'We have to win this' - Everton and Liverpool stars make Merseyside derby promise ahead of showdown

From the top of St John's Beacon, you can catch a glimpse of Everton's new stadium at Bramley Moore Dock.

Construction on the site hasn't finished yet, but already it seems to have come to act as a physical embodiment of the club's future; a representation of hope and progress and of exciting new chapters yet to be written. If you look further along the Liverpool skyline, though, you can just about make out Goodison Park; the hallowed home the Blues will soon be leaving behind - a place where every memorable moment from Everton's illustrious history is woven into the building's every fibre.

And it is that, the chance to become part of the club's great history, that most excites Rikke Madsen. The Denmark international joined Everton from North Carolina Courage in January and she is relishing the chance to take to the pitch at the Grand Old Lady.

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"I've seen lots of pictures from the last time the girls played at Goodison and the atmosphere looked incredible," she tells the ECHO. "I was there myself the other day and seeing it for the first time was incredible.

"It's such a cool stadium. You can tell it has so much history so it's going to be so awesome to play there. My parents are coming so it's going to be so nice."

Indeed, the prestige of Goodison is such that even Liverpool midfielder Ceri Holland - who joins Madsen in speaking to reporters inside the city's iconic tower - can't help but express her excitement to play there.

"It's a special stadium, there's no denying that," she admits. "But it will good to see our fans there as well and hopefully we can get a