Everton will move into their new £550m stadium at Bramley-Moore dock ahead of their 2025-26 campaign, with next season set to be their FINAL one at Goodison Park

Next season will be the last campaign spent at the historic Goodison Park stadium, with Everton confirming they will officially move their ground to Bramley-Moore Dock in the summer of 2025.

The new stadium is expected to be ready by the end of 2024, but Everton made the decision – unrelated to any construction delays – not to move mid-season, which could have caused logistical, commercial and football problems.

By the time Everton move, they will have lived at Goodison Park for almost 134 years. Test events, some with fans, will be held throughout the season – and there will likely be a number of friendly matches at the Harbor Stadium before competitive matches take place.

Interim CEO Colin Chong said: “Firstly, and to be clear, our decision not to move mid-season is not due to construction delays.

'It is a Club decision driven by a combination of commercial judgment, a comprehensive assessment of the logistics required, an analysis of the potential impact on our football operations and, importantly, the fan feedback obtained as part of our recent stadium migration survey, which was carried out by the club. completed by almost 10,000 Evertonians.

This means that next season will be the club's final season at the iconic Goodison Park

“The Everton Stadium remains firmly on track to be completed in the final weeks of 2024, as planned.

'We will need to organize test events at our new home, which will allow us to stress test the stadium in a number of different ways to obtain our safety certificate. It will also give Evertonians the chance to see and sample the new facilities.

“Some of our test events will involve crowds of varying capacities, while others will need to be operationally focused and involve only our own personnel.

'We will of course provide more details in due course on how Evertonians can get involved and register for those events.

'All this means that next season, 2024/25, will be our last season at Goodison Park. By the time we close the gates for the final time, Goodison will have been our home for almost 134 years, with many supporters telling us very clearly about their desire to ensure the Grand Old Lady gets a fitting send-off.

“For some time now, the Club has been looking at a series of events, tours and celebrations that will allow us all to pay tribute to one of the world's most iconic and well-known stadiums.

“Now that we know Goodison's farewell will be a year-long celebration, we can start to flesh out those plans and reveal more details about what's planned and how fans can get involved later this season.”