Everton Football Club marked its debut at the new Hill Dickinson Stadium in perfect fashion this weekend, defeating Brighton 2-0 and writing themselves into the record books.
The historic club’s new waterside home lived up to its billing, with fans generating an atmosphere as impressive as the state-of-the-art venue itself. The stadium’s powerful sound system, complete with the iconic Z-Cars entrance and piercing sirens, only added to the sense of occasion. Designed to amplify crowd noise, the ground helped Everton supporters create a wall of sound that set a new Premier League record.
Any doubts over whether the new stadium would feel like home quickly vanished. The roar of the crowd made it clear: this is a new era for Everton, and one to savour.
Noise levels inside the stadium reached 126 decibels during Sunday’s match — the loudest ever recorded in the Premier League. It also ranks as the fifth-highest reading in football worldwide.
Only Turkey’s famed Süper Lig cauldrons — home to Beşiktaş, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe — plus Celtic Park in Glasgow, have registered louder. Everton now proudly join that elite list, with their new ground immediately establishing itself as one of football’s most atmospheric stages.
Loudest recorded crowd noises as soccer stadiums
1. Beşiktaş’s Vodafone Park – 132 dB (2007)
2. Galatasaray’s Turk Telekom Arena – 131.76 dB (2011)
3. Fenerbahçe’s Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium – 131 dB
4. Celtic’s Celtic Park – 129 dB (2024)
5. Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium – 126 dB (2025)
