Everton Shareholders Association call for vote of ‘no confidence’ in club’s board of directors
The Everton Shareholders Association have released an online petition calling for a vote of no confidence in the club’s board of directors.
After narrowly avoiding relegation last season, the Toffees face yet another campaign of further turmoil as they currently sit in 19th place in the Premier League table, and with one win in their 13 games.
It has indeed been a difficult January so far for the club, with no new signings secured and three defeats suffered.
A sit-in protest took place following the club’s damaging 2-1 defeat to Southampton – a game which the Everton board of directors were instructed not to attend with a club statement [14 January] on the day of the match saying they had been advised of a “real and credible threat to their safety and security”.
Today [18 January] the EFCSA posted a link on social media to an online petition with a message signed off by their ‘executive committee’.
It read [via Liverpool ECHO, 18 January]: “In our opinion our club continues to underachieve both on and off the pitch and the relationship the Owner and the Board have with the wider fan base is at an all-time low.
“It is with great regret that the Association is asking fellow Shareholders and the wider fan base to sign our online petition calling for a vote of no confidence in the Board of Directors.”
Testing period
It is indeed a testing period for the Toffees, considering their lowly plight in the Premier League table and the board of directors’ incompetence at managing the football club.
While this petition may not lead to anything concrete in the immediate future, it is, however, yet another act which expresses the fans’ frustrations and anger at the club board.
It is a petition which will add to the growing pressure on Moshiri to make drastic changes which will help the club avoid a damaging and unforgivable drop in the Championship next season.
It is evidently clear the Toffees desperately require changes within the boardroom, one which brings structure, transparency and a clear strategy.
But Moshiri just doesn’t see it, or he is clearly ignoring the club’s plight which is staring him right in the face. He must act now.