NEW Everton FC Stadium at Bramley Moore Dock. A Full FlyAround! 

@@evilzzzability great shout matey couldn’t agree more. About time we had a bit of pride back.

They haven’t been painted blue, Skippy. It’s temporary blue tape whilst they apply anti-slip. It’ll be removed soon, just like it was on the steps inside the stadium

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Well that's disppointing. I think it looks good as is. Thanks though Dunc

Jason: I may be going out on a limb here but I reckon the pitch will, when seeded, start off looking brown but gradually become green. 😉 Joking apart, we can expect to see continued activity because once the grass has started to show, I expect that we will see the pitch constantly hosting the UV Light Arrays. At some point, when the grass is nicely established, we should see the appearance of the machinery that stitches in the the artificial grass too.

The ‘frames’ adjacent to the water channel (at the bottom of the west plaza terrace) are having composite decking laid on top, not concrete. They’ve completed about half of the decking already 👍🏻

@@DuncTheBlue1878 where's the half completed?

@@bluelister6980 From 6:20 to 6:34 you can see they’ve completed half of the composite decking

The coach always arrives 2 hours earlier than kick off anyway and leaves 2 hours after so people wouldn't be in the way. They probably won't allow access to people on that route behind the north stand and going onto the west until all the players are off and in the stadium as well.

Buses won't go under the west stand mezzanine (not enough room for a bus under there). On fine days the bus will stop halfway along the steps and the players will go through the middle entrance there. On wet/windy days the bus will stop at the north end of the mezzanine and they will walk in from the NW corner under the mezzanine. Bus should arrive before the bulk of the crowd, and only away fans have turnstiles on the north stand (at the NE corner) so there will usually be minimal crowds when they do.

@@aq1974_ Spot on, and there won’t be any traffic allowed on the northern access route 2 hours before and after kick off (except emergency vehicles, of course) 👍🏻

Pipinn: stop a moment and review your statement. Others here have given you correct responses but you answer your own query with this: "People and traffic will be kept apart". The only people that will have reason to use the path hugging the facade of the North Stand are stadium, maintenance and medical staff. Stewards will block Away Fans from going further than Gate #24 at the NNE corner. There are NO Home Fans entrances along the North Stand. The entrances for the Home Fans attending the North Stand are from either the E Stand Plaza (Gates 22/23) or at Gates 1/2 at the north end of the West Stand, under the Mezzanine, which they will get to via the South Concourse and along the West Side, either under the mezzanine or along in front of the West Terrace. The only 2 coaches, the players coaches, will arrive in all probability 2 hrs before and after the game. the Security Operation will allow only a limited, authorised entry number of vehicles to 'move' about withing 2 hrs of the match and there will be NO vehicle movements one hour either side of the match, with the exception of emergency vehicles. The coaches can't travel through under the mezzanine. The locations of the support steels won't allow it. And, as you clearly stated, vehicles and people will not be allowed to mix in a narrow, confined area, such as under the mezzanine. In inclement weather, the coaches may poke their noses under the north end of the mezzanine just for cover briefly as the team disembark, but that's as far as it'll go. In good weather, the coaches will travel along the west Concourse in front of the terracing. People will step out of the way onto either the Lower Promenade or the Terracing itself. That concourse is much wider than you are appreciating just now.

The border between the south stand and Nelson Dock is where the black fence is with the Archibald Leitch design

I don’t think so. Standard design that - the curve towards the south prevents people climbing to the top

its the new boys pen. 😉

Peter: I think you're jumping to conclusions with a coincidence. It's more likely to be the case that the wind-protection-and-safety requirements are based on only a handful of potential, well-precedented engineering solution designs.

The blue is only guide tape while the fit the black anti-slip.

That's just blue tape while they are painting the anti-slip strips, similar to when they did inside the stadium.

Thanks again mate 👍

@@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy Thanks for the updare! 🙂

@@AdaamRolo Cheers Adaam

Unsure where you mean exactly, but the strip of land between the curved black fence and Sandon Dock is owned by United Utilities (part of the waste water treatment works site)

John, @ 7:53 mins, you can see that the north perimeter base wall and fencing runs in a straight line to meet up next to the north-edge wall of the northern Isolation Bridge. Anything north of that straight line is UU's land.

37 degrees, which is the steepest gradient that UEFA and FIFA allow. No idea what the Top Balcony gradient is but can’t be more than 37 degrees

They’ll have to carry out some repairs with permission from the council and Historic England due to its protected listed status

Mark: you worry unnecessarily. I don't get why you think that such care and precision all over this groundwork would just be absent when it comes to minimising trip hazards, assuming that no one wearing high heels will be walking over the Heritage Rails, for instance. Look closely in some focused videos and you can witness that they HAVE replaced and keyed in some replacement stones as well as filled in gaps with combinations of concrete and cobble-type setts. I am sure they will be continuing that process in order to comply with the fairly basic requirement of a plaza.

Only if Nick is prepared to pay royalties! Mute his music choice and play it yourself from your library or other gadget?

They won’t - all seats are blue (unless a sponsor wants to pay a fortune for their logo or name in white seats)

Yes and no

They are embedded into the paving so to speak. It’s a heritage feature in tribute to old dockland railway.

More likely to fall into either Nelson Dock or the water channel. Highly unlikely to fall into the Mersey but, if we’re losing 0-6 to LFC, I’ll probably jump in the Mersey

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Don't forget all the Fans jumping to Celebrate 6 - 0 Victories, dunc...

@@mikeoglen6848 Why would I want to kill myself after a 6-0 win, Mike?! 😆

@@DuncTheBlue1878 🤣

@@DuncTheBlue1878 🤣

They’re air exhaust vents and provide a function - they’re placed in front of the extractor fan outlets from kitchens/hospitality. There’s more hospitality in the main west stand than the east, so the east has fewer vents

Yeah, there’s a missing piece of roof edging

@@DuncTheBlue1878 it’s the new media center coping stone 😂

@@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy And that fecking south concourse end window pane

Hi, Stephen. "Yes" to both your points.

@@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy 😆, yes, but there are quite a few in the class.

I assume that’ll be one of the last jobs LoR will undertake

🤨🤔. So that they don't have to have numerous manned Security Huts to prevent the nosey public (like you? 😉) wandering onto a dangerous building site?

@@davidbadcock2225 And how do you wander onto a building site via completed and closed gate? At the moment the temporary barriers are an obstruction to the pavement and road and for safety reasons should only be there as long as needed.

Graham: surely the fact that it's been like that for 3 years means that the public know full well that the path is not really useful and they can walk along the other side of the road anyway. The bike track has still remained in use. there is no longer a line of site barrier around cut-throughs C and D anyway now. I just think it's a comment in search of a problem rather than being benevolent and understanding of LoR's outlook on things. Have a great day.

In our first few years, we played at Anfield - so makes sense that it’s closer

Deliberate design feature 👍🏻

Alfie: the deliberate design features on the East Plaza are in fact the Heritage Rails, i.e. the old rail lines that were present at BMD before EFC took charge. LoR lifted them, took them away and reinstalled them in the plaza after the underlying groundworks were completed. It was a condition for the planning approval.

Malc: I am pretty sure the delay in pitch laying wasn't actually due to the pitch-side activity but the temporary self-induced safety hazard risk bottleneck at the crossroads of the area outside the 'Front of House' (the access to the Pitch Tunnel) due to the installation of the north perimeter walls, posts and tarmacing. I'm happy to be proven wrong but I don't think that the pitch-side activities and the pitch itself have been totally inter-dependent and were able to carry on alongside each other, theoretically. All that said, only LoR will know why the logistics and leadtimes had to be 'managed' on a realistic basis.

@@davidbadcock2225 Thanks David - always helpful!

@@malcpaton162 You're welcome. Malc.

Yes mate I have a few things up my sleeve

Demolition of Goodison and construction of the new hotel opposite BMD, I assume

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Yes, I'd imagine so. There will be numerous developments yet of Liverpool waters and the "Ten streets" district.

It’ll be in the next few weeks - they’re just finishing the ground works along the edge of the pitch and have installed the electric cables for them

@@DuncTheBlue1878 cheers mate. Do you know if it’ll be single or double boards?

Rumours that handover will be in late December now

@@DuncTheBlue1878 ; it was always going to be mid December anyway and with the Christmas/New Year holiday period the odd week or two will make little difference.

It’s the south stand, not the west, and no - they removed the Everton sign in the glass from the final plans

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Cheers ! apologies for the wrong stand but thanks for the clarification !

@@AGTC009 👍🏻 No probs (no need to apologise)

@@DuncTheBlue1878 I should have known I have watched every video of Nick's from the start !😄😄

AGT: what you saw was Visualisations, which means artistic licence was applied. However, in the approved plans, the windows are allocated for Illuminated Signage, so it's still possible that there will be some form of signs. It is, I suspect, what the White Bar is for along the bottom edge of the South Window, made from the same material as the poles installed to the bottom edge of the barrel-cladding. My guess is that it could be provision for lighting, whether LED's or Lazers, which might even result in a Lumiere format. The barrel-cladding and the facades all have provision for Branding by Illuminated Signage too, so it's much a case of waiting to find out what EFC decide in the customisation phase, especially as any potential Naming Rights Sponsor would have to be swayed by the secret plans.

Fan buses won’t be allowed in - they’ll have to park on designated streets to the north east of the stadium. Team buses will drive in and out via the north access road. Emergency vehicles can use the south access route or north.

Broadly-speaking and in principle, yes. The only coaches permitted access will be the Players' coaches, about 2 hours either side of the match. There will be limited, select, authorised vehicle movements within 2 hours either side of the match and NO vehicle movements at all one hour either side of the match. All other vehicles will have had to enter or exit outside of those times. The only vehicles that will be allowed to move in that window are Emergency Vehicles and IF there was a demand, they'd decide if the North circuit were suitable OR whether also to allow passage out through the retractable bollards at the SE corner of the site at the Tower Gates. Only the Waste Lorries picking up waste from multiple pick-up points around the stadium will be expected to use the 'circular route' but again, not in the restricted four-hours outside of the match time.

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Thanks for your reply Dunc

@@davidbadcock2225 Thanks for your very detailed explanation David. Exciting times hey!

@@geoffreythyer1858 You're welcome, Geoffrey.

What sweets?!

Yes they will

Barry, yes but be patient. They're still doing lots of re-painting work and other jobs on the steels above the rooves, so it won't happen until very near the end. The dark-grey screed/paint has already been applied under the barrel-cladding on the West Stand and under the Plant Platform at the NW corner.

None. All seats will be blue (unless a sponsor wants to pay a fortune for their logo or name in white seats)

@@DuncTheBlue1878 wow I'm surprised by that. Thank you what do you reckon the first test match will be. U21s reserve

@@ritahamblin1043 First safety test event will be a legends match in the spring. Tony Hibbert will be subbed on and will score the first ever goal

Be nice to see tim chill on that one

@@ritahamblin1043 Timmy can score the second

First league game in August 2025