Square'.
711 property was built on the site – the North Bank and Clock End stands were demolished while the field became a common garden.
Burnden Park, Bolton Wanderers (1895-1997)
Bolton Wanderers played their home games in the 22,000-capacity Burnden Park for more than 100 years.
It was the scene of a disaster in 1946 when 33 fans were crushed dead, and another 400 injured, in a FA Cup quarterfinals second leg band between Bolton and Stoke City.
Some of the dead were crushed against steel barriers that made way, while others were trampled when the game continued after the victims were removed. Bolton moved from Burnden Park to Hardsheet Community Stadium in 1997.
Until the disaster in Ibrox Park, where 66 Rangers fans were killed in Glasgow in 1971, the disaster in Burnen Park remained the worst loss of life on a British football field.
Since a few years, the site suffered before it was changed to an ASDA Superstore in 2005, including stores. The ASDA store identifies with Burnden Park by having a number of large photos of the former stadium and players, placed high above the cash register.
Eastville, Bristol Rovers (1897-1986)
Defading League One -Outfit Bristol Rovers' Eastville Home Sloot his doors in 1997 prior to his demolition in 1998. Built in 1897, the land was performed until 1986 the Pirates matches and had a record arrival of 39,462.
The stadium was also used as a Greyhound Racing location and was home to the Bristol Bulldogs Speedway Racing Team.
After they were sold for development, plans were announced for a new Bristol Greyhound -Stadium, but these were never modern and the operation moved to Sister Track Swindon instead.
With the destruction of Eastville, the site continued to expire until it was broken by Swedish furniture giant Ikea and transformed into a megastore.
Fellows Park, Walsall (1896-1990)
The Midlands outfit was forced to leave their land after back-to-back degations in the early 1990s.
Plans for relocation had started seriously after a perimeter wall in 1984 collapsed during a semi -final of the League Cup against Liverpool. The scary event is perhaps best remembered for the image of the then Reds-skipper Graeme Souness who wears a wounded child to safety in the Scramble to help continue the connected.
By the time Fellows Park was finally demolished in 1991, stories about the decay were legendary. The roof of Hillary Street, for example, Billowed in strong wind and showered fans with rusty water on rainy days.
The Saddlers had fallen from the second to four low and moved sticks and moved to the Bescot Stadium, while Fellows Park was demolished to make way for a Morrisons -Supermarkt.
Filbert Street, Leicester City (1892-2002)
Leicester City organized their last competition in Filbert Street in 2002 when Tottenham came to visit the stadium of 22,000 capacity.
After the success of the club under Martin O'Neill in the last part of the nineties, an extensive stadium was required for higher attendees and to offer better facilities.
The demolition of Filbert Street started in 2003 and part of the site is now the home of the development of 'Filbert Village', built as an accommodation for students for nearby De Montfort University and University of Leicester, while part of it has also expired.
Reports in 2019 suggested that the expired plot, sold to developers for £ 3.75 million, can eventually be re -installed with a large complex of flats and houses, but still has to work.
Goldstone Ground, Brighton (1902-1997)
The former stadium of Brighton, Goldstone Ground, organized competitions at the 1948 Olympic Games, while David Beckham made his professional debut in the Stadium for Manchester United in 1992.
Brighton avoided relegation to Non-League by winning their last game there in 1997.
The then chairman Bill Archer and Chief Executive David Bellotti sold the land for a store development without looking for a replacement stadium.
As a result, the seagulls spent 14 years without a permanent house before the Amex was built in 2011.
In the meantime, the area was turned into a row of shops in warehouse style, together with a 'Drive-Thru' Burger King Outlet.
Manor Ground, Oxford United (1925-2001)
Perhaps the most noble hereafter for a stadium on this list, Manor Ground – the home of Oxford United for 76 years – was converted into a hospital (a private, spirit) after the demolition in 2001.
The winners of the 1986 League Cup moved the ground in 1925 and enjoyed a three -year run in the top flight before they walked three relegations in the 1990s. But the country house began to show its age, with crumbling terraces that increase safety problems.
Then the owner of the Oxford Firoz Kassam bought the Manor Ground for £ 6 million with his own company, before building an ultramodern and 87 flats in place.