Glenn James Morris (born 20 December 1983) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for Gillingham on loan from club

Crawley Town Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England. The club was founded as Crawley Football Club in 1896, changed its name to Crawley Town Football Club in 1958. The team com ...

Early life

Morris was born in

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, Greater London.

Club career

Leyton Orient

He was in and out of the first team at

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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

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, he kept a clean sheet as Orient beat

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. Morris was voted young player of the year at Orient in 2003 and 2004. Morris was released on 9 May 2010 by Orient manager

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Southend United

On 5 August 2010, Morris signed a one-year deal with

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. Morris was given the number 1 jersey and established himself as Southend's first choice ahead of fellow new signing

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. After 37 appearances in all competitions, Morris was rewarded for his performance with a further one-year contract. On 18 May 2012, Morris was one of eleven players to be released at the end of their contract.

Aldershot Town

On 1 August 2012, Morris played for

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in a friendly at

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring ...

. He then signed for Aldershot on a six-month deal. This was then extended to the end of the season. After making 6 appearances during the 2012–13 season, Morris signed a one-year contract extension.

Gillingham

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

Crawley Town

After leaving Gillingham, he joined

in May 2016 as a player-coach, on a one-year contract. On 17 September 2016, Morris made his Crawley Town debut in a 2–0 victory over

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. On 10 March 2017, after displacing

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and

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loanee Mitchell Beeney, Morris signed a new two-year deal with Crawley running until June 2019. He won the Player of the Year award for Crawley Town for the 2016–17 season. During the 2017–18 season, Morris made 44 league appearances for the club, and won Crawley's Player of the Year award for the second time. before signing a contract extension in January 2018 until the summer of 2020. He appeared in all 46 of Crawley's league games during 2018–19. 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. In September 2019 he signed a new contract until 2021. At the conclusion of the 2020–21 season the club triggered a one-year extension to his contract. In 2021–22 he was named as the side's Player of the Season for a fourth time.

Gillingham (loan)

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

Career statistics

Honours

Individual * Crawley Town Player of the Season: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22

References

External links

Profile
at the Crawley Town F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Glenn 1983 births Living people Footballers from Woolwich English footballers Association football goalkeepers Leyton Orient F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players