Britain's oldest striker is still banging in the goals for his local football team three times a week - at the grand age of 90.
Sprightly Mike Fisher - nicknamed Ninja by teammates - is still averaging a hattrick every game following a footballing career which began 75 years ago in 1949.
Mike began playing when he was aged 14 in the Luton and District League - and is still a Luton Town FC fan.
Sprightly Mike Fisher - nicknamed Ninja by teammates - is still averaging a hattrick every game following a footballing career which began 75 years ago in 1949.
Mike began playing when he was aged 14 in the Luton and District League - and is still a Luton Town FC fan.
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00:00 I play three times a week playing football, walking football, and I play walking cricket
00:20 one day a week.
00:21 Otherwise I'll just be sitting at home doing nothing and I'll just do it to keep me fit
00:31 and I enjoy it.
00:32 That's the main thing, I enjoy doing it and I'll keep doing it as long as I can.
00:37 How long it'll be I don't know.
00:38 I hope to be here next year until 21.
00:41 I started off playing in the Luton District League because I lived in a little village
00:55 just outside Luton called Barton.
00:57 And then when I came up here I played in the Wolverhampton Works League and the Wolverhampton
01:02 Amateur League.
01:03 I finished the win up about 33, 34 and somebody said why don't you come play football and
01:17 I said I'm too old and they said we've got someone older than you playing so I come.
01:22 One of the ones who run the team before they just called me Ninja because they didn't
01:26 have anywhere to find me.
01:27 Hi I'm Chris, I'm the health manager for Walsall FC Foundation.
01:54 I'm here today for our walking football session where we've had Ninja whose 90th birthday
01:59 was last Thursday.
02:00 It's been a pleasure to have him at our session, he's been coming for around 10 years now.
02:05 Not only to today's session but our Friday session that he attends regularly.
02:09 It's part of his routine really, our session that he comes to every week.
02:13 He plays at some other sessions, he's still playing walking cricket as well so it just
02:18 shows the importance of staying active and keeping your body busy and keeping your mind
02:22 active as well.
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