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BBC News
09-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
McAllister returns to Swifts after Everton release
Midfielder Sean McAllister has returned to Dungannon Swifts following his release from left the Swifts in 2019 to sign for the Premier League side and he spent five years with the Toffees but was released last summer after failing to make a senior former Northern Ireland Under-21 international remained on Merseyside to rehabilitate from an injury before joining National League side Marine for a brief stint in 22-year-old, who trained with the Swifts in the closing weeks of the season, also had a loan spell at Scottish Championship side Inverness last becomes Rodney McAree's third summer signing after the arrivals of Mal Smith and Peter Maguire.
BBC News
13-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'It feels like this is Everton Women coming home'
Former Everton goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis said making Goodison Park the home of Everton women "feels like coming home".The club have scrapped plans to demolish the 132-year-old stadium, which will now be the largest dedicated women's football stadium in the country."It is fabulous news," Brown-Finnis told BBC Radio 5 Live. "The women's team including myself have played at Marine Football Club, we've played at Widnes Rugby League, we've played at lots of different homes but they have never felt like homes."It feels like this is Everton Women coming home."The statement the Friedkin group have made since coming in by refurbishing Goodison Park to make it fit for purpose for the women's team absolutely shows they want to invest in women's football and keep moving it along that upward trajectory that we have seen in these past five or six years."
BBC News
05-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Marine FC: Club hopes fans will chip in for £8m new stadium
A Merseyside football club has announced plans for a new £8m stadium to be partly funded by its fans. Marine FC, based in Crosby, Sefton, said it wants to "safeguard the club for the next 100 years" by increasing its capacity to 5, proposed new stadium, which still requires planning permission, will include a community hub with health and wellness chief executive James Leary said: "I think if we don't go for it we'll regret it". The club said its fanbase has grown exponentially in recent years. Mr Leary said since it played Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur in the 2021 FA Cup third round, it has won two promotions and average attendance has increased from 350 to 1,400. The club's associated charity, Marine in the Community, has also expanded and now provides support to "thousands of people locally". Marine, who compete in the sixth tier National League North, currently play at Rossett Park on College Lane."Everybody who's been to the ground knows it's limited," Mr Leary said. "There's certain restrictions, there's limitations to how much we can grow, how much we can build, how much we can increase the capacity to. "So it's really to safeguard the club for the next 100 years."This is an important milestone and something we hope to make a reality."Mr Leary said the club had searched extensively for a suitable site in the L23 post-code area and has settled on land off Edge Lane, owned by businessman Craig Sneddon. The project will be supported by developers Bellway Homes, but Mr Leary said the club still needs to raise most of the £8m needed. He said that while permission needs to be obtained from Sefton Council to build on greenbelt land, "positive" conversations had taken place. Mr Leary said a crowdfunding page has been launched and added: "If anyone can donate to support the project it will be a massive boost. "If we can't raise the funds the project will not happen." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram, and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
