Micky Adams

Position
Defender
Nationality
Place Of Birth
Sheffield
Date Of Birth
November 8, 1961
Age
63
Height (cm)
173
Games Played
108
-
Per Game
Games Started
103
1.0
Per Game
Minutes
9274
85.9
Per Game
Goals
10
0.1
Per Game
Assists
9
0.1
Per Game
Notes
Stats
Matches
Transfers
Gallery
Internationals

Managed City for 100 games from January 2005

Signed from Gillingham for £55,000 by Bobby Gould in 1983. A left back/left sided midfield player who scored on his home debut against Everton and was a regular in Gould’s and then Don Mackay’s teams. In January 1987, after losing his place to Nick Pickering he joined Leeds and three months later appeared against the Sky Blues in the FA Cup semi-final. He played over 400 league games, including five years in the top tier with Southampton, and later Stoke and Fulham.
Beginning his managerial career as Fulham’s player-manager in 1996, he earned promotions and twice won Manager of the Season. His career saw mixed success, managing clubs like Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Leicester City, Coventry City, and Sheffield United. Adams achieved notable promotions with Fulham, Brighton, and Port Vale. After a brief stint with Sligo Rovers in 2015, he retired from management and launched a football consultancy business.

• Left back / left midfield
• Joined from Gillingham for £55,000 (aged 21 years 8 months) under Bobby Gould
• Left for Leeds United for free (aged 25 years 2 months) under John Sillett & George Curtis
• Substitute appearances: 5
• Unused substitute: 6
• Bookings: 14

Penalties (1 - scored)
1985-86
28 September 1985 v West Bromwich Albion H, scored

Own goals (1)
1984-85
17 November 1984 v Nottingham Forest H

Football League First Division (England)
1986-1987
Coventry City
11
10
1
922′
2 (0)
1
1985-1986
Coventry City
31
29
2
2601′
3
3 (1)
3
1984-1985
Coventry City
31
30
1
2695′
6
3 (0)
2
1
1983-1984
Coventry City
17
16
1
1462′
2
1 (0)
90
85
5
7680′
11
0
0
9 (1)
6
1
League Cup (England)
1986-1987
Coventry City
4
4
304′
1 (0)
2
1985-1986
Coventry City
3
3
270′
1
1984-1985
Coventry City
2
2
180′
1
9
9
0
754′
1
0
0
1 (0)
3
0
FA Cup (England)
1985-1986
Coventry City
1
1
90′
1984-1985
Coventry City
2
2
180′
1983-1984
Coventry City
4
4
390′
1
7
7
0
660′
1
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
Full Members Cup (England)
1985-1986
Coventry City
2
2
180′
1
2
2
0
180′
1
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
Totals:
108
103
5
9274′
14
0
0
10 (1)
9
1
Date
For
Against
H/A
Result
Today Football League First Division 1986-1987
Today Football League First Division 1986-1987
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
H
W 4:3
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
H
D 2:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Liverpool
A
L 2:0
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
A
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Wimbledon
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Oxford United
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Aston Villa
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Watford
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Charlton Athletic
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Newcastle United
H
W 3:0
90`
1
1
Coventry City
Manchester City
A
W 0:1
Coventry City
Chelsea
A
D 0:0
Coventry City
Everton
H
D 1:1
Coventry City
West Ham United
A
L 1:0
22`
Littlewoods Challenge Cup 1986-1987
Littlewoods Challenge Cup 1986-1987
Coventry City
Liverpool
A
L 3:1
88`
Coventry City
Oldham Athletic
H
W 2:1
36`
Coventry City
Rotherham United
A
W 0:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Rotherham United
H
W 3:2
90`
1
1
Canon League First Division 1985-1986
Canon League First Division 1985-1986
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Luton Town
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Liverpool
A
L 5:0
45`
Coventry City
Manchester United
H
L 1:3
16`
Coventry City
Arsenal
A
L 3:0
36`
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Leicester City
A
L 2:1
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
A
L 5:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Everton
H
L 1:3
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
A
L 5:1
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
H
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
A
W 0:2
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Luton Town
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Liverpool
H
L 0:3
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Birmingham City
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
H
L 2:3
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
A
D 2:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Leicester City
H
W 3:0
90`
1
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
H
W 3:0
74`
1
1
Coventry City
Southampton
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Aston Villa
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Arsenal
H
L 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Watford
A
L 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Newcastle United
H
L 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Everton
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Chelsea
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
H
D 1:1
90`
FA Cup 1985-1986
FA Cup 1985-1986
Coventry City
Watford
H
L 1:3
90`
Milk Cup 1985-1986
Milk Cup 1985-1986
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
H
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Chester City
H
W 7:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Chester City
A
W 1:2
90`
Full Members Cup 1985-1986
Full Members Cup 1985-1986
Coventry City
Millwall
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Stoke City
A
L 3:0
90`
Canon League First Division 1984-1985
Canon League First Division 1984-1985
Coventry City
Everton
H
W 4:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Luton Town
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Stoke City
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Liverpool
H
L 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
A
L 4:2
90`
Coventry City
Sunderland
H
L 0:1
74`
Coventry City
Norwich City
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Watford
H
W 3:1
90`
1
1
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
H
W 3:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Aston Villa
H
L 0:3
90`
Coventry City
Manchester United
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Stoke City
H
W 4:0
90`
Coventry City
West Ham United
H
L 1:2
11`
Coventry City
Luton Town
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Leicester City
A
L 5:1
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Liverpool
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
A
L 5:2
90`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
H
L 1:3
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
H
W 1:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Chelsea
A
L 6:2
90`
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Newcastle United
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Watford
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Arsenal
H
L 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Sunderland
A
D 0:0
90`
FA Cup 1984-1985
FA Cup 1984-1985
Coventry City
Manchester United
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Manchester City
H
W 2:1
90`
Milk Cup 1984-1985
Milk Cup 1984-1985
Coventry City
Walsall
H
L 0:3
90`
Coventry City
Walsall
A
W 1:2
90`
Canon League First Division 1983-1984
Canon League First Division 1983-1984
Coventry City
Manchester United
A
L 4:1
67`
Coventry City
Nottingham Forest
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Arsenal
H
L 1:4
90`
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
H
L 2:4
45`
Coventry City
Notts County
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Aston Villa
H
D 3:3
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Birmingham City
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
West Bromwich Albion
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Ipswich Town
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Leicester City
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Watford
H
L 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Everton
A
D 0:0
Coventry City
West Ham United
A
L 5:2
90`
Coventry City
Notts County
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Everton
H
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Tottenham Hotspur
A
D 1:1
90`
FA Cup 1983-1984
FA Cup 1983-1984
Coventry City
Sheffield Wednesday
A
L 3:2
90`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
W 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
D 1:1
120`
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
D 1:1
90`
Club Out
Club In
Transfer Date
Fee
Club Out / Club In
Transfer Date / Fee
Coventry City
Leeds United
Fri, 23 Jan, 1987
£110,000
Coventry City
Leeds United
Fri, 23 Jan, 1987
£110,000
Gillingham
Coventry City
Tue, 19 Jul, 1983
£75,000
Gillingham
Coventry City
Tue, 19 Jul, 1983
£75,000

4 England Youth caps with Gillingham before joining City