Grealish Interview Headlines Special Edition Matchday Programme

Summer signing Jack Grealish is the subject of the main interview for Sunday's special commemorative Official Matchday Programme – presented in a larger A4 format and a bumper 116 pages and available to order now!

Below is a sneak peek of that feature...

So it begins, a new chapter for Everton Football Club – the first-ever competitive game at the Blues’ new world-class waterfront home, Hill Dickinson Stadium.

A new setting, a familiar face in David Moyes, who is set to embark upon a first full season after his return, new guardians in The Friedkin Group, who have not only stabilised the Club but given Evertonians reason to dream again.

One of the causes for optimism has been born out of activity in the summer transfer window. The addition of England international Jack Grealish particularly captured the imagination of supporters, while also moving the needle on the perception of Everton – and the seriousness of the Club’s future ambitions – in the wider football world.

Grealish, who remains Britain’s most-expensive player after his reported £100million move from Aston Villa to Manchester City in 2021, combines flair and creativity on the pitch with an affable nature and unique style off it, making him a cultural icon of the modern game – once cheekily summarised by London-based rappers, The Manor, whose track Grealish included the line, ‘Jack Grealish, king of the freemen, man of the match throw a party in the evening’, ahead of Euro 2020.

Now starting a new chapter in royal blue, Grealish has his sights set on unleashing the best version of himself again after a trophy-laden four seasons with City.

“I’m over the moon to be here,” he beamed after putting pen to paper on a season-long loan with the Toffees. “I’ve said to a lot of people recently how much of a massive club Everton is. I think everyone knows that. It’s such a historic club. After I spoke with the manager, some of the players here and even ex-players, this was the only place I wanted to come.

“I think the main thing for me is to have that fresh start and, with the way this club is heading, with a really good second half of the season last year under the manager and a new stadium, it was just perfect.

“I come here feeling like an experienced player. I want to help Everton, I want to help the team. I can feel already there’s a lot of talent in the squad and hopefully we can go on to do good things together.”

Those first words came as music to the ears of Evertonians, perhaps most of all to younger generations of supporters, for whom seeing the Club sign someone of Grealish’s profile signifies a new beginning.

Just ask 11-year-old Season Ticket Member, Owen, from Seaforth, who admirably but somewhat prematurely headed to the Club’s new store at Hill Dickinson Stadium with his dad, Alby, on the day of Grealish’s signing to get his name on the back of the new 2025/26 pastel-yellow away shirt.

“As soon as I heard we were about to sign him I said to my dad that I had to get to the shop to get his name on the back of my new shirt,” Owen told the Official Matchday Programme. “When we got to the shop, they apologised and told me it wasn’t possible to print until it was made official.”

That wait would turn out to last an entire morning and afternoon.

“We ended up going to Finch Farm instead to see if we could see [Grealish] at the training ground. We didn’t but we saw my other new favourite player – Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, who told me he couldn’t wait to play with Jack.

“We ended up leaving for home after meeting some more of the players and on the way back we heard on the radio that it was finally confirmed. I convinced my dad to go back to the shop to let me get it on my shirt!

“He’s a boss player and I think he’ll be boss for us. We’ve had some tough seasons but I can’t wait for this season now. I’ve got a new seat in the stadium and we’ve made some really good signings.”

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