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

Glenn Morris

Personal information
Full name	Glenn James Morris[1]
Date of birth	(1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 (age 38)[2]
Place of birth	Woolwich, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper[4]
Club information
Current team	Gillingham (on loan from Crawley Town)
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–	Crawley Town	257	(0)
2022–	→ Gillingham (loan)	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:10, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Early life

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

Club career

Leyton Orient

He was in and out of the first team at Leyton Orient since making his debut against Dagenham & Redbridge in 2001. 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.[6]

Southend United

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.[7]

On 18 May 2012, Morris was one of eleven players to be released at the end of their contract.[8]

Aldershot Town

On 1 August 2012, Morris played for Portsmouth in a friendly at Aldershot Town.[9] He then signed for Aldershot on a six-month deal.[10] This was then extended to the end of the season.^{[citation needed]} After making 6 appearances during the 2012–13 season,[11] Morris signed a one-year contract extension.[12]

Gillingham

In 2014, he signed for Gillingham on a one-year deal.[13] He signed a one-year extension at the end of the 2014–15 season, but was released at the end of his contract.[14][15]

Crawley Town

After leaving Gillingham, he joined Crawley Town in May 2016 as a player-coach, on a one-year contract.[16] On 17 September 2016, Morris made his Crawley Town debut in a 2–0 victory over Luton Town.[17] 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.[18] He won the Player of the Year award for Crawley Town for the 2016–17 season.[19]

During the 2017–18 season, Morris made 44 league appearances for the club,[20] and won Crawley's Player of the Year award for the second time.[21] before signing a contract extension in January 2018 until the summer of 2020.[22]

He appeared in all 46 of Crawley's league games during 2018–19.[23] 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.[24] In September 2019 he signed a new contract until 2021.[25] At the conclusion of the 2020–21 season the club triggered a one-year extension to his contract.[26]

In 2021–22 he was named as the side's Player of the Season for a fourth time.[27]

Gillingham (loan)

On 29 July 2022, the eve of the new season, Morris returned to Gillingham on loan until January 2023.[28]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 October 2022

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[29]	Third Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
	2002–03[30]	Third Division	23	0	1	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	28	0
	2003–04[31]	Third Division	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	29	0
	2004–05[32]	League Two	12	0	0	0	1	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	17	0
	2005–06[33]	League Two	4	0	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	6	0
	2006–07[34]	League One	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2007–08[35]	League One	16	0	1	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	19	0
	2008–09[36]	League One	26	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	30	0
	2009–10[37]	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[38]	League Two	33	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	37	0
	2011–12[39]	League Two	24	0	0	0	1	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	27	0
	Total		57	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	64	0
Aldershot Town	2012–13[11]	League Two	3	0	1	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	6	0
	2013–14[40]	Conference Premier	31	0	1	0	—		2[lower-alpha 2]	0	34	0
	Total		34	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	40	0
Gillingham	2014–15[41]	League One	10	0	0	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	12	0
	2015–16[42]	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[43]	League Two	39	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	41	0
	2017–18[20]	League Two	44	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	46	0
	2018–19[23]	League Two	46	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	48	0
	2019–20[44]	League Two	37	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	39	0
	2020–21[45]	League Two	45	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	48	0
	2021–22[46]	League Two	46	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	47	0
	2022–23[47]	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[47]	League Two	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Career total			493	0	23	0	12	0	18	0	546	0

Honours

Individual

• Crawley Town Player of the Season: 2016–17,[19] 2017–18,[21] 2018–19,[24] 2021–22[27]

References

External links

• Profile at the Crawley Town F.C. website
• Glenn Morris at Soccerbase

На других языках

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- [en] Glenn Morris (footballer)

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[es] Glenn Morris (futbolista)

Glenn Morris (Woolwich, Inglaterra, 20 de diciembre de 1983) es un futbolista inglés. Juega de portero y su actual equipo es el Crawley Town de Inglaterra.

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