Everton abandon new ground plan

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Everton have abandoned plans to build a new stadium in the Walton Hall Park area of Liverpool.

The club hope to move from Goodison Park and build a larger, purpose-built ground.

But with their plans for Walton Hall Park based on retail investment in the area ultimately deemed too ambitious – with objections to the scheme also raised by local protesters – the plan has been scrapped.

“Liverpool City Council and Everton Football Club can confirm they have been working together over recent months to investigate alternative plans for a new stadium for Everton Football Club,” the two bodies said in a joint-statement.

“These new plans no longer focus on Walton Hall Park but on two other potential brownfield sites within the city boundary.

“The proposed scheme at Walton Hall Park was always an ambitious one. It was …

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