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Kevin Grealish: I wore Jack's Aston Villa FA Cup shirt around town!!

Jack Grealish's father Kevin has revealed that he wore his son's Wembley jersey around the town simply because he was beaming with pride.

Aston Villa registered a famous 2-1 victory over Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-final on Sunday and it was young Grealish who was the star of the show.

The 19-year old winger played a key role in both of Villa's goals by setting up Fabian Delph's goal as well as playing a key role in Christian Benteke's opening strike.

Kevin Grealish was understandably very proud of his son's achievement and said that he wore the match-worn shirt all day Monday as he could not contain his pride.

Grealish Snr told the Birmingham Mail: "I came downstairs this morning and Jack had left his top on the sofa so I decided to do the school run in it.

"When they got back the players went out for a little celebration and a few drinks so Jack being Jack he just left it lying around. I thought I'll have a bit of fun around town wearing that. It's a bit smelly, but that's the sweat of hard graft. It's was a brilliant day for the Villa and a brilliant day for the family.

"After I've worn it to wind up some of the Blues fans and Albion fans in my gym and in my local pub I'm getting to get it framed so we've got a memento of a great game!"

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