Gillingham goalkeeper Glenn Morris on his return to the club permanently from Crawley Town

Goalkeeper Glenn Morris admitted it was a gamble to return to Gillingham after tearing up an 18-month deal at Crawley Town.

Morris, 39, has returned to the Gills on a contract until the end of this season, heading back to a club where he knew he had a good chance of getting plenty of action.

He started every league match for the Gills during his loan spell before a ligament tear in his shoulder in mid-November left him sidelined. He returned from injury to play at Stevenage on January 2, the final day of his loan spell.

Two weeks later he was back, having cancelled his deal at Crawley and signed permanently for the Gills.

“I am happy here, enjoying my football again, and pleased to be able to get it sorted,” he said.

“It wasn’t straightforward because I had a contract at Crawley that I needed to sort out and a few things needed to fall into place and once that happened it was good to get it done.

“It is a gamble but I wanted to be somewhere where there was a chance of playing, you don’t want to be somewhere where you are not going to have that opportunity, it was best for me to cut the tie (at Crawley) and move on.

“I think Crawley was sort of finished for me in the summer, it was a case of wanting to come back and it was just whether it could happen, I had the safety net of another year at Crawley if nothing did materialise but I didn’t want to do that, I wanted to come back.

“It had to happen quickly because I could see things were happening here, you didn’t know what would happen if I took too long, it had to happen quick and get back here and be available for Hartlepool.”

Morris was back and played his part in last Saturday's 2-0 win over Hartlepool in a battle of the bottom two.

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