Everton’s administrators have been informed to avoid Saturday’s match towards Southampton due to “a real and credible threat to their safety and security” in what the membership referred to as an “unprecedented” choice.
The Premier League membership mentioned “malicious and unacceptably threatening correspondence” was obtained and the board had been focused for “physical aggression” at current matches.
Chairman Bill Kenwright, chief government Denise Barrett-Baxendale, chief finance & technique officer Grant Ingles and non-executive director Graeme Sharp, who’s their file post-war goalscorer, won’t be at Goodison Park for the Southampton match.
A safety & security advisor informed Everton’s web site: “Following a thorough risk assessment, and in response to tangible threats received by the club and intelligence we have gathered, the club’s board members have been told they must not attend today’s fixture.”
An Everton spokesperson mentioned: “This is an unprecedented decision for Everton – never before has our entire board of directors been ordered not to attend a match on safety grounds. It is a profoundly sad day for Everton and Evertonians.”
Everton supporters have deliberate a sit-in protest on the finish of the match to complain about the best way the membership is being run and have chanted “sack the board” at current video games.
