Everton will move to a new state-of-the-art 53,000-capacity ground on Liverpool's Bramley Moore Dock next season when they finally leave behind England's first major football stadium.

Everton supporters will again welcome the club's team bus to Goodison Park in what is expected to be a major Merseyside derby with Liverpool on Wednesday night

Everton secured a 3-0 victory in the first Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park on October 13, 1894. However, it took Liverpool 87 years to surpass Everton in terms of victories, following a 3-1 triumph at Anfield on November 7, 1981.

Liverpool legend John Aldridge looks ahead to Wednesday's Merseyside derby in the second half of his weekly ECHO column

Everton's 2-0 home defeat to Bournemouth in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday meant that Goodison Park, the Toffees' storied home since 1892, has officially seen its last action within the world's oldest cup competition.

Fulltime Thoughts - Everton hit the woodwork three times in a frantic second half spell, but the awful first half has damned them to an FA Cup exit. 90+5’ - Final whistle, Bournemouth have beaten Everton 2-0.