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Ground share rears its ugly head again
DonkeyWan:
Everton now open to ground share. The fear is the owners, weighed down by debt, may find this an attractive option, particularly with the pressure from the government and council. Conspiracy theorists might even suggest that nixing on Everton's stadium was part of a design to force Liverpool and Everton's hand.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/nov/26/everton-liverpool
Everton to consider ground-share with Liverpool after Kirkby snub
• Everton will consider move if it makes financial sense
• 'We're not scared of those decisions,' says chief executive
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* guardian.co.uk, Thursday 26 November 2009 10.58 GMT
* Article history
Goodison Park
Everton had hoped to move from their historic home at Goodison Park to Kirkby. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/Guardian
Everton's chief executive Robert Elstone has admitted the club would consider a ground-sharing arrangement with Liverpool after their plans for a move to Kirkby were rejected by the government.
Both clubs have previously been reluctant to go down the route of sharing a stadium, however Elstone has revealed Everton are not against the idea, if it makes financial sense.
"It's certainly one of the options that we will need to cover," he said. "A shared stadium is perhaps an option if it's affordable.
"We have to look at where we can raise money, because potentially Liverpool will have to obviously contribute to that, and Liverpool City Council perhaps might need to find some money.
"Our history is one of creativity and innovation and if we are the first major English club to look at sharing then we're not scared of making those decisions."
Everton had hoped to build a 50,000-seat stadium to be the centrepiece of a retail development park in Kirkby. The scheme was to be driven by the supermarket Tesco. However the government rejected the controversial plan.
Chivasino:
Well that ugly head can fuck off!
Under no circumstance can this happen. The soul of our club is flagging already, and this will just kill it off.
Istanbul Therapy Group:
Thats a no from us bob.
RedMarko:
Is this the first time Everton ahve come out in favour of the idea? I thought they were as against it as us?
Worrying if so.
End of the day, it's always going to be a big no from us!
Kopout:
It didn't took long for them to return with their begging bowls? We don't share stadium with small clubs piss off Robert.
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