Everton’s board of directors missed the Premier League defeat by Southampton at Goodison Park due to what the club described as “a real and credible threat to their safety and security.”
The unprecedented move was announced before a sit-in demonstration against the board by thousands of Everton fans, who called on owner Farhad Moshiri to make “sweeping changes” at chair, board and executive levels. Moshiri dismissed those demands in a letter to the Everton Fans’ Forum this week, prompting the resignation of several members of the forum plus Fan Advisory Board.
