Just say NO!

Last updated : 06 October 2003 By Gary Purvis

I say debate, but that would involve two sides giving points for and against the proposal. The Echo, however, has chosen to focus on the positives of such a move.

It seems that the Capital of Culture award has gone to people's heads and suddenly we are all being told that it makes sense for Liverpool and Everton to share a common stadium. Financially, it may be attractive to an accountant with absolutely no understanding of what it means to be a Liverpool fan, or Evertonian for that matter.

Just as we were getting used to the idea of moving to a New Anfield, a few hundred yards across Stanley Park and incorporating the Shankly Satue, Spion Kop and Hillsborough Memorial we are now told we could instead be shipped down to the docks and forced to share our home with Everton. God know how such an arrangement would work and, quite frankly, I don't want to know.

The shared initiative, proposed by North West Development Agency, has not been dismissed by Liverpool Football Club. Instead the silence suggests a willingness to listen and consider such plans.

Many fans are choosing to ignore the subject, dismissing it as ridiculous rather than taking it seriously. We must act now to make the board aware of our concerns about a shared stadium and refusal to blindly accept such a decision based purely on financial reasons.

LFC Online columnist and author of Faith Of Our Fathers, Alan Edge has written a superb article giving his views about the proposed ground share and what it would mean to both Liverpool and Everton Football Clubs. Read it now