Everton to review security after threat to directors' safety at Southampton game

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Everton fans protestation against the club's ownership astatine Goodison Park

Everton are reviewing each their information arrangements aft the club's committee of directors missed Saturday's crippled against Southampton due to the fact that of threats to their safety.

The committee of directors did not attend aft "threatening correspondence".

In consultation with police, Everton classed the fixture arsenic "high risk" - a presumption besides fixed to their adjacent location crippled connected 4 February against Arsenal.

Everton said determination would beryllium "enhanced information procedures" enactment successful place.

The nine said the determination came pursuing "incidents" astatine the Southampton fixture and erstwhile games, and that it was based connected "intelligence gathered and accusation received straight by the club".

Everton added: "The health, information and information of our supporters, unit and players is and volition ever stay our apical priority."

The nine antecedently said determination person been "increasing incidents of anti-social behaviour, including targeted carnal aggression" astatine caller location games.

Club sources said main enforcement Denise Barrett-Baxendale was manhandled by a antheral instrumentality aft a 4-1 location decision by Brighton earlier successful January.

Earlier connected Monday, Merseyside Police said no threats oregon incidents had been reported to officers anterior to Saturday's game.

It added officers were alert of videos connected societal media of fans approaching players' cars arsenic they made their mode from Goodison Park aft the 2-1 defeat.

The Toffees are 19th successful the Premier League, person not won successful 9 matches successful each competitions and person been knocked retired of some home cups.

This period the Everton Fans' Forum (EFF) wrote an unfastened missive to proprietor Farhad Moshiri asking for "sweeping changes astatine chair, committee and enforcement levels".

On Saturday the EFF said it "completely condemns" immoderate threats to Everton unit oregon directors.

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