Elliott Morris on 'The Gaffer' who moulded his Irish League career

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He is 'The Gaffer' who Elliott Morris rates as the best manager he ever worked under at Glentoran.

And he played for a few.

Legendary goalkeeper Morris - who announced his retirement last week - played under a total of 10 managers during his time as a player at the Oval.

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But there's one man who stands out from the pack, and it is the boss who brought him to Mersey Street way back in 2002.

Roy Coyle signed Morris after he returned home from West Bromwich Albion, igniting an Irish League career that would span two decades.

Morris says it was Coyle's straight-talking approach that appealed to him when he returned from England.

The retiring shot-stopper told Belfast Live's That's What I Call Football podcast: "I came home and after two weeks Roy Coyle called me and asked if I wanted to sign. And the rest is history.

"He was brutally honest. The conversation was just how I like it to be. Honest and open.

"I don't think I realised what I was getting myself into. I was chatting to him and saying, 'yes Roy' and 'thank-you Roy' and all that. And as I walked out the door he goes 'by the way son, it is gaffer now'. And I thought 'flip, what have I left myself in for here'.

"But he is the Gaffer. He has won