Spector has also assured supporters the players are equally resolved not to let continued bad press affect their quest to beat relegation.

The build-up to the Hammers' battling 2-2 draw at Goodison Park yesterday was dominated by more intense speculation over the future of Grant.

The Israeli, whose side are bottom of the Barclays Premier League, was last week the subject of stories claiming that senior figures at Upton Park wanted him replaced by Martin O'Neill.

West Ham did release a statement to say that Grant had the board's full support but the situation appears to remain unstable with owners David Sullivan and David Gold receiving considerable media criticism.

Grant's players did their best to put a turbulent few days behind them as they produced an encouraging performance at Goodison Park, only to be denied three points by an injury-time Marouane Fellaini equaliser.

Spector, who opened the scoring with his fourth goal in the space of two months, said: "None of that [media speculation] has been discussed, we have no control over any of that.

"We are here to do our job on the pitch and I think that showed.

"If you look at our performance - the professionalism of the manager, the management and players shines through all that.

"I think we perform for the manager, for ourselves and for the fans every day.

"We can be proud of what we accomplished, it was difficult game for us."

Spector rewarded the Hammers for a whole-hearted first-half display when he slid home Luis Boa Morte's cross to end a slick move after 27 minutes.

Frederic Piquionne hit the post and Boa Morte had another goal disallowed as the visitors continued to create the better chances.

Everton substitute Diniyar Bilyaletdinov pulled the Toffees level 13 minutes from time with a superb strike but Piquionne appeared to win the game when he headed home after 84 minutes.

However, the Frenchman's subsequent rush of blood arguably cost West Ham the chance to move off the bottom as he jumped over the advertising hoardings to celebrate with fans.

He had been booked just four minutes earlier and referee Peter Walton had no option but to show him a second yellow card and a red - a rule Grant later described as a "joke".

With just 10 men, Grant tried to tighten up by replacing substitute Freddie Sears after just nine minutes on the field with defender Winston Reid, but it was to no avail.

Everton's decision to send Fellaini up front paid off as the Belgian found room between Matthew Upson and Spector to fire past Robert Green in the dying moments.

United States international Spector, 24, added: "We came looking for three points but I think a draw would have been acceptable beforehand.

"But I would say we are disappointed not to get the three points.

"There are a great deal of positives from the game and we will be looking to push on.

"We have got some winnable games coming up and some important games and we will be looking to take points from all of them."

West Ham now turn their attention to their Carling Cup semi-final second leg against Birmingham in midweek while Everton are not in action again until next Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round tie at home to Chelsea.

Despite having lost just once in eight games, the Toffees are still struggling to put a strong winning run together and pull themselves away from the bottom three.

Midfielder Leon Osman said: "We knew they were going to come here and make it difficult for us and they did that. It was a frustrating afternoon.

"We felt we were just starting to pick up pace and get a bit of momentum, so it is not the result we wanted.

"But we fell behind twice and we still managed to show character to get back in the game. At least we have managed to get something.

"I don't an Everton team has ever given up on a game until the ref blows his whistle.

"That is a few times this season we have managed to salvage something in the last minute.

"It's positive from that point of view but we have got to start winning games from the first minute rather than having to scrape one in the last minute."