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While no stands will be knocked down and the structure of Goodison Park is expected to remain intact for at least the next five years, major upgrades to player and fan facilities will take place, including to the dressing rooms and the addition of women’s toilets.

The idea is not to move women into a vacated men’s space, but to turn the men’s space into one appropriate for the women’s team. This will mean configuring the dressing rooms to suit women’s players. On a very basic level, there will be a need for more women’s facilities across the whole stadium.

A reconfiguration of the stadium is a means of offsetting some of the financial loss caused by a drop in gate receipts, as well as addressing the atmosphere from emptier stands.

The plan is to close off the upper tiers of Goodison Park, creating an intimate dome around the pitch. The club say that the capacity will be flexible. Banners, flags and other branding could be used to cover the empty upper tiers, while seats will be sold as close to the pitch as possible first, then moving backwards to meet demand.