It was an FPL week to forget for pretty much anyone who didn’t own the likes of Bailly, Pogba... and the irrepressible Marcus Alonso.

Everton hold a 2-0 lead in their Europa League qualifying play-off tie against Hajduk Split after a first leg at Goodison Park that had to be temporarily stopped due to crowd trouble in the away section.

Everton 1 MFK Ruzomberok 0: Wayne Rooney’s Everton return threatened to turn into embarrassment last night before captain Leighton Baines struck to give his side a slender first-leg lead in their Europa League third qualifying round clash with Ruzomberok.

Everton 4 Leicster 2: Ronald Koeman watched Everton duo Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley dismantle the champions at Goodison Park and then bluntly told the latter he must sign a new deal or face being sold.

Everton 3, Southampton 0: On-loan striker Enner Valencia may have given Everton manager Ronald Koeman one less thing to think about in the January transfer window after his game-changing substitute appearance in the 3-0 victory over Southampton.

Southampton 1 Everton 0

Sunderland 0 Everton 3

The suspension of that naughty Sergio Aguero has seen many Fantasy Premier League managers pull the trigger and play their wildcard. But is it wise to use it so early on?

Everton 1 Manchester United 2

Watford 1 Everton 1: Heurelho Gomes lauded a “great result” for Watford after they ended their run of four successive Barclays Premier League defeats with a 1-1 draw against Everton at Vicarage Road.

Manchester United 1 Everton 0: Manchester United started the day by honouring arguably the club’s greatest ever player by renaming the main stand The Sir Bobby Charlton Stand and ended it by keeping up the hope that Old Trafford will see Champions League football next season.

On a day when Arsenal were made to look like champions, Arsene Wenger suggested that possibility might be more realistic if the club’s supporters had kept the faith.

Everton 2 West Ham 3: West Ham captain Mark Noble believes a “special” last-gasp win at Everton capped a pivotal week for the club.

Aston Villa 1 Everton 3: Aston Villa fans made their feelings about the club’s desperate predicament known with their feet as many staged a walkout in protest during the 3-1 home defeat to Everton.

Bournemouth 0 Everton 2: Roberto Martinez believes Everton are ready to finish the season with a bang.

Seamus Coleman admitted it has been a season of regret for him after Everton allowed another three points to slip away at home on Saturday.

Vardy has recovered from a minor groin surgery in time for tonight's big game.

Everton 1 Tottenham 1: Dele Alli, a Liverpool supporter as a boy, scored the goal against their Merseyside rivals which prevented Aaron Lennon, a former Tottenham player, from making Everton only the third team to beat the Londoners in the Premier League this season.

Everton 2 Leicester 3: Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri admits his players are making his job easier as the Foxes’ unexpected title challenge continues to gather momentum.

Norwich 1 Everton 1: Roberto Martinez believes Everton must learn to be more ruthless at each end of the pitch after allowing Norwich to fight back to what looked an unlikely draw.

Everton striker Romelu Lukaku scored for a seventh straight game but Norwich responded to earn a deserved 1-1 draw in the Premier League clash at Carrow Road

Baby Gammy’s biological father is trying to access charity money raised for the Down syndrome boy’s medical costs.

Everton 0 Sunderland 2: Jermain Defoe may not be an obvious choice as the most significant signing of the 2014-15 Premier League season, but the veteran staked a powerful claim when his goal helped Sunderland collect three vital points at Goodison.

ASTON VILLA 3 EVERTON 2: SHAY Given’s return to the Aston Villa goal for a first Premier League appearance since August 2012 might have been the major talking point ahead of kick-off here, yet by the conclusion of this match the source of discussion came, once again, at the opposite end of the field.

EVERTON 3 MANCHESTER UNITED 0: There was no Grim Reaper accosting the Manchester United manager, as had been the case when David Moyes visited Goodison a little over a year ago in his final game in the job.

Everton 1 Southampton 0: Everton finally removed any lingering doubt that they will still be competing in the Premier League next season but the talk afterwards was as much about those not playing as the players who secured a third successive league win for the first time in a year.

England 4 Lithuania 0 

QPR 1 Everton 2

RICHARD BAUSCH’s last novel, Peace, was a major critical success, and years ago novelist Richard Ford championed him by writing the introduction to Bausch’s terrific book of short stories, Aren’t You Happy For Me?

Dynamo Kiev 5 Everton 2:

Home is where the heart is, and James McCarthy helped domestic bliss finally return to Goodison Park for Evertonians.

Everton 2 Leicester City 2: Leicester were denied a vital victory in their push for survival as Everton grabbed a last-gasp equaliser at Goodison Park.

Leighton Baines returns to the starting XI as Everton look to follow up their impressive win over Young Boys with another victory against Leicester at Goodison Park.

Football fans of all stripes and none will need no telling that, of late, the quality of Mersey has been strained, writes Liam Mackey.