Reggae Boy Deon Burton is not yet ready to call time on a long career, despite being released by newly promoted English League One club Gillingham recently.

Burton, now 36, was released by the club last week, despite playing a crucial role in their successful bid for promotion, after discussions with a view to offering the striker a new deal broke down.

"Obviously, it was done for football reasons. I have a good relationship with the manager and it's just football, isn't it? You move on," he said.

Burton grabbed 11 goals in 39 appearances, for the then League Two club, after turning down an offer to play with League One side MK Dons. The forward admitted to having some disappointment at receiving the news with the way discussions came to and end, but insisted that he was in no way ready to hang up his boots.

"It was very disappointing when I got the news. It was left that the club would be in touch with my agent about signing a new contract, Burton said.

"Obviously, we would have spoken to other clubs earlier had we known the situation. You never know, I could end up back at Gillingham. Football is a funny old game," Burton said.

"I wasn't going to Gillingham at 35 to sit on the bench and see out my career," he said.

"I got 40 games and 13 goals in total and topped it off with promotion," he added.

"Everyone says League One and League Two are not too different. I know myself, I can keep going. It's down to someone to be interested and we will go from there."

The player, however, admitted that he is anxious to find a new club as quickly as possible.

"Being without a club is very, very stressful, as you can imagine," he said.

"Being out of any job is very stressful. We've all got bills to pay. I've been in the job long enough and know what it takes. The transfer window is open for a long time still, so I'm not panicking."

Burton told UK publication Your Canterbury (http://www.yourcanterbury.co.uk/). Burton played a crucial role for the Jamaica national team in their historic run-up to the 1998 World Cup, scoring in crucial encounters.