#AllTogetherNow issue response to Bill Kenwright

Absolutely first class reply, all facts with no punches held back and neither should there have been

Sir / Madam ….. You speak for me and many Evertonians I know

Give yourselves a huge pat on the back

Please do not give up - He needs to go

I think back to Mr Kenwright's speech at Anfield, during one of the Hillsborough memorial's, when he said they picked on the wrong city. William the Evertonians, have finally woken up to your lies and deceit, so for the good of your health, (something I actually don't give a fuck about) and the good of Everton Football Club, PLEASE GO NOW

He's lower than a snakes belly.

IF Moshiri doesn't recognise Bills statement for what it is and sack him then Moshiri isn't a business leader worth the name.

The gloves have certainly come off now.

Chairman Bill had the opportunity to earn a little respect but completely blew it with his ridiculous letter. It is going to be interesting to read his next one….

At what point will Moshiri step in and say enough I wonder.

Fuck. Off. Now

Most importantly, club unity will only be found when Bill Kenwright and his disastrous tenure are resigned to history.

Resign and let the club move forward.

Well done whoever came up with that response, love it.

Let's show him at goodison who are the biggest supporters of this club, and put the shits up Newcastle. Make it a night that "Chairman Bill" will never have the privilege to say he was there, partisapated, or played any part in.

Dogs abuse is all he deserves ,smarmy wretch

How much a year is he getting paid to screw the club? We are in a really bad position, we cannot afford to drop points anymore as clubs like West Ham are starting to pull away from the bottom three.

It's a pity Moshiri didn't act like Wrexham's new owners who took in the city's culture, went and drank at the local pub with the fans. Met with fans took in their concerns and made sure the club was sustainable and player recruitment was done to improve the team and not buy players for the sake of buying players. Maybe Everton should do a Man City thing and link up with a club like Wrexham?

Yeah I guess the board thought FAB would have less integrity than they have themselves and couldn't handle a few polite carefully worded questions.

Pretending to be an Evertonian and doing it all in the interests of Club and Supporters while lining his fat greasy pockets, alongside Sharp and Ms Dynamite who are fleecing the Club and not even turning up!

Moshiri, isn't blameless for this mess we are in either, and when the season concludes there should be more pressure put on him to take decisive action either to replace the people in place or sell outright to people who might be able to restore us to a semblance of a decently run club, only then will we be able to begin the long climb back to some sort of competitiveness.

To preside over so much failure means that it's not an option to stay as Chairman. You've had your chance and blown, time to retire and pass the baton on to someone who can bring success to the club, albeit we are in the mire big time.

Now leave it to the end of the season no matter what the fool says!

They are doing so in a direct response to the selfish and untrue bleatings, of a man who should be ashamed to cling on to the helm of our honourable Club, while he has played a major part in dragging it

to the jaws of Disaster,

both on the pitch and off it.

If he had any honour, he would have left the Chair many years ago and allowed Everton Football Club, to follow the course set by our forefathers.

They would have never have let this charlatan anywhere near the Club they have left to us

Nil Satis Nisi Optimum,

Brilliantly done Lads and Lasses you've done our Club and us supporters proud..

PS. Jim, it depends what he comes out with!

The fact is that the guy needs to go. Forget about his ill health, it's a factor only relevant to him, his family and his friends.

I don't think he threw Denise under the bus. She's the CEO - she runs the club. It's very literally her job. I still think that is missed by a lot of our supporters who maybe don't understand the roles.

But he's supposed to hold the board to account, he's supposed to provide governance. From what we hear, he doesn't do that. He celebrates wretched performance. Even just forget the football performances - the business performance is rancid. What is he advising the owner and CEO? How is he protecting the club?

He's also supposed to represent the club. Well we just saw how he does that with his open letter.

He doesn't need to go because he's ill. He needs to go because he's crap at his job.

But it won't be the end of things. It won't solve our problems.

As Chairman for life, and the greatest Evertonian who has ever existed, I object to the disrespectful tone of your missive. I am your lord and saviour and you must show me more respect and bow to my greatness.

None of you saw the cannonball kid. None of you stood on the boys pen. None of you got a wink from Fred Pickering. None of you are worth the snot in my nose. I am Everton and Everton is me. Live with it!

Farhad loves and trusts me. My board fully support me. Prince Andrew has my back. Jenny massages my feet, the media love me etc… hence your opinions of me have zero importance. Stuff your sheets, and banners, where the sun don't shine. As the great MLK once said, I Shall Overcome.

Fraternal wishes,

Chairman Bill.

Hope business is busy on the North Side.

Chairman Bill? He had the balls to sign himself off as that? It maybe the factual case that he is Chairman, but it made me think of Josef Stalin, one of history's most manipulative and evil dictators.

Apologies if that is harsh and a bit extreme.

Where is the voice of the rest of the board? Passive. Submissive. Silence. Riding the good ship Bill.

I don't know if Bill Stalin or the others where there with very vocal thousands in south east London on Saturday who supported the team with passion. I know they won't be at Goodison on Thursday.

Untenable. No way back. They have cut their cloth. Made their bed. Alienated the support that any club needs.

I know I'm an emotional Evertonian at the best of times, but this current episode has really angered and upset me.

Well done to AllTogetherNow for not leaving this and responding to a badly timed and ill thought dig at the lifeline of this club on the eve of a very important match.

Fortunately, that lifeline got behind the team on Saturday, just as they will do on Thursday and the rest of this season.

The time is coming. The line of departure has been crossed. There is no going back. Our club, not yours.

Out of order. Stalin was much competent than Kenwright He hasn't plenty of critics as it is without being dragged down to Kenwrights level

Why else would his letter actually get published? What business would let that go out?

He's either got so much control that people fear him and do whatever he says or there are people who are happy for the old fool to look like an old fool.

This isn't me defending Bill. It's me trying to understanding just how screwed up this organisation is.

Everton is a significant business with pretty credentialed people in positions of responsibility. How on earth does that letter get published. It wasn't on his Twitter account - it was on the club's official website!

Bill is the root cause of all the issues of course because he's a meddling old fart but what has happened is that he found a fool to buy our club but leave him in place to run the club whilst said fool sits on his yacht in the sunshine of Monaco.

Bill in his wisdom thought it a good idea bring in a few trusted friends to run the club whilst he is down in the big Smoke doing his shitty theatre stuff.

So there we have it. An owner and chairman who take absolutely no responsibility in the day to day running of the club except for their tuppence worth when things go pearshape as they have done on a regular basis.

It's a good response from ATN but I would have liked a bit more scorn thrown at the horrible bastard just to rub salt into his gaping wounds.

Meanwhile, the White Knights are awaiting the outcome of any battles, relegation and Independent Council wise, before joining the fray, this ain't Sly, the other 200M Hollywood (Cafe) bloke and Wrexham, you know, although any links with various Oligarchs could knock a chunk off the price.

The South West blues. The Kent Blues. The London blues (for long the biggest supporters club outside of Merseyside). Those from the Midlands.

The local blues. Those who sit on the coaches every week to attend away matches, getting home in the early hours after a long day.

We are all Evertonians. I don't see anyone boasting, just talking about their travels to watch Everton.

Whatever the outcome of this season, it's time for Kenwright to go, and it has to be the end of his relationship with the Club, no honorary position, no presence at the New Stadium, and no thank you for your valued service etc. But for the next few weeks at least we need to forget about this soap opera, that's His business, and if we have to refer to him at all can we please cease with this silly title of Chairman Bill. The Chairman of E F C is a huge job, and for too long it has been in the stewardship of a Pantomime Dame.

Even those that lead that protest march say that part of the protest needs reinvigorating.Reference Paul the Esk's recent Podcast.

There are various suggestions being looked at.I suggested Clowns heading the parade with a Kenwright&Co Banner.The most recent, though a bit botched, given how diverse the Campaign Group is, has got a response from the Chairman,which has enabled the above more effective statement to be issued, which will become a vocal point and put alot of pressure on Kenwright over the next month.

The #All together now protest and under previous names was based on a simple primas.

'Attack from all sides and they will think they are surrounded'.Which Kenwright clearly thinks he is and after the above statement will feel even more.

Kenwright is the root cause of the problem which manifests throught the Club, resulting in the situation current Everton situation.

By the way I appreciate you on the march and you have my full support and backing.

Everyone was pretty much agreed to park this until the team was safe so Bill (who the fuck advises him, btw?) Decides to stir it all up again.

I don't care if he's ill, I don't care if he saw Dave Hickson show his arse from the Boys Pen. He's not a good enough businessman to be in the position he's in. This is Everton FC — not the fucking Phoenix Club!

Rise above this, Blues. Stick together and urge on the team. If Moshiri is a competent business man (or at least his advisors are), I'm sure Chairman Bill's statement will result in his marching orders.

UTFT

We are 1 point better off; and…
Anthony Gordon is still crap.

He's much smarter than some give him credit for. Shame it's in dramatics – not business.

As for the back and forth nature, I agree we should leave it till the end of the season. Not because I'm a bad blue or love Kenwright but because that's my opinion, for what it's worth.

Is the chairman's timing really as bad as his business acumen? Maybe he thought he was given the green light by the original letter and took the opportunity with glee.

Just like the headlock bollocks. Kenwright using his platform and media influence to demonise the fanbase.

That's why I'd personally turn it in till the end of the season. Let the press concentrate on the fucking mess we're in. Not ‘Sharpie on a bed sheet.'

Then hound him out of our great club.

To be honest, Chairman Bill's letter should have been ignored. He is a very minority shareholder and, if he has any influence at the moment, then Moshiri takes all the blame for that.

Newcastle on Thursday, under the lights at Goodison, will unite the fans no matter what anyone tries to do.

Keep supporting the team, keep protesting against the Board, and keep saying the Hail Marys!

Not that we needed it.

You see that in the stands every week. How those supporters, particularly the younger ones, do it is beyond me. They live off scraps and tales from the past from people like me.

Bill, if you are not well, take your retirement. Just let go. Look after yourself. And most importantly, Everton Football Club.

Everton is bigger than all of us. None of us are bigger than Everton.

I see some Spurs fans are calling for an apology after their shambolic performance yesterday, even demanding a refund on tickets and travel. I'm still waiting for an apology after travelling 1100 miles in the space of four days to Bournemouth to watch two shambolic performances!

Fuck off Kenwright, and don't ever darken the doors of Goodison ever again. You're not welcome, and you will certainly not be welcome at Bramley Moore when we move there!

I don't think Kenwright threw the CEO under a bus. She lay down on the road in front of it when she published her absurd 120 point plan. I wonder how that is getting on right now

I didn't travel as far as you, but with the train strikes, it was tricky. And a low point of the season.

I respect everyone's view.

They have made their choice.

As supposed leaders, they haven chosen to criminalise the supporters they represent and stay absent from the club they apparently lead.

Would we expect that of any leader of any football club, business or organisation?

They have left us to it. We will do it without them and they are not welcome back.

Because it's brilliant. Simple and brilliant.

“Bill's letter was an ill man's mistake” Well ill or not he made many mistakes when he was a lot younger that had no benefit to Everton FC.

He could have gone when Mr. Moshiri took over the club and all it's debts, made by Kenwright, and gone with some respect, even now many supporters are not interested in what happens off the field only on the pitch and he is still “ One of us “ to many fans.

I have never been one of those fans and got used to his bullshit a long time ago but over the years I have realised that many well intentioned and rabid Everton fans have a soft spot for him.

Hopefully over these last few weeks many fans have have seen Kenwright in a new light and have changed their minds and realise there is no way he can be part of the club from now on and deserves to be cast aside.

Narrator - It's 8:50am and Denise Barrett Baxendale, Everton CEO is arriving and parking her car in the Goodison Staff Car Park. As she gets out of her car, an Everton fan approaches, all scarves, badges and bobble hat and places her in a headlock. This is normal at Everton and the fan hangs on until they reach reception, where he lets go, shouting F You Miss Dynamite !.

Denise says hello to the ladies who work the reception desk. The ladies a Mrs Sharp amd Mrs Unsworth reply with lively banter. They show Denise her mail, which is 10 Royal Mail sacks stuffed with letters.

"my letters of support" she points out. She asks Sharpy to bring them up to her office, which he does. Sharpy - a club legend and now, a non-executive director is glad to be of service. Afterall, he points out, it gives me something to do, between marches, sorry matches.

Denise, secretly shreds the 10 bags of mail, by getting Sharpy to do it at lunch time, when no one is looking. "We have to do this every day, to stop Bill reading them. he's not good with letters you see, especially when all of them tell him to F*ck Off ! "

At 17:00 Denise leaves for the car park with the Everton fan once again putting her in a headlock as she walks to her car. As she drives off he chases the car shouting We used to be Champions you know !!

I'm expecting more of this between now and his departure.

IF it happens and the club begins to turn in the right direction.

IF it means the removal of the board and kenshite being frogmarched out of GP.

IF it means our financial future is guaranteed.

IF all of the above happen and, IF we are relegated then this might make it slightly more acceptable.

For over 30 years we've been on a downward trajectory. It has to stop somewhere so let's hope it stops now. One way or the other.

Kenwright out, and don't ever come back!

Now I know there are still a minority defending the board not able to attend the games, but instead of giving up their seats to either eitc, or struggling families who would welcome free tickets, to see their beloved club, they choose to keep those seats empty every home game, making a point they are not there.

How many fans as well are on the season ticket waiting list, have to scramble for tickets, from the official members window of opportunity, why not even donate those seats to official members, through a draw they could do.

Three examples of what they could do with those empty seats every home game, but rather than do the decent thing, they choose to make a point of leaving those seats empty.

I'd suggest her level is more a middling charity on about £100k...

I guess it's because Sharpy was guaranteed to be perfectly "Safe" at Aintree, not like there would be any race goers that might have accosted the poor guy...

Hadn't heard that nugget; thanks for letting us know.

I see rumours United want Kane but Spurs want 100m. Unlike Rooney (flubber Jowels "he won't be leaving for 50" Levy will make sure they get 100.

I'm going to say that it happened when Howard Kendall was manager and it's simply an anecdote that the narcissist within Kenwright has now made a truth in his own fat head.

That's what they do. They believe their own lies and something that never actually ever happened to him has now, in his perverse mind, become an event that actually occurred.

Kenwright – you're wrong on every level, you're a perennial loser.

If anything, we use our fury to redouble our efforts to empower the Boys in the Royal Blue Jersey.

And for those who keep playing the "pipe down" & "ostrich" cards, how about this deal? We all roar our lungs out within the ground. But outside of Goodison Park, you and Silly Billy Bullshit just shut the fuck up!

Then, ASAP, Billy Bullshit, Mish-Mash Moshiri, and Little Miss Headlock can all slither away.

Hindsight is wonderful but Kenwright should have been forced out when he sold Rooney – and that on the cheap.

I've heard Kane is going to see his last year out and put 2 fingers up to Levy for going back on their gentlemen's agreement.

1/ If you've ever wondered how we ended up in this mess with Farhad Moshiri as owner of Everton, pull up a seat, boardroom battle lines are appearing to being drawn, notably those aligning with the Kenwright camp.

— Colm Kavanagh (@KavanaghsArklow) January 16, 2023

I cannot understand for the life of me (as Peter Kay might say) how the Chairman can remain in his position when he is presiding over failure. How many more managers have to be fired before the real culprits pay the ultimate price?

Ffs Bill leave this until the end of the season, two massive games coming up, do not send a reply back on the eve of one of these two games.

Let the fans focus on the game itself, let's not wait for the team to get us out of our seats, let's not have to sit through the is this a library, from the away section, let's get Goodison rocking at least ten minutes before kick off.

The players need us more than ever Thursday, let's give it one almighty push, make the old Lady shake to the core, if we go a goal down then up the volume a few decibels.

Not many come to Goodison under the lights when it is rocking, and return home with three points, we can all make it a special night night on Thursday.

Put the Board out of any distractions and believe in yourselves and the players and managers, we can do this, we have to.

Every punter, media outlet the lot want us down and out of the way, ffp, the lot, now it is our time to fight back, unite as one and sing our bloody heads off Thursday, and stick two fingers back up to each and everyone of them.

Up the Toffees.

Couldn't've written it better myself.

Think hard on this from a business perspective, Mr Moshiri –would you continue to employ people responsible for this result anywhere else in your business?

As we approached the car park, he told the cabbie to say “The Chairman's in the back” I thought at the time why the Chairman, not Bill or Mr Kenwright, clearly a massive ego being Chairman Bill.

The year was September 2006.

It feels different to last season, the Dunkirk spirit created by the amazing fans doesn't seem to be there this season. I think that is for a number of reasons, one of which seems to be a growing sense of resignation we might go down, perhaps even a view that the board deserves it!

Secondly, the noise around our discontent with the board might be having an effect on morale. We need fans to be lining the streets and letting off the blue flares again, we have to survive this shit show.

2½-year contract, ٣M per year.

He went on to say that at Palace turnover is around 𧵧 million, but that would drop dramatically to 㿲 million in the first year in the Championship; this includes the parachute payment. He also says in most Premier League players' contracts, there is no reduction in their salaries if relegated.

He goes on to say if you are still in the Championship after 4 years that comes down to 㿀 million.

But given the fact that our players salaries are eye-watering compared to what Palace players are on, then added to that, Palace aren't in the process of building a new stadium.

A really sobering piece, and it certainly puts into some perspective some of the challenges we would face if that happened. That's without what the independent commission would come up with. I find it too frightening to even comprehend.

That growing sense that we are going to be relegated, was slowly being eradicated until Doucoure got suspended, and suddenly the manager changed from a formation that was making us very difficult to play against, to the polar opposite unfortunately.

Thursday is massive, so getting everyone into the ground early sounds like a very good idea, and this is something that could help galvanize our team, once more.

I know everyone will be nervous waiting to see how Leicester, Leeds and Forest get on before we next play ourselves on Thursday, but it goes without saying that the best way to get out of a relegation battle is by winning your own games, so I'm already looking forward to getting behind our team, on Thursday night.

Bill paid 㿞 and we split the reminding 㿀. He told us some interesting stories about Dithering Davie and betting on the '95 Cup Final. Apparently he tried to lay-off his 㿊k bet but the Evertonian bookie refused. Bill was a happy boy on the day of the final.

I'm glad you enjoyed his company. That 㿊,000 bet? If he wanted to lay that bet, there was plenty of ways of getting it on if he really wanted to have a go. More likely it was a fantasy bet – most of his tales are pure fantasy.

Taking money from Evertonians, when he had the biggest tontine in the world invested in our club, that's Mr Kenwright, the man who never took a penny out of the club…

Whatever people may think of Doucoure & Onana, their absence has been telling.

No wonder we got overrun. But it's gone now, and the only thing that matters right now is that we get it right tomorrow night.

It could be the last ever top-flight game that Goodison sees under floodlights, so I was wondering how the world's greatest ever Evertonian must be feeling right now after being ostracized for his ineptness and his lies?

Whilst it seems it speaks for the majority of the ever-shrinking number of regular posters on ToffeeWeb, if you look elsewhere, you see a very different view of this letter.

For example, the debate about it on Everton FC - The Toffee Blues on Facebook shows a large number of fans expressing disgust at this letter (especially its timing) the tone of it and its claim Bill Kenwright is not welcome at Goodison amongst many things. Many are very clear that this group do not speak for them.

There are fans echoing the majority view on here that Kenwright is a fraud, should go, has presided over our demise… but many many don't.

Personally, I've never forgotten the lies around Destination Kirkby, but I'd also say that you can't pin the demise of Everton FC on one man or even just the Board. Many employees of this club have underperformed including managers, Directors of Football, players, scouts, owners. The fanbase is not as firmly against Kenwright & Co as many here seem to believe.

Just saying…

I used to think that Bill Kenwright had kidded around 65 to 70% of our fanbase, but now I would guess that it can't be much more than around 0.001% of supporters who still believe he's only ever had the club's best interests at heart. (I'm usually more conservative with figures!)

Telling someone to stay away doesn't quite sound right to me either but, when you stop and think about why this all happened in the first place, then it's very clear that this was only brought on by one faction of our club, telling absolutely despicable lies.

The Bill Kenwright regime has been built on lies and, without trying to go too deep, lies will always be the equivalent of something that has been built on quicksand – although they are a great tool for the people in high places until they finally fall from grace.

It's not your club, Bill; you now are only in it for the money. All you have managed to do is make us a laughing stock and dragged us down into the Championship. Moshiri will then sell up, finally realising that he was conned by you.

The new owners will come in then knowing that even beginning in the Championship will pay dividends because, with a good clear-out and professional management, we can rise once again to be a properly run club which is entitled to their position in the top tier – not as a hanger-on as we are now.