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Location | West Derby, Liverpool |
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Coordinates | 53°25′39″N2°54′26″W / 53.427503°N 2.907274°W |
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Built | 1945 |
Demolished | March 2011 |
Bellefield, in West Derby, Liverpool, is Everton FC's former training ground.
Bellefield had been Everton FC's training ground since 1946. [1] It was purchased in 1965 and officially opened on 12 July 1966.
The Brazil national football team used it as a training base in the 1966 World Cup.
On Tuesday, 9 October 2007, Bellefield training ground held its last senior first team training session and moved to Finch Farm in Halewood a day later. [2]
Having vacated Bellefield to the new training ground, Everton's plans were to have the Bellefield estate redeveloped for housing, which would in turn contribute financially to a proposed new club stadium. As reported in the Liverpool Daily Post [3] on 11 June 2008 Liverpool councillors rejected Everton's plans.
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