UK's oldest striker is still banging the goals at 90

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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.

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00:00 I play three times a week playing football, walking football, and I play walking cricket

00:12 one day a week. Otherwise I'll just be sitting at home doing nothing and I'll just do it

00:17 to keep me fit and I enjoy it. That's the main thing, I enjoy doing it and I'll keep

00:22 doing it as long as I can. How long it'll be I don't know. I hope to be here next year

00:26 until 91. I started off playing in the Luton District League because I lived in a little

00:34 village just outside Luton called Barton. And then when I came up here I played in the

00:39 Wolverhampton Works League and the Wolverhampton Amateur League. I finished the win up about

00:43 33, 34. Somebody said why don't you come play football and I said I'm too old and they said

00:49 we've got someone older than you playing so I come. One of the ones who run the team before

00:55 they just called me Ninja because he didn't have anywhere to find me. I know there are

00:59 others in the country who are my age and still playing. I do know that we have about three

01:07 others I think who are in their 90s and still playing. They just do it like me, I suppose

01:13 enjoy it. Best of luck to them, I hope they keep on playing longer and longer.

01:19 Hi I'm Chris, I'm the Health Manager from Walsall FC Foundation. I'm here today for

01:24 our walking football session where we've had Ninja whose 90th birthday was last Thursday.

01:30 It's been a pleasure to have him at our session, he's been coming for around 10 years now.

01:34 Not only to today's session but our Friday session that he attends regularly. It's part

01:39 of his routine really, our session that he comes to every week. He plays at some other

01:43 sessions, he's still playing walking cricket as well so it just shows the importance of

01:48 staying active and keeping your body busy and keeping your mind active as well.

01:52 Come on, good.

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