Bill Kenwright claims he is ‘horrified’ by protests against Everton’s board.
Kenwright and his fellow directors have not attended the previous seven home matches at Goodison Park amid claims of threats to their safety.
Supporters have continued to demonstrate against the absentee hierarchy at matches including before the Blues’ 3-1 humiliation by Fulham last weekend.
Earlier this week, the #AllTogetherNow movement offered to halt the pre-match protests if majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri made changes at board level.
But in an extraordinary letter published by Everton’s official website on Friday, Kenwright hit back at fans advocating upheaval within the club’s boardroom.
“Have you ever pondered whether your manager and players would agree with that?” wrote the theatre impresario.
“Whether Frank (Lampard) would have rubbed his hands with glee last year at the thought, rather than rushing to the Directors’ Box to acknowledge where his biggest support had come from?
“And what about other clubs around us? Are they thinking, ‘the Everton Board has gone, it’s going to be easier for us now?’ I’m confident of the answer to each of those questions.
“There is one indisputable fact. Your board cares.
“It’s not nice going through what we have gone through but it hasn’t stopped the workrate, the desire to grow and improve and the loyalty to this club and to Evertonians.
“I’ve often said that I would never deny the right of protest to any football fan, especially Evertonians. I know, inevitably, your day will of course come.
“Just as I knew that I would find you a billionaire when the loud and long protests claimed I wasn’t even looking.”
He added: “For me, the horror of seeing Grant Ingles, our chief financial officer, and Graeme Sharp being attacked is more than difficult to comprehend.
“Putting your chairman on a bed sheet in a distasteful way is something that, although it hurts, I have to get used to but Grant and Sharpy? On banners?”