Former Royal Navy steward joins Sodexo team at Goodison Park stadium

In his role as a steward with the logistics catering service on board a nuclear submarine, James Garner provided hospitality both above and below the waves, serving sailors and visiting royalty alike.

Now Garner joins Sodexo’s team at the home of Everton Football Club for match day and non-match day hospitality operations.

Garner, said: “Goodison Park is far more than a football ground. It is also where people come to do business, to celebrate, to dine with their families and even to get married and the challenge is to ensure that everything runs like clockwork in front of and behind the scenes.”

Goodison Park has nine conference and events suites along with a number of executive, pitch-side boxes with uninterrupted views of the ground.