This is not a time for celebration.
A time for relief, yes. Everton remain in the Premier League. This is good for the club, good for an inspirational fanbase and good for the city of Liverpool and beyond. But this is still no time for celebration.
Last season the club faced similar peril and the scenes of jubilation that marked the escape from relegation were as glorious as they were chaotic. But months later those images were framed and hung on the walls of Everton’s Finch Farm training complex. Wonderful memories were created that night but this was still, ultimately, a tribute to failure and one that should not be repeated.
