Mickey Adams
Adams as Port Vale manager in September 2010
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Richard Adams | ||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–1978 | Sheffield United | ||
| 1978–1979 | Gillingham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1983 | Gillingham | 92 | (5) |
| 1983–1987 | Coventry City | 90 | (9) |
| 1987–1989 | Leeds United | 73 | (2) |
| 1989–1994 | Southampton | 144 | (7) |
| 1994 | → Stoke City (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| 1994–1997 | Fulham | 29 | (8) |
| 1997 | Swansea City | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Brentford | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 438 | (34) | |
| National team | |||
| 1978–1979 | England Youth | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1996–1997 | Fulham (player-manager) | ||
| 1997 | Swansea City (player-manager) | ||
| 1997–1998 | Brentford (player-manager) | ||
| 1999 | Nottingham Forest (caretaker manager) | ||
| 1999–2001 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| 2002–2004 | Leicester City | ||
| 2005–2007 | Coventry City | ||
| 2008–2009 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| 2009–2010 | Port Vale | ||
| 2010–2011 | Sheffield United | ||
| 2011–2014 | Port Vale | ||
| 2014–2015 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
| 2015 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Michael Richard "Micky" Adams (born 8 November 1961) is an English former professional footballer turned football manager, who was most recently manager of League of Ireland Premier Division side Sligo Rovers. As a player he was a full back, and made a total of 438 league appearances in a nineteen-year professional career in the Football League, including five years with Southampton at the highest level. He began his managerial career as player-manager for Fulham in 1994 and has led several teams at varying levels with mixed success, being named Manager of the Season twice, sacked a number of times and earning four promotions for the teams he has managed.
Born in Sheffield, Adams was part of the youth team at Sheffield United from the age of twelve until released in 1977. He turned professional at the Third Division team Gillingham in 1979, where he established himself in the first team, winning a move in 1983 to Coventry City who were in the First Division. He spent four years at Coventry before being sold on to Leeds United in 1987. He was bought by Southampton for £250,000 in 1989, where he enjoyed five years of top-flight football. He was loaned out to Stoke City in 1994, before he signed with Fulham later in the year. Appointed as Fulham's player-manager in March 1996, he led the club out of the Third Division in 1996–97, and was named as the Third Division Manager of the Season. Sacked by Fulham despite his success, he walked out on Swansea City after less than two weeks in charge, and instead took charge at Brentford in November 1997. He was sacked after the club were relegated at the end of the season. At this point he ended his playing career.
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