BORN in Aldershot, Ryan Wilson does not sound like your average Glaswegian - but the Scotland forward admits nowhere feels more like home than his adopted city.
The 29-year-old will rack up a decade of service with Glasgow next year and registered his 150th Warriors appearance against Cardiff last weekend.
Fitting in with an accent that is more Cockney than Cardonald was a challenge for the number eight when he first moved north from Birmingham outfit Moseley.
But as he approaches his 30th birthday in May, Wilson revealed he would love nothing more than to see out his playing career at Scotsoun.
He said: "I'm still only 28 - well I tell everybody that because I'm 29 and don't want to think about turning 30 - but I've got plenty years left in the tank.
"But I love it here. I love this club and there's a reason why I've been here for nine years now.
"That's because of the way we do things here at this club and the way the city has taken me and my family in. I've grown my family here, my three kids were all born here.
"It's a club with a lot of ambition which I like, plus with me playing for Scotland, it makes sense to be up here too.
"I love Glasgow, I love Glasgow Warriors as a club. It would be amazing to spend my whole career here.
"This is home for me now. I think if you spend this length of time in one place and put so much of your life into it then it would strange if I didn't call it home.
"Fitting-in-wise, with this accent it wasn't the easiest start but the people of Glasgow are brilliant. It's easier for my eldest girl Ava, she's starting to get a Glaswegian accent from school now but I'm really proud of that, I absolutely love it."
The ambition that saw Glasgow become the first Scottish side to win a major title with their 2015 PRO12 triumph will be put to the test this weekend when Warriors head to London to take on Saracens.
Their place in European Champions Cup quarter-finals may already be secured by then should Edinburgh beat Montpellier to hand their inter-city rivals a best-runners up slot.
But Wilson wants to see his side qualify from Pool 3 in their own right.
He said: "It's a massive task. Saracens are not two-time European champions for nothing.
"We gave them a go test here in October. We should have come out on top but we just didn't finish our chances.
"But we know we have the squad that can go down there and top this pool so we have to be positive and focus on that outcome."
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