Banner flown over Goodison Park as Everton fans intensify anti-board protests
Toffees supporters continued to demonstrate against the club's owners as new boss Sean Dyche faced Arsenal in his first game
Everton fans have taken to the skies with their protests against the club's owners, as a plane trailing the message 'League's worst run club' flew over Goodison Park during Saturday's clash with Arsenal.
Once again, members of the Toffees board stayed away due to safety concerns – having been advised not attend last month's defeat to Southampton for the same reason.
The mood around the Merseyside club has become increasingly toxic in recent weeks, with Everton facing a fight for their Premier League lives.
Majority owner Farhad Moshiri, long-serving chairman Bill Kenwright, and CEO Denise Barrett-Baxendale were absent from Sean Dyche's first game in charge, following the sacking of Frank Lampard last week.
Kenwright had received death threats, while the club claimed Barret-Baxendale was physically assaulted as she left the directors' box after the 4-1 home loss to Brighton last month.
It's not the first time a protest banner has been flown over Goodison in recent times: in January last year, a message targeting Kenwright, reading '22 years of failure Bill' was seen during a defeat to Aston Villa.
In both cases, the message included the Twitter handle for TimetogoBill, a campaign apparently calling for the board to step down.
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Prior to Saturday's game, hordes of Everton fans marched through the streets outside the ground, behind a banner reading 'A board full of liars'.
Tom Hancock started freelancing for FourFourTwo in April 2019 and has also written for the Premier League and Opta Analyst, among others. He supports Wycombe Wanderers and has a soft spot for Wealdstone. A self-confessed statto, he has been known to watch football with a spreadsheet (or several) open...