Merseyside police have said they did not receive reports of the threats that kept Everton’s board of directors away from Goodison Park on Saturday.
The chairman, Bill Kenwright, chief executive, Denise Barrett-Baxendale, chief finance officer, Grant Ingles, and non-executive director Graeme Sharp were instructed by Everton’s security advisers not to attend the 2-1 defeat by Southampton because of what the club described as “a real and credible threat to their safety and security”.
Police have confirmed they are liaising with Everton over the alleged threats and that none were…
