Fans look on as a helicopter takes off close to Hill Dickinson Stadium ahead of Everton's game with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday October 26, 2025

Details behind the helicopter spotted by Everton fans attending their home game against Tottenham Hotspur at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday have now emerged.

The Blues’ move from Goodison Park, the first purpose-built football ground in England, venue for the most top flight matches and host of two FA Cup finals and five World Cup games, including a semi-final, after 133 years in Walton came this summer as they relocated to the Mersey waterfront. Financial experts have calculated that the move will bring in approximately £60million a year in additional revenue for the club who, if they keep filling the 52,769 capacity arena, will be able to play in front of the biggest regular crowds in their history.

Although Goodison attracted no fewer than 16 attendances of 70,000 plus between 1948-62 for Everton games, the Blues have only ever enjoyed an average home game north of 50,000 over a season (51,603 for the 1962/63 title-winning season). But even though Everton suffered their first...