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Former Everton captain Don Hutchison is convinced that Goodison Park is streets ahead of Anfield in terms of atmosphere.

Hutchison played for both clubs during his career and feels like Everton will miss Goodison when they move to their new stadium for next season.

Everton have just one more match left at their home stadium, against Southampton on May 18, before they move to Bramley-Moore Dock for the 2025/26 campaign.



The game saw a magnitude 1.74 seismic event recorded by scientists amid a rocking atmosphere, but Hutchison thinks Goodison is better because it has an edge to it.

“The difference is I think it's Everton that's more hostile.

“I think if you go back 2-2 a couple of months back, I was there inside the stadium for the last ever game, Merseyside Derby at Goodison, and there was an underlying sense of ‘This could kick off at any given time.’

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“It was just that edge, that feeling in the air because it was the last ever game, and obviously it's their arch rivals.

The games at Anfield, are not quite as mad because I think Liverpool's record over the years, they feel as though they're dominant over Everton.

“I mean, before COVID, I was the last Everton captain to take Everton to Anfield and win, when Kevin Campbell scored the goal.

So it shows you how many times in the last few years that Everton actually go to Anfield and do well.

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“But the Goodison atmosphere is like, it's 10 times better, and that's the atmosphere you want to play in, because it is hostile.
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