Everton supporters demonstrated an ability to demand change off the field while giving their full support to their new manager and players on it during Saturday’s 1-0 win over Arsenal.
The support in the stadium was vociferous and effective, Goodison was the proverbial ‘bear pit’, but once again a row of seats remained unused, those at the front of the directors box.
Everton’s board stayed away for a second home game in succession because, say the club, of a “real and credible threat to their safety and security”, a quite remarkable state of affairs for a Premier League club to find itself in.
A board not in attendance for the first game under a new manager is not a good situation.
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