Despite numerous setbacks, Liverpool still believes that 61,000 fans will attend the match against Everton despite the Anfield Road End’s expansion.
The new Anfield Road End has only held a small number of fans for the first two games of the season and will do so for the foreseeable future.
For the trips of West Ham, Leicester City, and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, the top tier of the new stand will remain closed, keeping attendances under 50,000.
However, there is optimism that it will increase for the Merseyside Derby on October 21, with Paul Joyce of The Times reporting that Liverpool hopes to host “a 61,000-strong crowd.”
“The club is now working towards the visit of Everton to have the top and lower tiers of the stand open for supporters,” Joyce continues, mentioning the hard work being put in by Rayner Rowen Construction and other contractors.
After Jurgen Klopp first broke ground at the location in September 2021, it would be a nice sight to have both tiers filled with fans.
After work on the Anfield Road stand was put on hold in August due to Buckingham Group’s filing for administration, the club was compelled to hire a new contractor to finish it.
With only the lower deck available, it has been projected that Liverpool is losing over £750,000 per game, or around £4 million during the first five home games of the season.
With just over 30 days until the derby, it would be greatly beneficial if the stadium was packed for Everton’s visit, the sixth home game. However, there is still much work to be done in the interim.
We will have to wait patiently in the interim till we know if the optimistic objective can be attained.
