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Diary of a club on the brink: With Everton fighting for their Premier League lives, nervous publicans and priests admit they are struggling to keep the faith ahead of judgment day as helplessness takes hold

Everton have been a fixture in the top flight since 1954 but their Premier League status is on the line.

Their game against Bournemouth on Sunday has been billed as Goodison Park's biggest of modern times and has dominated every supporter's thoughts.

Mail Sport spent the week canvassing opinions of fans on the brink.

MONDAY

The worst part of weeks such as these is the mental torture, the helplessness. You see it written all over people's faces and here, in The Brick on County Road in Walton, the 11 souls who have gathered to watch Newcastle play Leicester embody the anguish.