Everton's Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium & The Uncomfortable Truth

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The Athletic

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🗓️ 26 October 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Merseyside football writer Simon Hughes, editor Dan Barnes and author Jimi Jagne, to discuss the issues facing Everton, in light of revelations about John Bramley-Moore (after whom the site of their new stadium is named) and his involvement in the slave trade... The panel detail Bramley-Moore's connections to the horrors of slavery in Brazil and handle many uncomfortable truths relating to how the City of Liverpool prospered from men like him - as well as, how local authorities are trying to confront these aspects of their past. Plus, a frank assessment of Everton's response, and how a problem inherited may also present a unique opportunity to lead new discussions around racism in football. Produced by Adonis Pratsides Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:04.0	In 2024 Everton will likely begin playing in the new 50,000 seats stadium at
0:10.0	Brandi Moore dock on the river Mersey, promises to transform the club's future and also be a source of great civic rejuvenation.
0:18.1	But Bramly, more dock and indeed the man after whom it was named have a troubling past.
0:23.9	Our emergency side football reporter Simon Hughes along with
0:26.7	editor Dan Barnes and author Jimmy Jagnick who contributed to the piece all join us
0:31.7	for this one. I'm Mark Chapman. Welcome to the piece all join us for this one I'm Mark Chapman welcome to the athletic
0:34.5	football podcast.
0:44.3	The weird is is opportunity. Everton are probably unfortunate that they're
0:47.4	inheritance of a history that hasn't been written.
0:50.0	That's not their fault as a football club.
0:52.2	I think with that inheritance comes huge responsibility.
0:55.6	If everybody sits on their hands and doesn't show response,
0:59.2	the conclusion to be drawn from that is it doesn't matter that's my biggest fear there are schools
1:06.2	businesses tower blocks pubs all bearing his name. This could be a really uncomfortable 40 minutes to listen to because there is a lot of
1:26.6	uncomfortable truth here. You, you Simon, take me through the recent history with this story.
1:34.0	Okay, so I'm moving into a new
1:37.1	52,000 Caesar Stadium in the Bramney Moore dock,
1:41.2	which is Milo to north of Liverpool City Centre. It's named after John Bramley
1:45.9	Moore, who was a previous Lord Mayor of Liverpool. He got the dock site after making a very important decision in
1:54.2	Liverpool's history as a city which relates it to the northwards extension of
2:00.3	the dock that really set Liverpool up as a city for the next hundred years and allows it to trade
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