Jody Morris

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Personal information
Jody Morris
Date of birth	December 22, 1978 (age 28)
Place of birth	Hammersmith, London, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Millwall
Number	20
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-2003 2003-04 2004 2004–	Chelsea Leeds United Rotherham United Millwall	124 (5) 12 (0) 10 (1) 61 (5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jody Morris, (born December 22, 1978 in Hammersmith, London, England), is an English footballer playing in the midfield position. He currently plays for Millwall and has previously played for Chelsea, Leeds United and Rotherham United. While at Chelsea he played a short cameo role as a late sub in the FA Cup Final 2000 and therefore he received a winners medal.

1 Recent playing career and injury
2 Legal issues
3 Honours
4 References

[edit] Recent playing career and injury

Morris made 70 first-team appearances for the Lions before fracturing his cheekbone and then suffered cruciate knee ligament damage at Derby on his comeback game towards the end of the 2005/6 campaign. He signed a new one-year deal in June 2006, with the club having an additional one year option.^[1]

[edit] Legal issues

Morris has received somewhat of a "bad boy" image for several legal and ethical issues. Chronologically, these include allegations: he was one of a group of Chelsea players who drunkenly abused American tourists at Heathrow airport within hours of the 9/11 attacks on New York City and the Pentagon ^[2]; engaged, along with fellow footballer John Terry, in a drunken brawl in 2002^[3]; sexually assaulted two women in Leeds in 2003^[4], charges on both were eventually dropped^[5]; and being arrested and convicted for drunken driving in November 2006, and was disqualified from driving for 4 years, punishable with a jail sentence if he is found driving^[6]

[edit] Honours

Chelsea

1998 Cup Winners' Cup Winner (unused sub)
2000 FA Cup Winner
2000 FA Charity Shield Winner

[edit] References

^ (November 22 2006) Jody Morris Profile. Millwall FC website.
^ (March 7 2004) Leeds release Morris. ABC Sport.
^ (August 22 2002) Footballers cleared over club brawl. BBC News.
^ (October 22 2003) Jody Morris released on bail. Evening Standard.
^ (January 30 2004) Jody Morris sex charge dropped. BBC News.
^ (November 9 2006) Lions issue Morris support. eatsleepsport.com.

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