Jack Grealish

Career
Grealish worked his way through the Aston Villa youth system and gained his proffesional contract in the 11/12 season. He spent a total of 16 years at club, after play over 350 games for the Claret & Blue, with over 30 goals and captaining them through these years since the 16/17 season. After falling down the pecking order with the Lions, hewas released by them at the end of the 27/28 season. Gateshead managed to sign him on a one year, £8k a week contract to give the team some experience in the midfield department. His first season went well, scoring 3 and assisting 3 in only 38 games, he helped the team reach the play-offs but unfortunately not the final for promotion to the Premiership. This led him to sign a 2 year extension which was to take him to retirement at the age of 35/36. The first year saw him be mostly a bench player, coming on to replace the likes of new signing Quizera and youngster Toral. He played 22 games and assisted once. The next season saw the ageing midfielder fall into the reserves for the 30/31 season. The season wasn't amazing but they didn't come bottom of the league by goal difference. The reserves took part in the Leasing.com Trophy but they were knocked out in the group stages. Although it did see Jack get two goals to his name in the competition. Jacks last game for the first team saw him play at home against Tottenham in a 2-0 victory. He came on for the last 30 minutes and got a round of applause from both sets of fans. He played 64 games for Gateshead in his 3 years, with 5 goals and 4 assists. The 30/31 season saw the 35 year old end his career with 307 appearances.