Jess Park at Hill Dickinson Stadium | photo taken by Aimee Reynolds for Constancy Sport
Everton vs Manchester United saw the hosts take the lead but United clawed back to win 4-1 at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. Honaka Hayashi scored 16 minutes in and gave the lead to the Toffees at half time but goals from Melvine Malard and two from Jess Park (as well as an own goal) secured all three points.
Prior to her move to the red side of Manchester, she made 38 appearances in all competitions and registered 12 goal contributions helping her gain a place in the Lionesses 2025 European Champions squad.
After joining Manchester United on deadline day, Jess Park has shone for her new side and brought a new life to her footballing calibre. The 23 year old winger began her senior career at the blue side of Manchester and had a loan spell at Everton for the 2022-23 season featuring 22 times, and having 10 goal contributions.
She scored her first Manchester United goal against London City Lionesses and made her debut in the opening WSL match of the season against Leicester City. Currently for the red devils, she has helped them a lot and contributed on many levels, in the WSL and in the Women’s Champions League. She got Barclay’s Player of the Match against Chelsea and when speaking to her new club when signing, she said: “I like to beat players and I like to be a bit flary.”
For the Lionesses, she received her senior call up in September 2022, but was an unused substitute across the pair of the matches. She then received her second call up to replace Fran Kirby in November. Park made her debut in the same International Window in a friendly against Japan and scored her first international goal just over a minute later.
Jess made her first senior start in the 2023 Arnold Clark Cup as well as being a standby player for the 2023 Women’s World Cup but later withdrew due to Injury. She was also named in the 2025 Women’s Euro Squad and was named as an unused substitute throughout.
Her style of play is unique and likes to play between the lines of different defenders week in, week out. Her technical abilities, speed and awareness are vital to her Manchester United side and has defensive maturity as well as an aggressive presence about her work.