Wellington Phoenix head coach Ricki Herbert ticked off another box today when he confirmed the signing of goalkeeper Tony Warner.



The Liverpool-born custodian comes to New Zealand with a wealth of experience under his belt and will provide compeetition for incumbent Mark Paston.



The 1.93m Warner joined Liverpool as a 16-year-old and spent nine years at the club but never made a first-team appearance.



While with Liverpool, Warner, 37, had loan spells at Swindon, Glasgow Celtic and Aberdeen before signing for Millwall in 1999 and making 200 first team appearances for the club.



Since leaving Millwall in 2004, Warner has played at Cardiff City and Fulham as well as having loan spells at Leeds United, Norwich City and Barnsley.



Last season he made 25 appearances for Tranmere Rovers.