Jack Grealish on England World Cup Hopes, Man City and His Hometown.

When we used to play for the school, it would always be on this pitch. It brings back a lot of memories. I actually scored some bangers on this pitch over here. Back when I was young, you couldn't start playing until under 7s. My brother was two years older than me, so he was under 7s. And obviously I was under 5s at the time, so I couldn't play for a team. But I started playing for my brother's team, Highgate United. My family used to run the show, and I was only 5 at the time. Where we are now is the pitch that I used to play on when I was a young child. I never thought, truthfully, I'd be where I am now. And that's why sometimes it's so nice coming back to places like this, just to reflect on how far I've come. My dream was always to play for Aston Villa. I wanted to play for Aston Villa. It was to become Villa captain. I became Villa captain. Then it was to play for England. I played for England. Then it was to obviously play in a major tournament, and I played at the Euros. And then now it's to play in a World Cup. My family have always been there for me. The way my mum and dad are, they just would have done whatever I wanted to do for me to be happy. Luckily for me, I'd always just had a ball at my feet. My mum would always be going mad because I'd always be smashing stuff in the house. But my dad just encouraged it, really. When you were young, you'd go for an away game when you were under 8s or under 9s. I used to say to my dad, come on, let me go on the coach with my friends. And he'd always be like, nah, come on, because I'm coming. So it'd just be me and my dad driving. He'd come to everywhere, honestly. And yeah, it just set our relationship up, really, for the rest of my life. And that's why I'm so close with my dad now. Milo, what's this? He's scared of it. He thinks it's a rabbit. Well, first of all, the pitch used to be over there in the corner, just behind that dugout. I would say he was about 5 then, 4 and a half, 5. And he was playing with like 6, 7-year-olds. He had a couple of seasons here. And next minute, Aston Villa picked him up and the rest is history, as they say. I mean, he couldn't wait to get going. I mean, he'd be the first one up in the morning, getting ready, getting his boots ready, getting coming down. He wanted to get there on time and just couldn't wait to start kicking a ball. I never, ever used to say to Jack, come on, you need to do this. You need to work harder. You've got to get better. You've got to get better. And I think sometimes some dads do too much of that. My dad always put his arm around me. And I think that's the way I've grown up to the player that I am today. I feel like I play better when I have a manager putting his arm around me. I've always had an interest in fashion. I've always took care and took pride in what I wear. Obviously, not everyone's always going to like what you're wearing. But I think, you know, whatever it is, even if it's like a statement piece, as long as you own it, you know, and you wear it nice, I think you can pull anything off. This was my secondary school, St Peter's. You know, every time I was in class, all I wanted to do was just play football, whether that be at play time at lunch or obviously after school as well. But yeah, I only ever had one thing in my mind that I wanted to do. Hello. What's happening? Who am I playing for then? Are you OK? You all right? How are you? Does someone want to go and goal? I'll take a penalty. Feeling the pressure, yeah? He's ready, yeah? I loved growing up in Solihull. Even now, I'm 27, and I just, I don't know, I just don't want to get too old too quick. You know, because I had such a good childhood, you know, I've been so fortunate and so blessed, you know, to have such supportive family and such a good upbringing. I never really wanted it to end, if I'm honest. I think Solihull will always hold a special place in my heart.