Everton will be determined to return to winning ways on Monday when they face Manchester United at Hill Dickinson Stadium but while David Moyes’ men have struggled with their home form of late, their new 52,769-capacity base on the Mersey waterfront continues to turn heads across the football world.

This week marked the first anniversary of the inaugural test event as the Under-18s faced their Wigan Athletic counterparts. The visit of regional rivals United – who themselves have ambitious plans to build a new stadium next to Old Trafford – promises to be the most intense fixture at Hill Dickinson Stadium to date with both the Merseyside Derby against Liverpool and Manchester City to come in the final two months of the Blues’ historic first season since their move from Goodison Park.

As exclusively revealed by the ECHO last week, European giants AC Milan sent a team of delegates to the Bournemouth game as they seek inspiration from Everton’s new home when rebuilding the San Siro.

However, the Serie A side are far from alone in this respect. As well as a number of other clubs from the Premier League and Championship, Everton have also...