Glenn Morris (footballer)

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

Glenn Morris

Personal information
Full name	Glenn James Morris[1]
Date of birth	20 December 1983[2]
Place of birth	Woolwich, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper[4]
Club information
Current team	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	189	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:11, 3 February 2021 (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.

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. 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 aind 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]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 February 2021

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[26]	Third Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
	2002–03[27]	Third Division	23	0	1	0	2	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	28	0
	2003–04[28]	Third Division	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	29	0
	2004–05[29]	League Two	12	0	0	0	1	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	17	0
	2005–06[30]	League Two	4	0	0	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	6	0
	2006–07[31]	League One	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2007–08[32]	League One	16	0	1	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	19	0
	2008–09[33]	League One	26	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	30	0
	2009–10[34]	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[35]	League Two	33	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	37	0
	2011–12[36]	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[37]	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[38]	League One	10	0	0	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	12	0
	2015–16[39]	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[40]	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[41]	League Two	37	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	39	0
	2020–21[42]	League Two	23	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
	Total		189	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	200	0
Career total			414	0	22	0	12	0	18	0	466	0

1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
2. Appearances in FA Trophy

References

1. "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
2. "Glenn Morris: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
3. "Glenn Morris". Crawley Town F.C. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
4. "Glenn Morris". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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6. "O's release seven". Leyton Orient F.C. 9 May 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011.
7. "Southend United extend Glenn Morris's contract". BBC Sport. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
8. Philips, Chris (18 May 2012). "Blues axe falls". The Echo. Essex. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
9. Weld, Neil (1 August 2012). "Aldershot 0 Pompey 1". Portsmouth F.C. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
10. "Aldershot Town sign goalkeeper Glenn Morris". BBC Sport. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
11. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
12. "Aldershot Town: Martin Rowlands among five to sign deals". BBC Sport. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
13. "Gillingham sign Glenn Morris and Aaron Morris". BBC Sport. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
14. "Glenn Morris has agreed a one year extension at Gillingham FC". Gillingham F.C. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
15. Cawdell, Luke (10 May 2016). "Doug Loft, Jermaine McGlashan, Glenn Morris and Brennan Dickenson are to be released by Gillingham". Kent Online. KM Group. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
16. "Crawley Town sign goalkeeper Glenn Morris as player-coach". BBC Sport. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
17. "Crawley Town 2–0 Luton Town". BBC Sport. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
18. "Morris agrees new contract". Crawley Town F.C. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
19. "Glenn wins Player of the Year". Crawley Town F.C. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
20. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
21. Talbot, Bruce (7 May 2018). "GLENN MORRIS NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Crawley Town F.C. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
22. "Glenn Morris: Crawley Town goalkeeper extends contract to summer of 2020". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
23. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
24. "The Cat gets the cream". Crawley Town F.C. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
25. "Glenn Morris: Crawley Town goalkeeper signs new contract". BBC Sport. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
26. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
27. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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31. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
32. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
33. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
34. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
35. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
36. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
37. "G. Morris: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
38. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
39. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
40. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
41. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
42. "Games played by Glenn Morris in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

External links

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