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EVERTON’S new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium looks incredible in the latest set of photos released by the club.The pictures show that the Everton-blue seats are slowly beginning to fill up the once cavernous space as the stadium really begins to take shape.
Everton’s new Bramley-Moore Dock is really beginning to take shapeCredit: GETTY
Seats in Everton blue are being installed at a rapid rateCredit: GETTY
Many rows have now been completedCredit: Getty
Fans last week joked about the steepness of one of the stands – which is based on Borussia Dortmund’s ‘yellow wall’.
The stadium will have a single tier stand that will seat 13,000 fans and is designed to be as close to the pitch as possible – hence its steep gradient.
Upon completion, the stadium will have a capacity of 53,000 – which will make it the sixth largest stadium in the Premier League.
The stadium, which is located on the docks next to the river Mersey, will knock St James’ Park down into seventh place as it has a capacity of 52,000.
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Everton’s current stadium, Goodison Park holds 40,000, and while it’s one of the most iconic grounds in British football, is in need of an update.
Everton will move to their new luxury arena for the 2024-25 season and the stadium currently looks on schedule to be ready for their season opener.
Toffees fans will be hoping to avoid any delays similar to the ones that plagued Tottenham and led to them moving into their stadium in March of the 2018-19 season rather than their initially planned September date.
They’ll also be hoping to christen the stadium while playing Premier League football next season.
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The stadium sits by the River MerseyCredit: EPA
And looks incredible at nightCredit: Getty
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Performances have improved of late under Sean Dyche with the club unbeaten in their last three Premier League games.
They are currently five points off the drop zone but do have the prospect of a 12 point penalty hanging over them due to FFP issues. More

NEWCASTLE legend Kevin Keegan wouldn’t put up with Nile Ranger’s shenanigans at St James’ Park.Ranger’s nomadic career saw him spend five years on the Magpies’ books, which included two loan stints at Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday.
Nile Ranger claims he was treated like the Osama Bin Laden of footballCredit: Action Images – Reuters
Kevin Keegan threatened to pull Ranger’s tooth out if he was late for meetingsCredit: AFP
The former striker joined the Toon in 2008 at the age of 17 and was immediately added to their youth ranks at a time when Keegan returned at the helm of his beloved club.
The now 32-year-old, though, did brush shoulders with the senior squad and would at times be summoned to meetings with the likes of Michael Owen, Alan Smith and Nicky Butt.
However, the forward was late for one team meeting and met the wrath of the manager as well as his team-mates.
Keegan didn’t hold back.
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Ranger alleges the gaffer warned him that next time he would pull out his gold tooth so that he could sell it to make ends meet as he would also rip up his contract.
This wasn’t the only time Ranger has been in trouble throughout his turbulent 15-year career.
The ex-England Under-19 international played in the top five divisions, served two jail terms, battled a gambling addiction and was sacked by numerous clubs because of disciplinary issues.
The Londoner previously claimed he was treated like the “Osama bin Laden of football”.
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But now the ex-Southampton prospect is filled with regret as he insists with more discipline, better nutrition and right amount of sleep he would have been like Manchester City star Erling Haaland.
Ranger told The Athletic: “There needs to be a movie on my life, because it’s a real one, it’s an interesting one. “I have players coming to me saying, ‘What happened? What’s wrong with you? With your talent, what are you doing?’.
“I made my bed and now I have to lie in it. I feel frustrated. I know what I can do but it’s deeper than that because I’ve had so many chances. I didn’t take in the advice. I should be minimum Championship right now. I shouldn’t be having problems but I didn’t listen.
“If I added nutrition to my game and behaviour, I’m Haaland. But I didn’t want to listen. I thought I knew it all. Every club I’ve had, even as an adult, my mum has had to come in — because they respect her — to see if it could work as a last throw of the dice.
“She is my life coach, she’s probably disappointed deep down I didn’t really go higher… but she always says, ‘Listen, we had a blast, no matter what’.
“I missed a meeting in a hotel, I came down, some of the players were tutting. Keegan said, ‘If you are ever late again, I will pull your gold tooth out and you are going to go sell that. You will never have a contract, I will fine you your wages — this is your last time’.
“I was like, ‘F*****g hell’. I was s******g it. So I wasn’t late again. I was on the bench against Arsenal, I was looking at Robin van Persie, Michael Owen, I was like, ‘Oh my God’. It was like a dream.
“I don’t know why trouble kept coming to me. They eventually said, ‘If you’re late again, we don’t have to pay you anything. We suggest you take this mutual consent and go’.
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“There was an issue with the fans, they started booing in a match against Reading and I said, ‘Why are you booing us? You’re supposed to be the 12th man’, and that’s when True Geordie blasted me and it went viral.”
Ranger left Newcastle in 2013 at the age of 22 and his career never blossomed.
Ranger is now filled with regret and claims he could have been like Erling HaalandCredit: Getty More

IT was all going so smoothly for Ange Postecoglou… and then Chelsea came to town.Ninety minutes of chaos – plus 21 of injury time – have taken a wrecking ball to his squad.
Ange Postecoglou faces a selection dilemma with several stars unavailableCredit: Reuters
James Maddison could be set for a lengthy spell on the sidelinesCredit: AP
Suspensions for Destiny Udogie and Cristian Romero add to Postecoglou’s problemsCredit: Getty
James Maddison, Richarlison and Micky van de Ven are all out injured, while Destiny Udogie and Cristian Romero’s red cards against the Blues mean they are suspended for the match against Wolves.
Such is Spurs’ injury crisis they are just one player short of having a full line-up of unavailable players.
It leaves Postecoglou with a real selection headache at the back and in midfield.
In defence, he could be bold and throw in 18-year-old Ashley Phillips, signed this summer from Blackburn for £2million but yet to make his debut.
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Alternatively, he could go with full-backs Ben Davies (if fit) or Emerson Royal as Eric Dier’s partner in the heart of the backline.
In midfield, Maddison’s absence is a huge loss given his playmaking skills.
The most like-for-like replacement is Giovani Lo Celso, but Postecoglou has regularly overlooked the Argentina international this term.
Rodrigo Bentancur will surely reclaim a first-team spot eventually but after eight months out with an anterior cruciate ligament injury, it would be risky to start him at Molineux.
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Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has shown himself a dependable option of late but a trio of the Dane, Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr would lack creativity.
A left-field (or, more to the point, right-field) option would be to play right-winger Dejan Kulusevksi in the Maddison role – the Swede said last season No10 was his preferred position – and give Bryan Gil a go out wide, though the floppy-haired Spaniard has only just returned from injury himself.
Decisions, decisions…
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OPTION ONE
Lo Celso could provide some of the creativity missing from the loss of Maddison, with Emerson featuring at left-back as he did against Crystal Palace at the end of last month.
Davies could partner Dier despite the pair both rarely playing this season.

OPTION TWO
Bentancur would add more protection in midfield but Postecoglou risks aggravating his injury by bringing him back too early.
The Uruguayan is unlikely to last 90 minutes and it would be a risk to play both him and youngster Ashley Phillips.

OPTION THREE
Hojbjerg replaced Maddison on Monday and has had a solid if unspectacular Tottenham career.
Emerson featured at centre-half against Chelsea but it is an unfamiliar role for the Brazilian.

OPTION FOUR
Gil is another player who has not featured much under Postecoglou so this would be a risky line-up.
However the Australian has proved he likes to gamble after sticking to his high line and his press principles against Blues, even with nine men.
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OPTION FIVE
Oliver Skipp is another midfielder Postecoglou could call upon.
This is perhaps the most pragmatic line-up for the Spurs boss, and one that offers the best midfield balance. More