Imagine the disappointment Everton have caused - they have got the last laugh over the perfect people

Imagine the disappointment in corporate football right now.

When Everton’s trip to Luton Town was rearranged for next Friday night, the thought process was clear. There was no consideration for travelling fans and the days that would have to be booked off from work or the clogged Friday afternoon motorways and late arrivals home. It was because of the simple desire to put a struggling giant and a plucky overachiever together in front of the cameras so money could be made as the world watched in amusement as they tore strips from each other in a relegation dogfight.

Everton have now had the last laugh. Against the Premier League that called for crippling punishments in unprecedented arguments behind closed doors. And against anyone who believed this was a club too scarred for another battle after recent torrid campaigns.

Luton may still be fighting. But three wins in a glorious week of Gwladys Street flags and Goodison hostility mean the Blues will be able to sleep soundly in May for the first time in three years. Let me repeat that. There will be no sleepless night for Everton in the final month of the campaign.

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As recently as last Sunday the pressure on this club, its players and its fans was as crushing as it had been during the springs of the last two years. First under Frank Lampard, then Sean Dyche, survival fights were taken to the dying embers of the season. This one will not.

That was pretty much the case after the momentous Merseyside derby win on Wednesday followed the crucial three points taken from Nottingham Forest on the same hallowed part of L4 days earlier. It is definitely