NEW Everton FC Stadium at Bramley Moore Dock. A Full FlyAround!

[@evilzzzability]

As a lifelong Evertonian who's felt that we've been falling ever further behind since the Kings Dock plans were shelved I can't even begin to describe my joy and pride that our dream of a new home worthy of our club is finally turned into reality. It's been a 30 year search, but we finally have a home that will help put us back where we belong.

[@johnrimmer5955]

@@evilzzzability great shout matey couldn’t agree more. About time we had a bit of pride back.

[@evansasante7560]

Well done Mr. Drone, thank you for your work so far

[@IanMichaelWright]

Even a dreary day the stadium provides a visual joy to behold. Just a few more weeks to handover. Lots of little jobs to complete on the external works side before then. Not to mention the pitch completion to be done before any cold snap. I wish all the workers great success and good safety to complete and applaud the efforts made to date. Brillaint.

[@LeeStewart]

The stadium externally is looking fantastic.

[@johnf9564]

Once again a great video Nick. Thanks for keeping us close to the progress of the work.

[@ashleighskillen1228]

Good video as always

[@gamerxx1943]

Grate video nick cant wait till fully complete stadium

[@9032004]

And what a 3 years its been --- Ive been on every day to see all droners updates (My Mrs thinks Im nutz .....turning into a train spotter!!!! )......Really Appreciate so much time and dedication of Nick and the others, Nick becoming a bit of a merseyside celebrity now..............great stuff watching history in the making never thought id enjoy construction so much :-) - on another note just put the bloody last pane of glass in its bloody irritating me beyound belief UTFT's

[@Kevin-nu3fq]

Nice vid again.. Thanks Nick

[@alfieb2204]

Love it. Thanks for the reply

[@davidharrison6310]

Another great video Nick! COYB❤️

[@davidbadcock2225]

Nick, Thanks for your routine dedication. PoI's: 1) @ 2:36 mins there is a fair amount of material now sited at the SE corner of the Plaza. Stacked in the middle are, I think, the remaining sections of Heritage Rail for the SE Corner. There are also some taller objects sited just N of the southern Tower Gates, which I can't identify but which might just be retractable bollards that are due to be inserted in the threshod of the southernmost Tower Gate thoroughfare. 2) @ 5:10 mins, we can see that they have completed fitting the 10m wide Roller-Shutters on the SW Wind-baffle structure. 3) @ 5:11 mins, we can see the tall fencing applied to the edges of the southern Isolation Bridge. 4) @ 5:45 mins, we can see they have started replacing the flags around the lights on the mezzanine, halfway along between the southern end and the Main West Stand Portal. 5) @ 6:02 mins, we can see 24 (I think) EV Charger Stations along the balustrade at the east side of the West Quay. 6) @ 6:40 mins, we can see they've completed the concrete base for the extra-high fencing at the NW end of the site and half installed the Roller Shutter door on the larger opening of the wind-baffle, above the yellow Granite Sett-laying machine. 7) @ 11:05 mins, I think we can see Control Panels have appeared on the TV Camera and Commentary platform at the bottom of the Upper Tier of the West Stand.

[@warringtonuk8699]

It would be interesting to see the sun shine perspective around the kick offs on the pitch

[@geoffreythyer1858]

Phew Nick, there's a lot of drone punters now jumping on the bandwagon with the new Everton Stadium. Watch your back mate, although you are the best 📸⚽

[@johnrimmer5955]

Nothing to comment on this week Nick except we have a truly amazing stadium.

[@masekwm]

Just missed you Saturday, great content as always

[@topnarna]

Hi Nick, another great video and I'm sure your skills just get better and better so please keep it going I'm beginning to wonder if Laing O'Rourke are keeping a piece of the 'Jigsaw puzzle' to one side to install as the final piece as a ceremony. The piece I'm looking at is the triangular window/cladding at the Eastern end of the South Stand along the upper concourse which still looks like it's filled with Plywood.

[@alexanderbrydone9873]

Top man Mr. D. Another fabulous video hope the toffees get the result today at Ipswich. 🏐🍀🇮🇪👍🏻C. F. C.

[@06skippy06]

I enjoyed that one, Nick. I'm sure there will be loads of people, who have been unhappy about the lack of blue on the stadium, now happy about those stairways being painted blue on the West plaza. Nice touch.

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

They haven’t been painted blue, Skippy. It’s temporary blue tape whilst they apply anti-slip. It’ll be removed soon, just like it was on the steps inside the stadium

[@06skippy06]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Well that's disppointing. I think it looks good as is. Thanks though Dunc

[@JasonDella06]

Great video as per with you. I just can't wait to see what the pitch is going to look like when I get seeded an good luck with your appeal for zoe's place 🎉🎉🎉

[@davidbadcock2225]

Jason: I may be going out on a limb here but I reckon the pitch will, when seeded, start off looking brown but gradually become green. 😉 Joking apart, we can expect to see continued activity because once the grass has started to show, I expect that we will see the pitch constantly hosting the UV Light Arrays. At some point, when the grass is nicely established, we should see the appearance of the machinery that stitches in the the artificial grass too.

[@drone_guy_matt]

Nice to meet you and have a little chat on Friday 👍

[@jhjl1]

At 2:52 there seems to be information panels adjacent to the entrances in the SE corner; similarly at NE corner, too. Hard to tell if it is writing or some design pattern! Can you have a zoom in on your mid-week reconnoitre. TVM!

[@pipinn6728]

Great work Nic, Could you revisit the route the team bus will take. I am sure it will go through the tunnel at the west stand. Not on the outside by the decking. People and traffic will be kept apart. Thanks

[@rosse6705]

The coach always arrives 2 hours earlier than kick off anyway and leaves 2 hours after so people wouldn't be in the way. They probably won't allow access to people on that route behind the north stand and going onto the west until all the players are off and in the stadium as well.

[@aq1974_]

Buses won't go under the west stand mezzanine (not enough room for a bus under there). On fine days the bus will stop halfway along the steps and the players will go through the middle entrance there. On wet/windy days the bus will stop at the north end of the mezzanine and they will walk in from the NW corner under the mezzanine. Bus should arrive before the bulk of the crowd, and only away fans have turnstiles on the north stand (at the NE corner) so there will usually be minimal crowds when they do.

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

@@aq1974_ Spot on, and there won’t be any traffic allowed on the northern access route 2 hours before and after kick off (except emergency vehicles, of course) 👍🏻

[@davidbadcock2225]

Pipinn: stop a moment and review your statement. Others here have given you correct responses but you answer your own query with this: "People and traffic will be kept apart". The only people that will have reason to use the path hugging the facade of the North Stand are stadium, maintenance and medical staff. Stewards will block Away Fans from going further than Gate #24 at the NNE corner. There are NO Home Fans entrances along the North Stand. The entrances for the Home Fans attending the North Stand are from either the E Stand Plaza (Gates 22/23) or at Gates 1/2 at the north end of the West Stand, under the Mezzanine, which they will get to via the South Concourse and along the West Side, either under the mezzanine or along in front of the West Terrace. The only 2 coaches, the players coaches, will arrive in all probability 2 hrs before and after the game. the Security Operation will allow only a limited, authorised entry number of vehicles to 'move' about withing 2 hrs of the match and there will be NO vehicle movements one hour either side of the match, with the exception of emergency vehicles. The coaches can't travel through under the mezzanine. The locations of the support steels won't allow it. And, as you clearly stated, vehicles and people will not be allowed to mix in a narrow, confined area, such as under the mezzanine. In inclement weather, the coaches may poke their noses under the north end of the mezzanine just for cover briefly as the team disembark, but that's as far as it'll go. In good weather, the coaches will travel along the west Concourse in front of the terracing. People will step out of the way onto either the Lower Promenade or the Terracing itself. That concourse is much wider than you are appreciating just now.

[@D.I.JacquesBlueso]

Mate. Another incredible video. Thought that framing west view out to the Mersey was some kind of fencing or structure for decking. It now seems that its being concreted ready for tiling. If only they could put a big TV screen up, they would pack that bit out for tenner a ticket during the matches and the east stand as well. Marvellous

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

The ‘frames’ adjacent to the water channel (at the bottom of the west plaza terrace) are having composite decking laid on top, not concrete. They’ve completed about half of the decking already 👍🏻

[@D.I.JacquesBlueso]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 where's the half completed?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

@@D.I.JacquesBlueso From 6:20 to 6:34 you can see they’ve completed half of the composite decking

[@hishome8027]

Hopefully Leicester, Forest, Leeds, Wolves n other clubs will realize their expansion plans before 2030. Awesome stadium for Everton. Much love for South East Asian.

[@seanderbyshire6195]

Thanks Nick, will there be electronic signage boards going around the stands (throughout the middle of each tier) which are currently blank?

[@Luke82C]

Hi MrD love the vids, I noticed in a vid the south stand lower concourse the cladding on either end seems to be different, the east side is all similar panels but the west seem to be larger panels then smaller ones as it gets closer to the main structure brick work. Could you have a closer look at this. Doing to miss the vids when its complete.

[@seanbyrnebba]

That pitch took a huge leap this latter part of the weak....all feels like its coming together now

[@chrisp148]

Brilliant again, Nick. Those blue steps leading up to the west stand entrance are horrific. Whose idea was that?

[@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy]

The blue is only guide tape while the fit the black anti-slip.

[@AdaamRolo]

That's just blue tape while they are painting the anti-slip strips, similar to when they did inside the stadium.

[@jurgenvoogt1638]

Thanks again mate 👍

[@chrisp148]

@@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy Thanks for the updare! 🙂

[@chrisp148]

@@AdaamRolo Cheers Adaam

[@JohnWilliams-yp5xg]

Great video again Nick, have watched every one since the First. My question is, Exactly how steep is the South stand gonna be? Say in comparison to the Top Balcony at Goodison.

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

37 degrees, which is the steepest gradient that UEFA and FIFA allow. No idea what the Top Balcony gradient is but can’t be more than 37 degrees

[@johnbrown5897]

Hi Nick, great video again, and so close to the LoR handover, is the north west corner where the curved framework is part of the stadium site, seems the boundary for the stinkworks ends there, so will that be space to use ?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Unsure where you mean exactly, but the strip of land between the curved black fence and Sandon Dock is owned by United Utilities (part of the waste water treatment works site)

[@davidbadcock2225]

John, @ 7:53 mins, you can see that the north perimeter base wall and fencing runs in a straight line to meet up next to the north-edge wall of the northern Isolation Bridge. Anything north of that straight line is UU's land.

[@johnjonesToffeeman]

Hi nick great video. Do you know why there are so many different styles of fencing used across the site? Some thin,thick,short,tall etc? I would have thought the tall ones should be next to the dock to stop kids falling in. Could you look at that corner next to the offices it seems a lot still to do. Finally do you know where the border is between the south stand and where it meets the nelson dock?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

The border between the south stand and Nelson Dock is where the black fence is with the Archibald Leitch design

[@JamesLFC-hk1fq]

👍👍

[@musiccurve9507]

Woukd love you to do a fly around to the music "Titans" by vangelis 👍👍

[@davidbadcock2225]

Only if Nick is prepared to pay royalties! Mute his music choice and play it yourself from your library or other gadget?

[@peterroberto1878]

Hi Nick Great videos as always. The north west corner, where they have put a higher fence (the wind baffle) do you think it's been designed with a look back to when we had the fences up at Goodison? Looks like the same design!! Peter & Antonio Thanks for the replies guys. When I walk past it'll definitely remind me of those fences around the pitch in the late 80's lol

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

I don’t think so. Standard design that - the curve towards the south prevents people climbing to the top

[@LeonardDorr-i8t]

its the new boys pen. 😉

[@davidbadcock2225]

Peter: I think you're jumping to conclusions with a coincidence. It's more likely to be the case that the wind-protection-and-safety requirements are based on only a handful of potential, well-precedented engineering solution designs.

[@markdixon5235]

Top vid. What are the plans for the dock wall, between the blue water like stones and the paving stones, on the East plaza. It is all broken and chipped and will certainly be a hazard to walk on. Will they fill the gaps and how?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

They’ll have to carry out some repairs with permission from the council and Historic England due to its protected listed status

[@davidbadcock2225]

Mark: you worry unnecessarily. I don't get why you think that such care and precision all over this groundwork would just be absent when it comes to minimising trip hazards, assuming that no one wearing high heels will be walking over the Heritage Rails, for instance. Look closely in some focused videos and you can witness that they HAVE replaced and keyed in some replacement stones as well as filled in gaps with combinations of concrete and cobble-type setts. I am sure they will be continuing that process in order to comply with the fairly basic requirement of a plaza.

[@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy]

Thanks Nick. At 04:43 isn’t there a bit of roof edging missing from the south stand, se corner? At 06:24 they are relaying the block paving on the mezzanine where they have installed lights.

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Yeah, there’s a missing piece of roof edging

[@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 it’s the new media center coping stone 😂

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

@@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy And that fecking south concourse end window pane

[@davidbadcock2225]

Hi, Stephen. "Yes" to both your points.

[@davidbadcock2225]

@@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy 😆, yes, but there are quite a few in the class.

[@YewDuct]

Great video as ever, Nick. The changes seem to be becoming harder to spot now. I think that mood lighting may have been hiding in plain sight on the south stand for some time. There appear to be floor mounted lights each side of every white painted pillar supporting the roof that seem to be the same design as those now appearing on the stalks being mounted around the barrel cladding on the east stand. This begs the question about lighting on the other two stands. I don't see anything similar on the north stand, and no sign of stalks appearing on the west stand yet. Worth a closer look? As an aside, I just worked out that the new stadium is 2340 metres from Prince Rupert's Tower, compared to Goodison being 2390 metres from it. Unfortunately Anfield is a lot nearer than either 😜

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

In our first few years, we played at Anfield - so makes sense that it’s closer

[@Bailey-pd7md]

When will they put the white seats in to spell out Everton, 1878 etc as ahown in the stadium flythrough?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

They won’t - all seats are blue (unless a sponsor wants to pay a fortune for their logo or name in white seats)

[@JohnWalton-fx7lk]

Are those rail tracks on the front if so is anything going on them and will they be running up and down them

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Yes and no

[@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy]

They are embedded into the paving so to speak. It’s a heritage feature in tribute to old dockland railway.

[@DavidOwen-yk2cf]

Hi Nick do you have any plans on what you will be filming after the completion of the stadium?

[@misterdroneuk]

Yes mate I have a few things up my sleeve

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Demolition of Goodison and construction of the new hotel opposite BMD, I assume

[@davidbadcock2225]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Yes, I'd imagine so. There will be numerous developments yet of Liverpool waters and the "Ten streets" district.

[@malcpaton162]

Well done, as usual, Nick. It seems like the work they are still doing at the edge of the pitch is holding up completion of putting the soil down. Doesn't seem to going entirely to plan. Can you or David or anyone else throw some light on this?

[@davidbadcock2225]

Malc: I am pretty sure the delay in pitch laying wasn't actually due to the pitch-side activity but the temporary self-induced safety hazard risk bottleneck at the crossroads of the area outside the 'Front of House' (the access to the Pitch Tunnel) due to the installation of the north perimeter walls, posts and tarmacing. I'm happy to be proven wrong but I don't think that the pitch-side activities and the pitch itself have been totally inter-dependent and were able to carry on alongside each other, theoretically. All that said, only LoR will know why the logistics and leadtimes had to be 'managed' on a realistic basis.

[@malcpaton162]

@@davidbadcock2225 Thanks David - always helpful!

[@davidbadcock2225]

@@malcpaton162 You're welcome. Malc.

[@barryhorton7993]

Hi Nick, just wondering if you or anyone else know when the digital boards are being installed around the pitch?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

It’ll be in the next few weeks - they’re just finishing the ground works along the edge of the pitch and have installed the electric cables for them

[@barryhorton7993]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 cheers mate. Do you know if it’ll be single or double boards?

[@grahamcook9289]

As the roadside wall pedestrian access gates are finished, why do then not remove the barriers on the roadside pavement in front of them?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

I assume that’ll be one of the last jobs LoR will undertake

[@davidbadcock2225]

🤨🤔. So that they don't have to have numerous manned Security Huts to prevent the nosey public (like you? 😉) wandering onto a dangerous building site?

[@grahamcook9289]

@@davidbadcock2225 And how do you wander onto a building site via completed and closed gate? At the moment the temporary barriers are an obstruction to the pavement and road and for safety reasons should only be there as long as needed.

[@davidbadcock2225]

Graham: surely the fact that it's been like that for 3 years means that the public know full well that the path is not really useful and they can walk along the other side of the road anyway. The bike track has still remained in use. there is no longer a line of site barrier around cut-throughs C and D anyway now. I just think it's a comment in search of a problem rather than being benevolent and understanding of LoR's outlook on things. Have a great day.

[@david1976aful]

I wonder who will be the first fan to fall in the Mersey on a match day? lol Joking aside, it’s looking great by the Mersey. 👍🏻

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

More likely to fall into either Nelson Dock or the water channel. Highly unlikely to fall into the Mersey but, if we’re losing 0-6 to LFC, I’ll probably jump in the Mersey

[@mikeoglen6848]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Don't forget all the Fans jumping to Celebrate 6 - 0 Victories, dunc...

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

@@mikeoglen6848 Why would I want to kill myself after a 6-0 win, Mike?! 😆

[@mikeoglen6848]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 🤣

[@davidbadcock2225]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 🤣

[@jamesbromilow9861]

Why is the pattern on the east side roof cladding all wrong, I have noticed this for quite a while and thought they would have done something about it by now, it doesn't look good?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

They’re air exhaust vents and provide a function - they’re placed in front of the extractor fan outlets from kitchens/hospitality. There’s more hospitality in the main west stand than the east, so the east has fewer vents

[@alfieb2204]

Hi Nick. It's been weeks since I last came on here. It's not that I don't like the site (I think it's been my "go to" site for viewing how Bramley Moor has come along) it's just that I prefer to see the progress in blocks and not creeping along. There's a question I'd like to ask about the large entrance area on the east side? The side where the old tower is. Looking down at the massive area I noticed lines similar to what represents rail tracks (1:45). It's just the way they are incorporated into the floor design that they hint at rail tracks running parallel then branching off. Is this just an illusion in my head or a deliberate design feature. If it's the latter it's very eye catching and a tip of the cap to the areas former use.

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Deliberate design feature 👍🏻

[@davidbadcock2225]

Alfie: the deliberate design features on the East Plaza are in fact the Heritage Rails, i.e. the old rail lines that were present at BMD before EFC took charge. LoR lifted them, took them away and reinstalled them in the plaza after the underlying groundworks were completed. It was a condition for the planning approval.

[@bradesmaen]

They've finally started the cladding on the food and beverage section of the southern stand end! It was so annoying seeing that...

[@geoffreythyer1858]

Great Video and Music Nick. I would still like to know how vehicles (for example, team and fan coaches, emergency vehicles such as ambulances and police) will move around the stadium. It appears that the only route is a single lane under the North Stand with security control to change the direction flow. Am I correct?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Fan buses won’t be allowed in - they’ll have to park on designated streets to the north east of the stadium. Team buses will drive in and out via the north access road. Emergency vehicles can use the south access route or north.

[@davidbadcock2225]

Broadly-speaking and in principle, yes. The only coaches permitted access will be the Players' coaches, about 2 hours either side of the match. There will be limited, select, authorised vehicle movements within 2 hours either side of the match and NO vehicle movements at all one hour either side of the match. All other vehicles will have had to enter or exit outside of those times. The only vehicles that will be allowed to move in that window are Emergency Vehicles and IF there was a demand, they'd decide if the North circuit were suitable OR whether also to allow passage out through the retractable bollards at the SE corner of the site at the Tower Gates. Only the Waste Lorries picking up waste from multiple pick-up points around the stadium will be expected to use the 'circular route' but again, not in the restricted four-hours outside of the match time.

[@geoffreythyer1858]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Thanks for your reply Dunc

[@geoffreythyer1858]

@@davidbadcock2225 Thanks for your very detailed explanation David. Exciting times hey!

[@davidbadcock2225]

@@geoffreythyer1858 You're welcome, Geoffrey.

[@ThomasMunro-fb7vq]

Are they still on scedule to finish on time? Seems theres still lots of work to do.

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Rumours that handover will be in late December now

[@williamwatson228]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 ; it was always going to be mid December anyway and with the Christmas/New Year holiday period the odd week or two will make little difference.

[@AGTC009]

Yet another great fly round Nick ! On the digital design that we saw from the outset the west stand featured the big letters of 'Everton' up in front of the glass facade. Are they going to erect that at all ?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

It’s the south stand, not the west, and no - they removed the Everton sign in the glass from the final plans

[@AGTC009]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Cheers ! apologies for the wrong stand but thanks for the clarification !

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

@@AGTC009 👍🏻 No probs (no need to apologise)

[@AGTC009]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 I should have known I have watched every video of Nick's from the start !😄😄

[@davidbadcock2225]

AGT: what you saw was Visualisations, which means artistic licence was applied. However, in the approved plans, the windows are allocated for Illuminated Signage, so it's still possible that there will be some form of signs. It is, I suspect, what the White Bar is for along the bottom edge of the South Window, made from the same material as the poles installed to the bottom edge of the barrel-cladding. My guess is that it could be provision for lighting, whether LED's or Lazers, which might even result in a Lumiere format. The barrel-cladding and the facades all have provision for Branding by Illuminated Signage too, so it's much a case of waiting to find out what EFC decide in the customisation phase, especially as any potential Naming Rights Sponsor would have to be swayed by the secret plans.

[@sheilastevenson-i8h]

When are they going to fix roof on corners , rain water still coming in onto sweets , why when they can see it do they not fix ,true blue

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

What sweets?!

[@barryjones8322]

Anyone know if the exposed concrete on the top of the roofs will be painted?

[@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy]

Yes they will

[@davidbadcock2225]

Barry, yes but be patient. They're still doing lots of re-painting work and other jobs on the steels above the rooves, so it won't happen until very near the end. The dark-grey screed/paint has already been applied under the barrel-cladding on the West Stand and under the Plant Platform at the NW corner.

[@ritahamblin1043]

I wander how many blue seats will be replaced with white around the stadium. Going to seem strange when you stop giving updates on the stadiums progress

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

None. All seats will be blue (unless a sponsor wants to pay a fortune for their logo or name in white seats)

[@ritahamblin1043]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 wow I'm surprised by that. Thank you what do you reckon the first test match will be. U21s reserve

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

@@ritahamblin1043 First safety test event will be a legends match in the spring. Tony Hibbert will be subbed on and will score the first ever goal

[@ritahamblin1043]

Be nice to see tim chill on that one

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

@@ritahamblin1043 Timmy can score the second

[@bakhtiyorallaberganov8062]

When is coming open ceremony?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

First league game in August 2025