Liverpool's Anfield Road Stand won't fully re-open for at least another month

Liverpool are set to resume and complete the redevelopment of the Anfield Road Stand after taking control of the construction site after the building firm overseeing the project was confirmed as going into administration during the summer.

Work began on the stand in 2021 after the Covid-19 pandemic had originally delayed the planning application being submitted. Completion of this phase of Anfield’s overall redevelopment was already behind schedule, having not been fully open for the first home game of the 2023/24 season.

Liverpool then learned last month that the company appointed to carry out the work had filed for administration. At that point, the lower tier of the Anfield Road Stand was already complete and could house fans for the Premier League win over Bournemouth.

But the rest of the project remained unfinished and Liverpool have been hurt in the pocket by the limited capacity meaning lower attendances to start the campaign. Fans who also hoped that they would have benefitted from completion of the project and the extra tickets available from an increased capacity have also been affected the longer it has dragged on.

Now, three weeks after Buckingham Group went into administration, Liverpool have appointed Rayner Rowen Construction and a handful of other contractors to pick up the work

A club statement on Thursday read: «Work will begin now to fully assess the construction programme and Rayner Rowen will work swiftly with our internal team to produce a revised project completion programme, which will give us certainty on capacity and phasing.

feed

»We will update on this revised completion programme as quickly as possible. In the meantime, some workers have returned to the site to continue some immediate works.

«For