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			THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EVERTON FOOTBALL
			CLUB COMPANY LIMITED ISSUE THIS STATEMENT TO-
			DAY, THE 27TH FEBRUARY, 1956 :-


			   Mr. Britton is reported in the Press and on
		Television as denying the Everton Board's statement
		that he confronted the Board at their meeting last
		Friday, the 24th February, with a demand for forty
		years security of tenure of the residence belonging to
		the Everton Football club which he occupies. In view
		of this, and as a matter of principle, the Board feel
		constrained to hand to the Press this photograph of
		the actual document which Mr. Britton presented to the
		Board at that meeting. This document was to be
		signed on behalf of the Board over the 6d. stamps {to be value
of 6d}		already affixed thereto, and Mr. Britton gave the
		Board half an hour in which to accede to his demands.
			The photograph speaks for itself, and
		confirms the Board's earlier statement.