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Glenn Morris
Personal information
Full name Glenn James Morris[1]
Date of birth (1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth Woolwich, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper[4]
Team information
Current team
 Gillingham
Number 1
Youth career
0000–2001 Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2010 Leyton Orient 124 (0)
2010–2012 Southend United 57 (0)
2012–2014 Aldershot Town 34 (0)
2014–2016 Gillingham 10 (0)
2016–2023 Crawley Town 257 (0)
2022–2023 → Gillingham (loan) 18 (0)
2023– Gillingham 41 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:44, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

Glenn James Morris (born 20 December 1983) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two club Gillingham.

Early life

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Morris was born in Woolwich, Greater London.[5]

Club career

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Leyton Orient

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Morris made his professional debut for Leyton Orient in October 2001 in an EFL Trophy fixture away to Dagenham and Redbridge before making his first league appearance in April 2002 in a 1-1 draw at home to Exeter City.[6][7]

In the 2006–07 season, Morris become an understudy to first choice goalkeeper Glyn Garner. However, late in the 2007–08 season he broke into the first team and made his 100th appearance (including cup matches) for the club. Morris has played in a Youth Alliance Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, he kept a clean sheet as Orient beat Bradford City. Morris was voted young player of the year at Orient in 2003 and 2004.[citation needed]

Morris was released on 9 May 2010 by Orient manager Russell Slade.[8]

Southend United

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On 5 August 2010, Morris signed a one-year deal with Southend United. Morris was given the number 1 jersey and established himself as Southend's first choice ahead of fellow new signing Rhys Evans. After 37 appearances in all competitions, Morris was rewarded for his performance with a further one-year contract.[9]

On 18 May 2012, Morris was one of eleven players to be released at the end of their contract.[10]

Aldershot Town

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On 1 August 2012, Morris played for Portsmouth in a friendly at Aldershot Town.[11] He then signed for Aldershot on a six-month deal.[12] This was then extended to the end of the season.[citation needed] After making 6 appearances during the 2012–13 season,[13] Morris signed a one-year contract extension.[14]

Gillingham

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In 2014, he signed for Gillingham on a one-year deal.[15] He signed a one-year extension at the end of the 2014–15 season, but was released at the end of his contract.[16][17]

Crawley Town

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After leaving Gillingham, he joined Crawley Town in May 2016 as a player-coach, on a one-year contract.[18] On 17 September 2016, Morris made his Crawley Town debut in a 2–0 victory over Luton Town.[19] On 10 March 2017, after displacing Yusuf Mersin and Chelsea loanee Mitchell Beeney, Morris signed a new two-year deal with Crawley running until June 2019.[20] He won the Player of the Year award for Crawley Town for the 2016–17 season.[21]

During the 2017–18 season, Morris made 44 league appearances for the club,[22] and won Crawley's Player of the Year award for the second time.[23] before signing a contract extension in January 2018 until the summer of 2020.[24]

He appeared in all 46 of Crawley's league games during 2018–19.[25] At the end of the 2018–19 season, Morris received a trio of awards for his performances that season, again receiving the Player of the Year award, alongside the Players' Player accolade and the award for the best away player.[26] In September 2019 he signed a new contract until 2021.[27] At the conclusion of the 2020–21 season the club triggered a one-year extension to his contract.[28]

In 2021–22 he was named as the side's Player of the Season for a fourth time.[29]

Gillingham

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On 29 July 2022, the eve of the new season, Morris returned to Gillingham on loan until January 2023.[6] Shortly after his loan spell came to an end, he agreed to terminate his contract with Crawley and join Gillingham on a permanent basis.[30] On 28 April 2023 Gillingham confirmed that he had signed a new contract but did not specify its length.[31] On 30 April 2023 he was named as the Kent side's Player of the Season for 2022–23.[32]

On 15 May 2024, the club announced he had been offered a new contract.[33] Six days later, Morris signed a new one-year deal with Gillingham, staying at the club until summer 2025.[34]

In the 2024–25 season Morris became the oldest player to ever feature for Gillingham's first team, overtaking a record that had been held by Andy Hessenthaler since 2005.[35][36][37] Having kept three clean sheets in four matches, he was named EFL League Two Player of the Month for September 2024.[38]

Career statistics

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As of match played 7 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leyton Orient 2001–02[7] Third Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 3 0
2002–03[39] Third Division 23 0 1 0 2 0 2[a] 0 28 0
2003–04[40] Third Division 27 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 29 0
2004–05[41] League Two 12 0 0 0 1 0 4[a] 0 17 0
2005–06[42] League Two 4 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 6 0
2006–07[43] League One 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2007–08[44] League One 16 0 1 0 0 0 2[a] 0 19 0
2008–09[45] League One 26 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 30 0
2009–10[46] League One 11 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 15 0
Total 124 0 8 0 7 0 11 0 150 0
Southend United 2010–11[47] League Two 33 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 37 0
2011–12[48] League Two 24 0 0 0 1 0 2[a] 0 27 0
Total 57 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 64 0
Aldershot Town 2012–13[13] League Two 2 0 1 0 0 0 2[a] 0 5 0
2013–14[49] Conference Premier 31 0 1 0 — 2[b] 0 34 0
Total 33 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 39 0
Gillingham 2014–15[50] League One 10 0 0 0 1 0 1[a] 0 12 0
2015–16[51] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12 0
Crawley Town 2016–17[52] League Two 39 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 41 0
2017–18[22] League Two 44 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 46 0
2018–19[25] League Two 46 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 48 0
2019–20[53] League Two 37 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
2020–21[54] League Two 45 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 48 0
2021–22[55] League Two 46 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 47 0
2022–23[56] League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 257 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 269 0
Gillingham (loan) 2022–23[56] League Two 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Gillingham 2022–23[56] League Two 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
2023–24[56] League Two 9 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 14 0
2024–25[36] League Two 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
Total 59 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 67 0
Career total 540 0 25 0 15 0 21 0 601 0
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in FA Trophy

Honours

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Leyton Orient

Individual

References

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