Fans slam prices at Everton’s new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium – with furious punters branding them as a ‘joke’

Fans have slammed prices at Everton‘s new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium with upset punters labelling the cost of pints as a ‘joke’. 

One individual, who visited the ground for the Toffees’ U21 side’s game against Bolton Wanderers B on Sunday afternoon, shared the cost of two 330ml bottles of Corona, a doughnut and a pie at the new stadium. 

After revealing that it came to £18.70, others were shocked to find out the sum of the food and drink combination. 

Reposted on Facebook by Football Away Days, the post from the account joked that ‘they won’t be long paying off the stadium with prices like those’. 

In response, another user asked: ‘When are the clubs going to stop ripping off their loyal fans?’

A third said: ‘We need to stop normalising these stupid prices based upon somewhere else that charges stupid prices too.’ 

Concerns over pricing came as fans also raised fears over exit routes close to their new stadium

A further comment read: ‘It’s [unreasonable], it’s just got  out of hand’. 

Concerns over pricing came as fans also raised fears over exit routes close to their new stadium after heading to the second test event at the £800m ground.

Many faced struggles with exiting the stadium after being held by stewards as they tried to cross a bridge situated on one of the roads leading up to Bramley-Moore Dock, a five-minute walk away from the stadium, not on club property.

Taking aim over the planning surrounding the stadium and supporters’ travel routes to and from it, one fan wrote: ‘This needs sorting in my opinion. Having to stop every few steps because the bridge can’t handle more weight.

Their post was accompanied with a video of the situation, showing thousands of Everton fans attempting to cross the bridge.

Another wrote: ‘Test event or not. It’s a joke and unsafe for everyone. @MetroMayorSteve pls sort all this.

‘STOP the single lane main roads causing massive traffic issues and open up the roads nearby so people can park. Sandhills CANNOT cope otherwise and there WILL be a disaster on your watch’.

Everton will move into their brand new stadium from next season after they bid farewell to Goodison Park

One user, who responded to a post about Sandhills being ‘at a standstill’, wrote: ‘It is hilarious when you remember that this billion pound stadium has been in the making for years.

‘A guaranteed 54,000+ pedestrians in the area every fortnight & the best the council could muster was a few railings at Sandhills & ridiculous parking restrictions. Amateur hour’.

Finally, another user said: ‘So transport can’t cope, trains overloaded, Sandhills too small, shuttle buses jammed in traffic and now you can’t even walk from town without a bottleneck bridge that won’t take the weight of supporters.

‘Gross negligence in my opinion, test event or not, that’s no excuse’.