Gillingham’s veteran goalkeeper Glenn Morris insists he’s feeling in great shape and would love to stay on for another season.
The 42-year-old is the oldest player in the Football League, and the oldest to have ever played for the Gills, but he says he’s feeling as sharp as he did when he rejoined the club four years ago.
Morris has been back in the side following an ankle injury and has been competing with Jake Turner for the no.1 spot in what has been a tough season.
“I’d like to be (next season),” he said, when speaking ahead of Gillingham’s game at Walsall.
“I know it’s not been the greatest of seasons and stuff, but I feel good. I feel sharp. Who knows what’s going to happen?
“We’ll get these games out of the way, and we’ll concentrate on that when it gets to the end of the season. I feel like I’m okay. I feel like I can still play a role in some sort.
“I’m at 24, 25 games [this season], and it’s not too bad really for somebody my age. I always feel good. I had one serious injury [this season] that took me out for 12 weeks. That’s going to happen. But I feel good.
“My body and everything feels good. I feel like I’m in a good place. I feel sharp.
“I feel just the same as I did when I joined Gillingham four years ago. I don’t feel any different to that.
“I’ve had this conversation for 10 years. Genuinely, it’s difficult because people want to write me off all the time and they’ve got every right to. They can do what they want, but I feel just as good as I did when I joined here.
“I’m still training every day. It’s not like I’m missing training sessions. I’m out there.I’m doing all I can.”
Morris hasn’t been able to escape Gillingham’s poor form even when he’s not at the club.
He said: “I am local. I live in Medway. I’m not going anywhere. I see a lot of Gillingham fans all the time.
“My daughters play netball in the Medway Netball League. I’m involved in it all the time.
“I’m not getting away from the fact that we’re struggling and you’re getting the questions all the time. It’s not nice but that’s football and that’s the way it is. We have got to do better.
“I live near loads of Gillingham fans. I’m seeing them when I walk my dog. Once I finish at Gillingham, I’m not moving. I’m staying here. It’s my local team. I’m here just as much as everyone else is.
“It’s tough, but I’ve been in tough runs. I’ve been in worse situations. We were in a worse situation a few years ago where we turned it around in that January. It was looking like we was going to fall out of the league.
“It’s not been great and it’s nowhere near where we want to be but it could have been worse. We’ve got to try and turn it around. We’ve still got a few games where we can turn around a little bit of a feel good and push on.
“It’s my second spell at Gillingham. We haven’t been as well as we should be. You’ve got to take those awkward conversations on the chin and that’s it. That’s all you can do.”
Asked if there were any more targets he would like to achieve, he said: “I’m not really looking at goals and stuff. For me, it’s just keep going as long as I can, as long as I feel like I’m contributing, whatever that may be, whatever role that is in a football club.
“I just want to be able to contribute to the team, the squad, the club, and then I’m happy.”
