Everton’s original stadium architect, the celebrated Archibald Leitch, completed his last act of a near 30-year Goodison Park project, 80 years ago. Once a 23 year obstacle had been removed!
When Everton opened the Gwladys Street Stand in August 1937 they became the first football club in Britain to boast double-decker stands on all four sides of the stadium. It was a move which had been planned by the club’s ambitious board since 1914 - but one stubborn Street Ender stood in their way until January 1937.
He was an ex-soldier called William Fraser - and while Everton had diligently bought up all of the houses on the stadium side of Gwladys Street in order to demolish them to make way for the new stand, he refused to move on.
First club on merseyside to commit war crimes?
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/evertons-famous-gwladys-street-end-14350021
And here's me thinking they knew their history.