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Everton FC supporters set to vote on renewed board protests tomorrow
by Richard Buxton. Published Fri 10 Jul 2015 10:00, last updated: 10/07/15
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Bit of a strange statement that, its obviously easy to be ambitious if you have money, its impossible if you haven't. The league never lies and the top teams are those with money and consequently money.
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Everton fans are expected to vote tomorrow on whether to stage renewed protests against the club's board.
Chairman Bill Kenwright and his associates within the Blues' hierarchy have faced an increased level of criticism from
supporters
in the wake of admissions by Robert Elstone that the club were approaching plans over moving to a new stadium in Walton Hall Park with trepidation.
The Everton chief executive revealed in May that the proposal to move a short distance from their spiritual Goodison Park home would be taken into consideration "if the deal makes sense for the club" rather than add "the burden of significant debt on the club".
Recent revelations that the club also decided against opting out of their problematic merchandising partnership with Kitbag last year have further intensified the scrutiny on the current administration.
Following supporters' requests, The Blue Union will be holding a public meeting at The Casa in Liverpool city centre tomorrow afternoon to address concerns about the club's long-term future, which could
result in plans to demonstrate against the current ownership.
However Dave Kelly, chairman of the group insists that any decision to stage protests for the first time since 2011 will be dependent on the feelings of those Evertonians in attendance.
"One thing we've always been keen to put out there is that the Blue Union is not an anti-board or a 'Kenwright out' group. We never have been and we never will be," he told Click Liverpool.
"The message we believe that we've got to get out there is that we want exactly the same as what Bill Kenwright wants; he wants someone to come into Everton Football Club who's got the resources to allow us to kick on. We're not advocating 'Kenwright out', we're actually advocating 'stagnation out' and 'investment in'.
"You only have to look at the statements coming out of Tottenham Hotspur over the last 48 hours. They're clearly a club with money but more importantly they've got
ambition.
"Currently, the only plan our club has got is that the board has an exit strategy. But the reality of that is, once they're out, we've still got no plans to move the club forward and that's what we're keen to promote.
"We've consistently said in the past when we've campaigned on this sort of issue about the club not having a plan A - they haven't actually even got a plan B at the moment that's deliverable. We've got neither money, nor a plan or ambition - and that's extremely worrying."
He added: "We've always personally believed that when the fan base does turn on the board, it will be a spontaneous thing and it'll be something that we've got very little or anything to do with.
"However we also believe that if that situation arose, that people would see us as the natural vehicle to move their frustrations on - and that's exactly what's happened. Lots of people have contacted us in big numbers saying 'you need to up the campaign' and that's what the meeting is all about. It's gauging the anger and frustration felt by the fans.
"We want to listen to the fans we purport to represent - and if fans are actually saying 'let's start organising protests, let's highlight the current plight at the football club', that's exactly what we'll do. We'll be balloted by supporters of our group - not by what I want or any individual wants."
Respected architect Trevor Skempton is also set to deliver a presentation outlining the viable modernisation of Everton's existing Goodison
stadium
at the meeting.
Skempton, currently a lecturer at the University of Liverpool, previously oversaw the expansion of St James Park and Villa Park during his involvement in the respective redevelopments of Newcastle and Birmingham city centre as well as working on the building of Liverpool One in his role at Liverpool City Council.
