Have goals, will travel. Or in the case of Sunderland's new £4million striker Will Grigg, have goals and a song
The 27-year-old has become synonymous with the 'Will Grigg's On Fire' song that was posted online by a supporter of Wigan Athletic, his former club
The tune earned the Wigan fan a free season ticket and Grigg's fame across Europe when the Northern Ireland fans saluted their squad member around France during Euro '16
Share this article Share Grigg still finds it delightfully surreal, although with 120 career club goals for Walsall, Brentford, MK Dons, Wigan and now Sunderland to his name, he has lived up to the lyrics more often than not
The subject of this week's Sky Bet EFL Q&A, the Northern Ireland international also recalls the night his goal caused one of the great modern-day FA Cup shocks a year ago this week and reveals an unusual choice of pre-match music
Poacher. Unselfish. Clever. Family man. Professional. Humble. I've had four promotions so they are as special as each other, but as a single moment it would be the win against Man City in the FA Cup (Wigan's 1-0 win in the fifth round in February 2018)
It was a special moment and a special day, especially how Man City were playing at the time
They were the best team in the country, probably the best team in the world at the time
It was also the nature of how it happened and it was in the FA Cup.Getting the goal as well makes it that extra bit special
It was one of the two or three times that I actually touched the ball in the whole game, but to see the stadium like that and to be able to share the experience as well with my family was very special
Even though we beat them, you would still want one of their shirts. You still respect them
They are special players and they are playing at that level for a reason. It's not just that game, it's what that person has done throughout their whole career
When you beat them it's nice, but to get a shirt would always have that memory with it
You would be able to show off the win as well. Having said that, I didn't get a Man City shirt that day
I tried to get Aguero's, but didn't manage it.The first time I heard 'Will Grigg's On Fire' in the stadium was good as well
It was a bit strange how it came around. There was a Wigan fan, Sean Kennedy, who did a few videos with certain players and certain songs
Mine seemed to catch on and went viral.It was a during a free-scoring period for myself when I was scoring goals left, right and centre
It started off with a section of the crowd at the DW Stadium and then before you know it, it's the whole stadium and then it's at the Euros
It was a very, very surreal moment, but it's something that I thoroughly enjoyed
It would be from that Man City game. Aymeric Laporte and John Stones were the two centre-halves, but I thought that Laporte was something special - the way he handled the ball and the way he defended as well
He put a lot of pressure on me. Even though City had a lot of possession, he made it very difficult for myself
And the way he played on the ball and manipulated it was something I hadn't quite seen before
He differed from a Championship defender or a League One defender in the sense that he was a lot cleverer in terms of his positioning
He read the game really well. Obviously there were a lot of clearances from the Wigan players and balls that I would usually have been able to get to and hold up
Just the way he positioned himself and read the game was what gave him that extra yard and what made it extra difficult for me
I haven't had that many but in my first home game for Sunderland against Blackpool this month, I took the ball around the keeper and then managed to miss from eight yards out with an empty goal waiting
That was pretty embarrassing because it was my first home game and because the club had paid a big fee for me
That certainly added to the scenario.I've scored enough goals and missed enough chances to be able to bounce back from something like that, but at the time it was pretty embarrassing because you don't want the Sunderland fans to think that's what you're like
I'm a bit weird actually. Most people like to listen to dance music to get them in the mood and ready for a game
Obviously everybody listens to the same music in the changing room but if I'm driving to the game, I'll listen to a bit of Hans Zimmer or instrumental stuff
It's not really a cool list or probably what you were expecting, but then my music selection isn't
Hans Zimmer writes film scores. He did the Batman soundtrack, 'Inception', 'Gladiator' and stuff like that (also the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' scores)
It just gets me head-strong. I like to think I'm quite calm and collected on the pitch and that gets me in the zone
I don't like to be too stressed out or thinking about too many things before a game
I like to get in the same mind frame each game, concentrate on my job, concentrate on what I need to do in the game
That music relaxes me and enables me to concentrate.It sounds boring but I do like a Nando's
And I'll probably go for a few Krispy Kreme doughnuts. I'll probably buy a share box, I think it's a shared dozen, but I wouldn't really share it with anyone
But I look after myself and I'm pretty professional, so that's definitely once in a while
Zinedine Zidane. As I was growing up, he was always the player that I'd watch and just think he was unbelievable
He was always someone I've looked up to. I know we play different positions, but in the way he played, his control and his calmness on the ball was something I've never seen, not to this day
If I made a run, he would certainly find me with the ball.It's probably a common one, but Sir Alex Ferguson because of the teams he had and the success he had
I'd just like to experience - I wouldn't personally like to experience it obviously - his half-time or full-time screaming and shouting
I'd like to witness that. Probably not more than once but I'd like to see it.And just the way he managed to motivate his players week in, week out
And not just week in, week out, but season in, season out. To continually do that at one of the biggest clubs in the world is just unbelievable
He must have been very special.I would definitely have stayed somewhere in the sports science field
Before I turned professional (with Walsall), I was actually doing a college course that was basically half football, half sports science, so I would have gone into sports science
I'm not sure whether I would have ended going down the physio route or the strength and conditioning route, but I would have definitely stayed along sport lines and at some point have chosen the football path
I would have always liked to have been behind the scenes.I can imagine myself still doing that after my career
It's obviously something I'll have to start thinking about, something that I'll definitely consider and ask advice about
There are a lot of people who have been there and done it in the game so when it comes around to it, that might be an avenue open to me
When I was growing up, I had two goldfish called Del Piero and Ronaldo (the Brazil Ronaldo)
I was quite young so it seemed acceptable. None of my friends knew, but they will now, so thanks for that
At one point, Del Piero had to go to a special goldfish farm, so we got a new one called Ollie
That wasn't really on theme and I'm not sure who decided on that name. Sky Bet are the proud title sponsors of the EFL
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