Calvert-Lewin spoils West Ham owner’s Anniversary party

West Ham owners David Sullivan and David Gold had their Happy Anniversary party truncated on Saturday after the club settled for a draw against visiting Everton.

The weekend marked 10 years since Sullivan and Gold bought West Ham,and the duo were hoping for a resounding victory that will add icing on the cake.

Issa Diop’s 40th minute goal had raised hope that the dream is about to come true, but it was soon shattered after Dominic Calvert-Lewin  grabbed an equaliser just four minutes later to register his 11th goal of the season.

West Ham owners are not happy with the way things have turned out for the club admitting in their programme notes that the club have not progressed on the pitch as much as they had hoped in that time.

It was hard to argue against that sentiment as West Ham were 17th when they took over, and a decade on they kicked off against Everton in precisely the same position.

In fact, “10 years of failure” was the verdict of the hundreds of disenchanted fans who gathered outside the stadium to protest against the owners before the match.

Yet things were looking brighter inside the ground, at least for the majority of the first half, against an Everton side still finding their feet under Carlo Ancelotti.

Hammers boss David Moyes, facing his old club, had called for his players to give record signing Sebastien Haller more service and Mark Noble did just that, standing up an early cross which the French striker headed narrowly wide.

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The Toffees could considered their point away a good one as they still remained with their Nigerian international Alex Iwobi and Andre Gomez among others on the injury list.