Everton 2-0 Brighton (Ndiaye 23′, Garner 52′)

HILL DICKINSON STADIUM — You cannot replace history. If you are even going to attempt to, you better make sure you get it right.

Most Evertonians will tell you the Farhad Moshiri era was littered with more missteps than a drunken sailor about to return home.

The much-maligned former Everton owner’s legacy, however, has been restored in absentia, thanks to a stadium fit for a brighter future for its long-suffering inhabitants.

As inaugurations go, those attending Hill Dickinson Stadium – just rolls off the tongue doesn’t it – could not have wished for a more perfect afternoon.

With sunshine beaming off the Mersey, supporters were treated to seats without a Goodison pillar to arch around, an atmosphere as cauldron-like as their 133-year pre

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