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.<br /><br />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. <br /><br />The former RAF veteran turns out every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for two local walking football teams after he started playing for them aged 82. <br /><br />Previously to that, granddad-of-two Mike, of Bloxwich, West Mids., played up until his 40s before taking a break from the beautiful game. <br /><br />After falling back in love with the sport in his 80s he now regularly appears for Old Corinthians, who play at non-league Rushall Olympic's ground in Walsall. <br /><br />The goal-machine even celebrated his 90th birthday with team mates last week by bagging five goals in a game against opponents 40 years younger than him. <br /><br />Dad-of-two Mike, a former machine shop worker, said: "They all call me Ninja. Because they say I'm gone in the blink of an eye, just like that. <br /><br />"One minute you think you've collared me and the next minute I'm gone and the ball is in the back of the net. <br /><br />"If you ask anyone if they play with Mike Fisher, they won't have a clue who you're on about - but if you say 'do you play with Ninja' they will know who you mean.<br /><br />"I still love football and I'll keep going for as long as I can - or at least while I'm still scoring on a regular basis. That feeling of scoring goals never gets old - even if I am.<br /><br />"I've lost count of how many I've scored but I get four of five a game usually and have been playing walking football three times a week regularly for eight years.<br /><br />"A few times I have scored ten in a match."<br /><br />Mike began playing when he was aged 14 in the Luton and District League in his native Bedfordshire before he moved to the Midlands after meeting his wife. <br /><br />He fell for partner Doris in Blackpool, where he was stationed with the RAF, while she was visiting the Blackpool Illuminations in the 50s. <br /><br />Mike served in Libya, Egypt and Iraq in 1954 as an RAF motor mechanic and married Doris upon his return to Britain in 1954. <br /><br />They moved to the Black Country and went on to have two children together. Doris passed away four years ago at the age of 87.<br /><br />Luton Town fan Mike added: "The football gives me a reason to still get up and out and stay fit and active. I don't want to be sitting in a chair all day long. <br /><br />"I began playing in Luton when I was around 14/15 and I played as a forward or as wide forward as it was known then. <br /><br />"I played for a team called Yale once I moved up to the Black Country and then played with Wednesfield Civil Defence when I was around 33/34.<br /><br />"It was in the Wolverhampton Amateur League but then once I got into my 40s I slowed down and stopped playing for a while. I think most people do in their 40s.<br /><br />"It wasn't until I moved into my flat in Bloxwich that we went along to this community centre and they asked what sort of thing I enjoyed doing. <br /><br />"I said I used to play football and they mentioned the walking football, although I thought I'd be way too old at 82, I just gave it a go. <br /><br />"All of a sudden, I started playing against people in their 50s and 60s and realised I could still do it. <br /><br />"I have slowed down a bit, my reactions aren't what they used to be but I don't ache afterwards or anything. I still feel fit and I've been lucky with no injuries.<br /><br />"These days I just wait up front to stick it in the net if I'm needed. I'm a bit like Jimmy Greaves, I suppose. <br /><br />"He was the classic poacher, he used to hug the box and score goals from close range.<br /><br />"I don't run from one end of the pitch to the other anymore - if I stray too far, they tell me off and tell me to go back up front and we'll give the ball to you."<br /><br />Old Corinthians team mate Mike Stevnson, 76, said: "He comes, he scores. <br /><br />"Can there be anyone else still playing regular football at this great age?"<br /><br />John Hemming, at 58 the youngest member of the Old Corinthians side, added: "He's an out-and-out striker.<br /><br />"He waits on the edge of the box. We set the goals up, you give the ball to Ninj, and he will score."<br /><br />As well as playing for Old Corinthians, he also plays indoor games twice a week for an hour a time at Sneyd Community Centre. <br /><br />Mike added: "I don't know of any 90-year-olds who still play, certainly not three times a week. I've heard of a few in their 80s but not 90.<br /><br />"I just hope I'm still playing when I'm 91, that's my next aim."
