BRIAN Jensen's passion for keeping the ball out of the back of his net is showing no signs of dimming as he enters his 42nd year.

The former Burnley goalkeeper, who made over 300 appearances between the sticks for the Clarets, recently signed a one-year contract extension with League Two Mansfield Town.

He made 27 appearances for the Stags last season, becoming the oldest player to represent the club in the process, as well as taking on coaching duties at the club.

Although he turned 41 in April he signed up for another year in the summer and next season he wants to make that number one spot his own.

"I got another year, I’m still hanging in there," he said. "I’m working hard on my fitness because I want to play all the games now.

"It’s a little bit difficult with doing the coaching at the same time but it’s working and hopefully it will be another good season."

As well as taking on goalkeeping duties at Field Mill, in May Jensen launched a GK Icon youth goalkeeping academy.

Protecting the goal might always have been his calling, but he is determined to pass on the skills to the next generation, and make sure those that play in goal want to do so.

"I always wanted to do the coaching and I’m starting my own goalkeeping school now. It’s going really well," he explained.

"At grassroots level there is a massive gap in the market when it comes to goalkeeping, there’s not a lot of people about at that level who have the knowledge and the experience to teach kids.

"There’s a lot of kids who in goal for the wrong reason and I’m trying to stop that. Anybody can go in goal if they enjoy it, it doesn’t matter how big you are or how small you are, if you enjoy it then I can try to reach them the basics so they know how to save a ball. So when they set up for a shooting exercise and there’s 20 kids hammering balls at you then you will know how to save it and what to do."

The man remembered as the 'Beast' at Turf Moor is just two games away from 450 in English football, having also represented West Brom, Bury and Crawley Town.

The Denmark-born goalkeeper wants his Sandbach-based academy to start producing goalkeepers of the future, and most importantly to develop players who have the same passion for the role that he continues to exhibit.

"I’m passing on the passion for goalkeeping as well," he said. "If you get somebody who really wants to do it but they don’t know how you can easily lose interest.

"I think that is something that has been vital over the years, it’s people going in goal for the wrong reason where now kids who want to be a goalkeeper can come to my school and we can teach them how to do it."