Merseyside Police has confirmed it is making enquiries over the removal of a sign featuring an image of Bill Kenwright from Goodison Park.
The board was part of the club timeline that runs around the perimeter wall of the stadium. The panel featuring the image of Kenwright was on the Goodison Road stand of the ground, opposite the Winslow Street junction.
In a statement released by Merseyside Police the force said it is liaising with Everton over the matter.
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The missing section is part of the club storyline that runs around the ground. It featured an image of Kenwright and referenced the takeover of the club by his True Blue consortium in 1999.
Merseyside Police said it had been made aware of its removal and is conducting enquiries. The area is covered by CCTV cameras on the outer edge of the stadium. A spokesperson for the force said: “We are aware that a section of the ‘Everton Timeline’ was stolen from Goodison Park at around 10.15pm on Friday 10 March. We are liaising with Everton Football Club to help identify anyone involved and our enquiries are ongoing.”
The incident is thought to have taken place on the eve of the match with Brentford, which Kenwright did not attend. He and other members of the board have not been at an Everton home game since the defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion in early January. A statement issued by the club before the following home game against Southampton claimed the board had been advised not to attend due to alleged security concerns. Merseyside Police later said it was made aware of that view but had not been part of the intelligence gathering process that underpinned it.
Before the Brentford game another march took place by supporters and campaigners calling for changes to how the club is run with Everton mired in a second relegation battle in consecutive seasons. On Friday the campaign group NSNOW, which has urged majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri to make changes to the board, issued an open letter to non-executive director Graeme Sharp in which it called on him to use his influence to inspire change.
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