Personal information | |||
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Full name | Glenn James Morris [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 20 December 1983||
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 | |||
–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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 |
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