Is Goodison Park a place of worship and is football a religion?
Reverend Henry Corbett The quick answer is “Yes” and “No.” Goodison Park is surely a place of worship, and football is not a religion, though that second answer may need a bit of a defence. That football grounds are places of worship is instanced at every game played: chants of praise are sung and worth is given to players, the team, the history, the manager, maybe even the owner. Goodison Park has hosted games since 1892: it was the first major football stadium built in England with tall covered stands on three sides, and on the fourth side the ground…