Everton condemn racist abuse directed towards Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s wife

Calvert-Lewin's wife Sandra receiving “threatening, racist, and misogynistic abuse" on social media because she said some supportive words about her husband.

Fucking disgraceful. Fucking morons.

Cowards and not True Blue fans, despicable.

Modern life is rubbish.

I know, 99% on here wouldn't go quite that far or say it directly to a player or their family, but we've had plenty of people who still think it funny to make the DCL-in-a-dress or DCL-with-a-handbag joke. And many have no problem talking about some of our players as complete losers because they misplace passes or make defensive mistakes — Doucoure and Keane being the biggest examples nowadays, Harrison not far behind.

Point being let's not get all high and mighty that we're only denigrating players on TW. The internet is an ugly place and we're all contributing to it in part.

Use the extra money for a right winger, two midfielders and a full back.

He is not going to suddenly acquire the skills he lacks, but better the devil you know rather than the devil you don't as Everton have found out with centre-forwards. He also offers a contrast in style with Beto that facilities tactical change.

Chermiti has to show something this coming season. Hopefully he will be fully fit this coming season.

I would love to see Calvert-Lewin having a run of games for Moyes in a style that suits him. Unfortunately, this appalling incident makes it much less likely.

Social media has given them licence to spew their bile and hatred unfettered.

I stand with Dom and his family. Screw the haters.

I'm in the "offer Dominic a new deal" camp. If it's one he finds acceptable, then great. However, as Andy suggests, the more of this type of stuff goes on, the less chance he will want to stay.

As I have said before, players have a duty of care to their families and, with Dominic becoming a dad recently, he'll do his best for them and rightly so.

Unfortunately. Like every other club, we have our share of fuck-witted haters and I don't think I have known an Everton player be as targeted by haters as much as this lad.

Him and his beautiful family are better off out of it.

On the subject of giving Calvert-Lewin another contract, it's a massive No from me. He was offered a new contract and turned it down, and has changed his agent of late — is that because no other club were prepared to pay him the money we were???

How on earth do you know no other club are prepared to pay him enough to entice him?

Put up your evidence, or admit you have just made it up.

I wouldn't offer Calvert-Lewin a new contract. His form has got worse over time and I can't see him getting it back, plus injuries are setting in regularly now. I'd let him go and look at bringing in a young striker with pace and hunger.

All the best for the future, Dom.

He would do very well at Roma.

They see passion, rivalry and friendly banter and they try to mimic it in their online persona.

But they do it very badly, because it's just not authentically in them.

The right approach is typically to ignore them. But of course we also have to take a stand against certain comments and it seems like these comments were in that category.

Yes, of course it's disgusting that it goes on, most decent people will be shocked by it, while others will assume it's one or more Everton fans doing it, as many already are on here.

Instead, why don't they put some effort into actually catching, shaming and punishing the perpetrator(s)? And do this without such gratuitous publicity for them until they are convicted.

So many agendas now run through footy: 'Don't be racist, Don't be misogynist, Don't be this, Don't be that'.

Now, in my view, this country is less all of those things, in fact it's probably the least of those things of any country in the world. But now we have to put up with almost weekly lectures.

Everton put out a statement like this, it's almost like a wagging finger in the face of their fanbase: 'Completely unacceptable' … er, fuck off. Some toadstool shows himself up on Twitter, so I have to bow my head in shame?

It's part of how we are browbeaten these days, all part of the psy-op. The mature response would have been to quietly contact the police, and not add any publicity to it.

Instead, it's like them standing in front of the wall of the gents toilet saying "Oh heavens, just look what the animals have written there. Arrest them!"

And they always put out these little statements at a time of maximum excitement. They did this after the last game, they did another about Doucuure after the derby, then there was Southgate after the three black lads missed a penalty. Giving the entirely false impression that we live in a racist society. It's done for a reason.

Whether it's Everton fans or not (it could be anyone tbf), I think it's important that this sort of behaviour is called out as being completely unacceptable.

I'm sure that Calvert-Lewin and his family, at least, welcome the support from the club.

I don't need much encouragement to head into conspiratorial waters.

You can say that again, Kevin!

Hilarious comment, taking the mick out of the deep state conspiracy theory fruitcakes who actually believe the state is capable of levels of organisation that could alter the states of peoples minds!

Anybody who has actually worked in a government organisation will testify to the staggering scale of incompetence and woolly thinking that permeates the infrastructure — but, having worked for the MoD, I would say that — or would I?

Racism is almost a daily topic of news, and for the UK in 2025, that's absurd. But this is a way to keep it in the headlines. Literally any one can write something on SM, and it can be taken up and amplified a million percent. The net effect of that is to maintain a febrile atmosphere around race in the country at large.

Ron, just cos you've worked at the Department of Pensions, you may not have been granted access to all of the state's black ops around how they stir the pot.

Any chance we had to persuade Dominic to sign a new contract has surely gone.

We can't afford expensive passengers. He is the player I really want gone. However, I have a nasty feeling he will be kept on.

I am sure Dominic will rise above all the ridiculous abuse and realise it's an extraordinarily small percentage of supporters that feel this way towards him and his family. I assume that he feels the majority of supporters have his back..

His playing ability, whether he is offered a new contract that he finds acceptable and wants to sign, and whether the supporters feel he should stay or not, is largely subjective...

On one hand, the club felt they had to make a statement, which is supportive of the player and his family. On the other, if a criminal investigation is ongoing, it is best sometimes to do that behind closed doors as they try to track the perpetrators. It won't be too difficult.

Who knows if they are even Everton supporters? They could be anyone.

It's an unfortunate fallout of Social Media. Anyone who puts themselves out there opens themselves to the creatures of society as much as they do to friends.

These trolls seem to get off on hiding behind their keyboard in a dark room hurling abuse at people they don't know.

Stereotyping and using a bit of Scouse vernacular, it's probably just shit house teenagers who would shit and piss their keks if confronted face to face. I'm not suggesting violence by the way.

On the contract, Colin. We don't know, as these things are done behind closed doors.

All we do know, is that it is reported that the club offered him a new contract last year or earlier this year. It is reported as late as last month, that the club is trying to negotiate a "suitable" contract with him. It is reported that Newcastle turned down his wage demands in January, but remain interested but have concerns over his recent injury record. It is reported that West Ham now are too.

But it is all just reported. No confirmation. No evidence. You can Google all that.

There's going to be a lot more of it over the summer and not just with Dominic. That's why I pay lip service to it all until there is something that looks and sounds like it has legs or is confirmed.

Kevin, you actually made me laugh there. Did you burn 5G masts during Covid?!!!

We are now £500 billion light, but Covid seems to have disappeared, regardless of the useless vaccines. Funny that.

Seems you have a somewhat sheltered or very lucky life — where do you live? That's not a threat by the way! :)

I see racism every day online and in the real world.

While this country is certainly not the worst, it still has a long way to go before it can be considered a racial utopia.

And yet, some are quite happy and prepared to brush off the same crap this lad, and now his family, are getting from the same morons on social media.

He's still an Everton player and deserves our support until the day he leaves. Then we can hate him!

Slimy little rat, Anthony Gordon is a good example.

A bit of consistency, please.

Deep state? I wonder which country that idea came from?

On the other hand you could be a Russian bot planted by Moshiri to fire off misinformation and disturbing rumours on ToffeeWeb which is now known to be the infiltrated northern branch of MI6.

Racism is against the law. If people are suffering from it every day, then please do them a favour and contact the local constabulary to allow them to pursue their investigations.

He's committed the cardinal sin of not scoring a goal since January. Talk about fickle fans…

Kevin, the Covid thread was one of the most entertaining threads I've seen on TW.

It got heated to the point of serious fallouts, abuse and accusations on both sides.

It was actually going well until someone came in with a mention of Hitler and the Nazis. At that point, Lyndon and Michael closed it down, like good boxing officials stopping the fight.

Then everyone kissed and made up.

Everton release a statement condemning that.

A small minority question the validity of that simple chain of events with their own theories, opinions and agendas.

C'est La Vie

If only it was that easy! If everybody reported everything then our legal system would collapse.

It's not only visual easy to spot racism but hidden too, like in the workplace. Very similar to misogyny (so my wife tells me!) and homophobia.

Fortunately it's not against the law yet to intensely dislike those across the park!

Let's get away from this false optimism and signing players whose contracts have expired, or about to, and I know wholesale changes won't be cheap, but let's build for the future, not from the past!

I don't dislike the lad in any way shape or form but his goals to games fitness record doesn't augur well for the future. I also do not condone the personal abuse of his or anyone's family either.

Somebody writes a vile message to a footballer's wife on SM. Everton issue a press statement condemning all forms of racism.

A small minority question why they have blown this one exchange into national news.

I think it's merely the fact that news outlets pick it up and escalate it.

Not Everton's fault. They'd be castigated if they didn't condemn it.

This agenda is not at root coming from Everton, they will no doubt have been prompted to act in this way.

The hiring process is opaque - an unsolicited email on the dark web from someone called Steer Karma.

Work site will be a converted nuclear bunker outside Tunbridge Wells.

1. Proactive. Get out there first.
2. Reactive. Wait for the media to get hold of it and then respond.
3. Silence. The media have it and the question is why haven't Everton said anything?

Everton has opted for proactive. Most of the media reporting is "Everton condemn online abuse of Dominic Calvert-Lewin's wife"

Not their own take on it.

I've never understood why people post things on them sites. It's setting yourself up for morons to respond.

Social media, the worst ever invention.

Ron #14, I recommend you watch a BBC documentary called "Century of the Self" to see how people can be influenced, and are.

If he wants to stay after this latest twitterati episode…

I completely disagree, for the simple reason, how would Don's wife or Dom himself feel, if the club completely ignored the vile and abuse from supposedly Everton fans to the wife of the club's employee, you'd feel the club let you down and washed their hands of it.

Dom's 2nd game under Moyes against Spurs, he scored, was unplayable, and was MotM. He did his hamstring and only came on in the last two games, so how is he off-form?

And you can't judge him under Dyche, isolated in a backs-to-the-wall defensive lineup. He's still only 28, and well capable of returning to his form under Ancelotti, in Moyes's attacking formation.

The comments giving out why he didn't sign a contract earlier in the season — why would a striker sign up playing that system under Dyche?

Perhaps they have helped COVID ‘disappear’?

Except COVID hasn’t disappeared has it? It’s just done what the vast majority of viruses end up doing. They become endemic because enough of the hosts have immunity (provided in part, in this case, by the vaccines). They also tend to become less virulent because a virus that kills all its hosts or too quickly will ultimately make itself extinct. That’s evolution natural selection for you.

Racism is illegal? Is it illegal to have racist thoughts? Is it illegal to state those ideas? No it’s not. It’s only illegal if you ‘weaponise’ them in specific ways, because you don’t live in that oppressed state you apparently believe you do.

Everyone should simply condemn this despicable ‘attack’ (without feeling it’s necessary to try to define exactly what sort of person is responsible).

No one knows whether the scumbag(s) go(es) to games or not / if they understand the game deeply or not.

We just know they are lacking some moral ingredient and that isn’t something that defines Evertonians

If offenders are from here, then it's simple, a lifetime ban.

For the people in the highest places, then it's the corruption that I would love to see proven and then punished, just like the people who have been massively over-punished for writing stupid posts (whilst calling out some of these corrupt politicians) at a time when feelings were running very deep.

I hate a lot of things about modern life, and I suppose that's why I enjoyed everything about Goodison on Sunday, because everyone was that happy. It reminded me of the time when those ecstasy tablets got rid of football hooligans almost overnight!

Me and my friends, Elvis and Tupac were out sailing and were chatting this morning about the studio where they filmed the moon landing right after interviewing all those lads that shot Kennedy and this very subject came up.

We didn't finish the chat because we had a scare when our boat got dangerously close to falling off the edge.

Might not suit some who think that following loon theories makes them open minded and better informed than us gullible sheep.

Excellent post, Si Cooper.

You took the vaccine, but it lasted two minutes, and it still didn't stop you getting it again. So, effectively useless.

I don't recall saying that racist thoughts were illegal, did I say that? I thought I made the point that, if people were suffering racism in this country, they have recourse to the law, as it is a criminal offence to racially abuse somebody.

My point here is that there is more to these constant exhortations to not be racist than meets the eye. It's a form of manipulation, and societal control.

If the club want him to sign a new contract, then they have to position themselves squarely on his side.

He might be able to rise above the vitriol, but when his wife and family are the target, then that would make him have serious doubts about staying.

I really hope he stays.

I read someone who seemed to revel in the death of the little lad who died on one of the crossings a few years back. Whatever your views on the boats, what type of moron thinks it's okay to laugh at a child drowning? Since Musk took it over, it has become even more of a cesspool.

That's the problem with you and these illiterate experts who thought they knew more than the scientists during Covid.

People with underlying health and respiratory conditions died because they came in contact with people who refused the vaccine and passed on Covid.

Surely you cannot be correct in saying refuseniks caused deaths among the vulnerable. cos the vulnerable were the first on the list to get the needle. They were fine, surely? They were immune.

"I think it’s important that this sort of behaviour is called out as being completely unacceptable."

Surely almost everyone knows how unacceptable it is already, but is this really "calling it out"? What exactly does that achieve? Does publicising it in this way actually consitute 'support'? Or is it basically virtue signalling?

It is providing completely unnecessary publicity for the perpetrators to take pleasure in, along with bad publicity about the club and implicitly about its fans. I think this step is completely irresponsible of the club.

I’m sure that Calvert-Lewin and his family, at least, welcome the support from the club.

Surely that support would be much more valuable and meaningful if provided privately and discretely. Of course there is the possibility that Calvert-Lewin asked for or wanted this publicised when perhaps the club might have resisted? I guess we will never know.

A small minority question the validity of that simple chain of events with their own theories, opinions and agendas.

As you're not specific with this claim, I assume you are including my post as the first daring to question the rationale and motives for making this issue so public? Your objection is duley noted.

Colin,

Some are quite happy and prepared to brush off the same crap this lad, and now his family, are getting from the same morons on social media.

Could you please idenify which posts you're refering to? I don't seee no 'brushing off' on this thread.

Off topic but I've been searching around and can't find the answer for some reason, but are all the games being shown on tv as per usual for the final fixtures of the season or is it just Forest-Chelsea?

It wasn't the unvaccinated that passed on Covid, it was those that had Covid that passed it on, and the vaccinated could still catch Covid AND pass it on. (caught it 3 times myself, AFTER vaccination).

You didn't reply on whether your viewpoint was the reason a number of posts on the topic were deleted last night, without any explanation?

If other media had picked this up first the Club could just have issued a statement along the lines of 'we're aware of it, deplorable, supporting the player and his family, was probably Chelsea supporters, subject of a police investigation so we have no further comment at this time'.

I hope FGD can improve our media communications.