John Kells played a key role in mapping Everton's new ground.
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00:00Obviously, as an Evertonian, it must have been amazing to be part of the stadium being brought to life.
00:06What was your favourite thing about working on the project?
00:10It was actually the moment it came out of, well, where the players will come out eventually of the tunnel.
00:17And walking into, just seeing it and then the flash, as it were, the pitch and the steep sides of the seating.
00:27It was quite emotional, really. That was my favourite moment, stepping out.
00:33I didn't go actually on the middle of the pitch, we weren't allowed to, but we went around the side of the pitch.
00:39And I obviously went behind the goal as well, just to see what it would be like to be in goal, be Jordan Pickford or something like that.
00:49Just get an impression of what it would be like.
00:52Because that was my position, actually, when I got a bit older and I started playing football, the goalkeeping was my position.
00:59So I just had to stand there and take it all in.