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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox football biography Tony Alexander Adams (born 10 October 1966) is an English former football manager and player. Adams played for Arsenal and England, captaining both teams. Known as "Mr. Arsenal", he spent his entire playing career of 19 years as a centre-back there, making 672 total appearances and winning four English league titles. He is considered one of Arsenal's greatest ever players,^[1] and is also included in the Football League 100 Legends.

With Arsenal, he won four top flight division titles, uniquely captaining a title-winning team in three different decades, three FA Cups, two Football League Cups, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and two FA Community Shields.^[2] Adams is one of six people honoured with a statue outside the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal's home ground. He won 66 caps for England between 1987 and 2000, and played at four major tournaments.

When his playing career finished, Adams went into football management, spending periods in charge of Wycombe Wanderers, Portsmouth, Azerbaijani side Gabala and Spanish side Granada.

From early in his career Adams was an alcoholic off the field, and after crashing his car was sentenced to four months in prison for driving while four times over the limit for blood alcohol. From 1996 he recovered completely, and became involved in helping sportspeople with drink, drug or gambling addictions, founding the Sporting Chance Clinic.^[3]

Early life

Born in Romford, Adams grew up in Dagenham and was a pupil at Hunters Hall Primary School from 1971 to 1978 and then Eastbrook Comprehensive School from 1978 to 1983.^[4] His cousin is fellow professional footballer Steve MacKenzie.^[5]

Club career

1983–1989: Early career and Anfield title

Adams signed for Arsenal as a schoolboy in 1980,^[6] and made his first-team debut on 5 November 1983 against Sunderland, aged 17.^[7]^[8] He accidentally put his shorts on back-to-front before the match. Then, with virtually his first touch of the ball during the game, he gave it away, leading to Sunderland's opening goal. He put the ball into the opponents' net, but the goal was disallowed.^[7] Adams became a regular player in the 1986–87 season, winning his first major trophy that season when playing in the Football League Cup Final win over Liverpool at Wembley.^[8]

On 1 January 1988, he became Arsenal captain at the age of 21,^[9] remaining as club captain for the next 14 years until his retirement.

Adams's strong discipline of the defence was considered a factor in Arsenal winning the League Cup in 1986–87 and then the First Division championship twice; the first in 1988–89 after a win over Liverpool in the final game of the season; the second in 1990–91, losing once all season.

1989–1996: Arsenal's famous back four

Together with Lee Dixon, Nigel Winterburn and Steve Bould, Adams was part of the "famous back four" that lined up in Arsenal's defence, which under George Graham was renowned for its well-disciplined use of the offside trap.^[10] The backline achieved legendary status with its unyielding resilience, remaining formidable for over a decade. Arsenal notably conceded just 18 goals during their title-winning 1990–91 league season, and the four players amassed over 2,000 appearances for the club.^[11]

In 1992–93 Adams was the captain of the first English side to win the League Cup and FA Cup double.^[12] In 1994, Adams led Arsenal to their first European trophy in 24 years by defeating favourites Parma 1–0 in the 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup final in Copenhagen.^[13]

Despite this success, alcoholism increasingly blighted his life from the mid-1980s. He was reportedly often involved in fights in nightclubs, and on 6 May 1990 crashed his car into a wall in Rayleigh; his blood alcohol level was found to be more than four times the legal drink-drive limit. On 19 December that year, at Southend Crown Court,^[9]^[14]^[15] he was sentenced to four months in prison, and freed after half of his sentence on 15 February 1991,^[16] but continued drinking for another six years. Adams in a 2024 interview said that in early 1996, aged 29, he was in a very dark period, not wanting to live when not playing football, unable to "do life". He was injured that February, removing football. One Sunday evening he drank seven bottles of chablis, so his (first) mother-in-law took the children.^[3]

From mid-1996, with help from a man he named only as "James W",^[3] he became one of the most high-profile recovering alcoholics in the UK;^[17] his battle with alcohol is detailed in his autobiography, Addicted, which was released in May 1998 to critical acclaim.^[17] BBC News reported in 2001 that he had become tee-total.^[18]

1996–2002: Wenger's arrival and retirement

"When I first came to Arsenal, I realised the back four were all university graduates in the art of defending. As for Tony Adams, I consider him to be a doctor of defence."

– Wenger hailing Adams' experience in 1997.^[19]

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Six weeks into Adams's sobriety, Arsène Wenger arrived as Arsenal manager in October 1996. Adams reflected in 2020 that Wenger understood his psychology, and knew of the dangers of alcohol, as his parents ran a pub.^[20] Adams rewarded his manager's understanding handsomely, captaining the club to two Premiership and FA Cup Doubles, in 1997–98 and 2001–02.^[8]

In August 2002, just before the start of the 2002–03 season, Adams retired from professional football after a career spanning almost 20 years, his last match being the 2002 FA Cup Final.^[21] He played 674 matches for Arsenal (only David O'Leary has played more) and was the most successful captain in the club's history. The number 6 shirt that Adams wore when playing was not used again until the 2006–07 season, when it was assigned to Philippe Senderos.^[22]

Just before his retirement as a player, Adams had applied to become manager of Brentford (who had just missed out on promotion to Division One) after the resignation of Steve Coppell, but his application was rejected.^[23]

Nicknamed "Mr Arsenal", he was honoured by Arsenal with a testimonial game against Celtic in May 2002 with many Arsenal legends playing, including Ian Wright, John Lukic and Adams's fellow back four stalwarts, Dixon, Winterburn and Bould. The game finished 1–1 with Lee Dixon, in his final appearance for the Gunners, getting their goal.^[24] In March 2003, just seven months after his retirement and with Arsenal BBC Sport named Adams as the former Arsenal player that the club would most benefit from returning.^[25]

In 2004, Adams was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his impact on the English game, and in 2008 he was placed third in the 50 Greatest Gunners poll on the club's website.

A statue of Adams was placed outside Emirates Stadium in celebration of the club's 125th anniversary on 9 December 2011. Manager Herbert Chapman and Arsenal's all-time top goal scorer Thierry Henry,^[26] and later Dennis Bergkamp ^[27] and Arsène Wenger,^[28] were also immortalised with statues outside the ground.

International career

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Adams (left) playing for England at UEFA Euro 1988, as the Netherlands' Marco van Basten scores the first of his three goals

Adams made his debut for England against Spain in 1987,^[8] and played in UEFA Euro 1988. England lost all three games, but Adams scored one of England's two goals in the tournament in a 3–1 defeat to the Soviet Union. He was the first player to represent England who had been born after the 1966 World Cup win.

After a highly promising start to his international career, Adams suffered a series of setbacks during the early 1990s. He was surprisingly left out of the 1990 FIFA World Cup squad by manager Bobby Robson,^[8] missed UEFA Euro 1992 due to injury, whilst England failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. England reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 1996, before losing on penalties to Germany.

Adams appeared at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Later that year, he made headlines for several statements in his autobiography Addicted, criticising manager Glenn Hoddle for his management of David Beckham and Paul Gascoigne, and for making Alan Shearer captain instead of Adams; he also called Gascoigne an alcoholic, which was denied by the player's representatives. Hoddle told the press that he had no problems with Adams's opinions from the book.^[29]

His international swansong was England's unsuccessful UEFA Euro 2000 campaign. With Shearer retiring from international football after the tournament, Adams regained the captaincy. However, within months, England lost a World Cup qualifier to Germany in October 2000, the match being the last to be staged at Wembley Stadium, before the stadium was torn down for rebuilding. That match was Adams's 60th Wembley appearance, a record. With Sven-Göran Eriksson eventually taking the helm and under increasing pressure for his place from the emerging and improving Rio Ferdinand, Adams retired from international football, having made 66 appearances,^[30] before Eriksson picked his first squad. He was the last England player to score at the old Wembley Stadium when he scored England's second goal in a 2–0 friendly win over Ukraine on 31 May 2000. This was also his first goal since he scored in a friendly against Saudi Arabia in November 1988, thus making the record for the longest gap between goals for England.

Style of play

Described as a "stopper" (or man–marking defender) by Tom Sheen of The Guardian in 2014, Adams played as a centre-back. A tall, brave, rugged, physical, and committed defender, his main traits were his leadership, aerial prowess, and his ability to read the game and time his tackles. While initially he was not known to be the most gifted player on the ball from a technical standpoint, he developed this aspect of his game under Wenger, and he later excelled as a ball-playing centre-back, in which he became known for his ability to carry the ball out from the back, as well as his penchant for undertaking individual runs.^[24]^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37] However, he was also known for his lack of pace.^[38]^[39]

Managerial and coaching career

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Adams (centre) with the Gabala senior team in 2010

After starting a sports science degree at Brunel University, Adams became the manager of Wycombe Wanderers on 5 November 2003. He took over the team that were in last place in the Football League Second Division (third tier).^[40] On his debut three days later, he won 4–1 at home to Swindon Town in the first round of the FA Cup.^[41] After a 2–1 loss at Tranmere Rovers on 12 April 2004 left the Chairboys 12 points inside the relegation zone with four games remaining, Adams said that his team would carry on fighting; unbeknown to the club, they were already relegated as two teams above them still had to play each other.^[42]

Wycombe began 2004–05 in the fourth tier, renamed League Two. Although the club were top of the table in August 2004, a loss of form saw them fall down the table. Adams resigned from Wycombe on 9 November 2004, with the club in 17th, citing personal reasons.^[43]

In July 2005, Adams accepted a trainee coaching role with Dutch side Feyenoord with special responsibility for its Jong team, which is a reserve/junior side. Adams later had a short spell seconded to Utrecht as a first team trainee coach in January and February 2006. While at Feyenoord he also worked part-time as a scout for Arsenal, watching games in Italy, France and the Netherlands.^[44]

Adams joined Portsmouth as assistant manager to Harry Redknapp in June 2006, a position left vacant by the departure of Kevin Bond. In his first season as assistant, Portsmouth finished ninth in the Premier League – their highest standing since the 1950s and won the 2007–08 FA Cup. Adams was appointed caretaker manager of Portsmouth in October 2008, alongside Joe Jordan,^[45] following the departure of Harry Redknapp to Tottenham Hotspur. He was subsequently appointed full-time manager.^[45]^[46] He was sacked in February 2009 after just 16 games in charge in which Portsmouth picked up only 10 points.^[47]

In May 2010, Adams signed a three-year contract to manage Azerbaijani club FC Gabala of the Azerbaijan Premier League.^[48] He departed as coach of Gabala due on 16 November 2011, before the end of the 2011–12 season.^[49]

In October 2012, Adams returned to Gabala in the capacity of Sporting Director.^[50]

Whilst sporting director at Gabala, Adams suffered from acute chest pain whilst exercising. At the Baku Medical Plaza he was diagnosed with a severely blocked vein and underwent a successful angioplasty. After disclosing the surgery, Adams said the minor heart operation saved his life.^[51]

On 10 April 2017, Adams was named as manager of La Liga strugglers Granada CF until the end of the 2016–17 season.^[52]^[53] At the end of the season, Granada were relegated from La Liga ending their six-year stay in the top division. Adams lost all seven games as manager and was subsequently sacked.^[54]

Outside football

Adams married Jane Shea in 1992, after they met at a nightclub in Islington; the couple had two children together, a son and a daughter. They divorced in 1997 amid the couple's substance abuse. Following his recovery from alcoholism, Adams married Poppy Teacher in 2004 and had three children together.^[55] Poppy is a fifth-generation descendent of whisky firm founder William Teacher.^[56]

In September 2000, as a result of his own experiences with alcoholism and drug addiction, Adams founded the Sporting Chance Clinic, a charitable foundation aimed at providing treatment, counselling and support for sports men and women suffering from drink, drug or gambling addictions. The clinic is modelled on the substance-abuse rehabilitation facility Crossroads Centre, founded by music artist Eric Clapton.^[57] The registered charity is supported by Elton John, Kate Hoey, Lee Dixon, Tony Smith, Tony McCoy, and Kelly Holmes.^[58] Adams' Arsenal testimonial match in May 2002 also raised £500,000 for the foundation.^[24]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Adams founded Six Mental Health Solutions (SIX MHS), an organisation that provides mental health and addiction services to employees across a range of partnered businesses.^[59] SIX MHS has since formed partnerships with several organisations, including the building materials company Jewson in 2021,^[60] and the Football Writers' Association in 2024.^[61] He is also a patron of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA UK), The Forward Trust, School-Home Support (SHS), and Saving Faces, a facial surgery research foundation.^[62]^[63]

In December 2018, Adams was named as the 29th President of the Rugby Football League, replacing politician Andy Burnham;^[64] he was succeeded in the honorary role by broadcaster Clare Balding a year later.^[65] Adams also took part as a celebrity contestant in the twentieth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2022.^[62] After partnering with dance professional Katya Jones, the duo placed ninth after Adams was forced to withdraw due to injury.^[66] Adams also advised novelist Jilly Cooper on her 2023 book Tackle!^[67]

Playing statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arsenal	1983–84^[68]	First Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	1984–85^[69]	First Division	16	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		18	0
	1985–86^[70]	First Division	10	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
	1986–87^[71]	First Division	42	6	4	0	9	0	—		—		55	6
	1987–88^[72]	First Division	39	2	4	0	8	0	—		—		51	2
	1988–89^[73]	First Division	36	4	2	0	5	0	—		3Template:Efn	1	46	5
	1989–90^[74]	First Division	38	5	3	0	4	0	—		1Template:Efn	0	46	5
	1990–91^[75]	First Division	30	1	3	1	4	2	—		—		37	4
	1991–92^[76]	First Division	35	2	1	0	3	0	4Template:Efn	0	1Template:Efn	0	44	2
	1992–93^[77]	Premier League	35	0	8	2	9	0	—		—		52	2
	1993–94^[78]	Premier League	35	0	3	2	2	0	8Template:Efn	2	1Template:Efn	0	49	4
	1994–95^[79]	Premier League	27	3	1	0	4	1	10Template:Efn	0	—		42	4
	1995–96^[80]	Premier League	21	1	2	0	5	2	—		—		28	3
	1996–97^[81]	Premier League	28	3	3	0	3	0	1Template:Efn	0	—		35	3
	1997–98^[82]	Premier League	26	3	6	0	2	0	2Template:Efn	0	—		36	3
	1998–99^[83]	Premier League	26	1	5	0	0	0	4Template:Efn	1	1Template:Efn	0	36	2
	1999–2000^[84]	Premier League	21	0	1	1	0	0	11Template:Efn	0	0	0	33	1
	2000–01^[85]	Premier League	26	1	4	1	0	0	8Template:Efn	0	—		38	2
	2001–02^[86]	Premier League	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	—		13	1
Career total			504	32	54	8	59	5	48	3	7	1	672	49

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International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[87]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	1987	6	1
	1988	11	3
	1990	1	0
	1991	1	0
	1992	2	0
	1993	7	0
	1994	5	0
	1995	6	0
	1996	7	0
	1997	2	0
	1998	8	0
	1999	6	0
	2000	4	1
Total		66	5

Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Adams goal.^[87]

List of international goals scored by Tony Adams
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	11 November 1987	Stadion Crvene Zvezde, Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Template:Fb	4–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying	^[88]
2	23 March 1988	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Template:Fb	2–2	2–2	Friendly	^[89]
3	18 June 1988	Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany	Template:Fb	1–1	1–3	UEFA Euro 1988	^[90]
4	16 November 1988	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Template:Fb	1–1	1–1	Friendly	^[91]
5	31 May 2000	Wembley Stadium, London, England	Template:Fb	2–0	2–0	Friendly	^[92]

Managerial statistics

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Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Wycombe Wanderers	5 November 2003	9 November 2004 Template:WDL
Portsmouth	28 October 2008	9 February 2009 Template:WDL
Gabala	12 May 2010	16 November 2011 Template:WDL
Granada	10 April 2017	3 June 2017 Template:WDL
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Honours

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Adams statue outside Arsenal's Emirates Stadium

Arsenal^[93]

Football League First Division: 1988–89, 1990–91
Premier League: 1997–98, 2001–02
FA Cup: 1992–93, 1997–98, 2001–02
Football League Cup: 1986–87, 1992–93
FA Charity Shield: 1991 (shared), 1998
Football League Centenary Trophy: 1988^[94]
European Cup Winners' Cup: 1993–94

Individual

English Football Hall of Fame: 2004^[95]
Premier League Hall of Fame: 2023^[96]
Football League 100 Legends^[97]
PFA Young Player of the Year: 1986–87^[98]
PFA First Division/Premier League Team of the Year: 1986–87, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97^[93]
Ballon d'Or nominated: 1998^[99]
Premier League 10 Seasons Awards: (1992–93 to 2001–02)^[100]
- Domestic Team of the Decade
- Overall Team of the Decade
Premier League 20 Seasons Awards: (1992–93 to 2011–12)^[101]
- Public choice Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons
- Panel choice Fantasy Teams of the 20 Seasons
FWA Tribute Award: 2002–03^[102]
Arsenal Player of the Season: 1986−87, 1989−90, 1993−94^[103]

Orders

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire: 1999^[104]

Publications

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-'''Tony Alexander Adams''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (born 10 October 1966) is an English former [[Association football|football]] manager and player. Adams played for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and [[England national football team|England]], captaining both teams. Known as '''"Mr. Arsenal"''', he spent his [[List of one-club men in association football|entire playing career]] of 19 years as a [[centre-back]] there, making 672 total appearances and winning four English league titles. He is considered one of Arsenal's greatest ever players,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gunners Greatest 50 Players |url=https://www.arsenal.com/history/gunners-greatest-50-players |access-date=10 April 2023 |website=Arsenal.com}}</ref> and is also included in the [[Football League 100 Legends]].
+'''Tony Alexander Adams''' (born 10 October 1966) is an English former [[Association football|football]] manager and player. Adams played for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and [[England national football team|England]], captaining both teams. Known as '''"Mr. Arsenal"''', he spent his [[List of one-club men in association football|entire playing career]] of 19 years as a [[centre-back]] there, making 672 total appearances and winning four English league titles. He is considered one of Arsenal's greatest ever players,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gunners Greatest 50 Players |url=https://www.arsenal.com/history/gunners-greatest-50-players |access-date=10 April 2023 |website=Arsenal.com}}</ref> and is also included in the [[Football League 100 Legends]].
 With Arsenal, he won four top flight division titles, uniquely captaining a title-winning team in three different decades, three [[FA Cup]]s, two [[Football League Cup]]s, a [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] and two [[FA Community Shield]]s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48327172|title = Where does Kompany rank among Premier League leaders?|work = BBC Sport}}</ref> Adams is one of six people honoured with a statue outside the [[Emirates Stadium]], Arsenal's home ground. He won 66 caps for [[England national football team|England]] between 1987 and 2000, and played at four major tournaments.
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 Despite this success, [[alcoholism]] increasingly blighted his life from the mid-1980s. He was reportedly often involved in fights in [[nightclub]]s, and on 6 May 1990 crashed his car into a wall in [[Rayleigh, Essex|Rayleigh]]; his blood alcohol level was found to be more than four times the legal [[Drunk driving law by country#United Kingdom|drink-drive limit]]. On 19 December that year, at [[Southend Crown Court]],<ref name="greatest" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.askmen.com/top_10/sports/top-10-stupid-criminal-acts-by-footballers_4.html|title=Tony Adams|publisher=Ask Men|access-date=22 February 2014|archive-date=16 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031322/https://uk.askmen.com/top_10/sports/top-10-stupid-criminal-acts-by-footballers_4.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arsenal.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=519627|title=Stick Your Two Points Up Your Arsenal|first=Tim|last=Stillman|publisher=Vital Football|date=25 July 2010|archive-date=25 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925230420/http://www.arsenal.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=519627|url-status=dead}}</ref> he was sentenced to four months in prison, and freed after half of his sentence on 15 February 1991,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Watts |first1=Charles |title=27 years on: The inside story of Tony Adams' return from prison as told by those who were there |url=https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/arsenal-news-tony-adams-highbury-14297249 |access-date=12 October 2022 |publisher=Football London |date=16 February 2018}}</ref> but continued drinking for another six years. Adams in a 2024 interview said that in early 1996, aged 29, he was in a very dark period, not wanting to live when not playing football, unable to "do life". He was injured that February, removing football. One Sunday evening he drank seven bottles of [[Chablis wine|chablis]], so his (first) mother-in-law took the children.<ref name=interview24/>
-From mid-1996, with help from a man he named only as "James W",<ref name=interview24/> he became one of the most high-profile [[recovering alcoholic]]s in the UK;<ref name="ias">{{cite journal|url=http://www.ias.org.uk/What-we-do/Publication-archive/Alcohol-Alert/Issue-3-1998/Adams-turns-his-back-on-alcohol.aspx|title=Adams turns his back on alcohol - review of Adams's ''Addicted''|author=Paul Whittaker|journal=Alcohol Alert|issue=1998–3|publisher=Institute of Alcohol Studies|date=March 1998}}</ref> his battle with alcohol is detailed in his [[autobiography]], ''Addicted'', which was released in May 1998 to critical acclaim.<ref name="ias" /> ''BBC News'' reported in 2001 that he had become [[teetotalism|tee-total]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Battling the booze|work=[[BBC News]]|date=4 October 2001|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1578718.stm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728050312/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1578718.stm|archive-date=28 July 2017}}</ref>
+From mid-1996, with help from a man he named only as "James W",<ref name=interview24/> he became one of the most high-profile [[recovering alcoholic]]s in the UK;<ref name="ias">{{cite journal|url=http://www.ias.org.uk/What-we-do/Publication-archive/Alcohol-Alert/Issue-3-1998/Adams-turns-his-back-on-alcohol.aspx|title=Adams turns his back on alcohol - review of Adams's ''Addicted''|author=Paul Whittaker|journal=Alcohol Alert|issue=1998–3|publisher=Institute of Alcohol Studies|date=March 1998}}</ref> his battle with alcohol is detailed in his [[autobiography]], ''Addicted'', which was released in May 1998 to critical acclaim.<ref name="ias" /> ''BBC News'' reported in 2001 that he had become [[teetotalism|tee-total]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Battling the booze|work=[[BBC News]]|date=4 October 2001|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1578718.stm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728050312/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1578718.stm|archive-date=28 July 2017}}</ref>
 === 1996–2002: Wenger's arrival and retirement ===
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 Just before his retirement as a player, Adams had applied to become manager of [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] (who had just missed out on promotion to Division One) after the resignation of [[Steve Coppell]], but his application was rejected.<ref>{{cite news
-| url        = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/2069118.stm
+| url        = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/2069118.stm
 | title      = Brentford snub Adams
 | work  = [[BBC Sport]]
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-Nicknamed "Mr Arsenal", he was honoured by Arsenal with a testimonial game against [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] in May 2002 with many Arsenal legends playing, including [[Ian Wright]], [[John Lukic]] and Adams's fellow back four stalwarts, Dixon, Winterburn and Bould. The game finished 1–1 with Lee Dixon, in his final appearance for the Gunners, getting their goal.<ref name="testimonial">{{cite news |last=Brodkin |first=Jon |date=14 May 2002 |title=A night out for the Adams family |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/may/14/newsstory.sport1 |access-date=28 October 2008 |work=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref> In March 2003, just seven months after his retirement and with Arsenal [[BBC Sport]] named Adams as the former Arsenal player that the club would most benefit from returning.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2872203.stm | work=BBC News | title=Blast from the past: Part one | date=24 March 2003 | first=Tom | last=Fordyce}}</ref>
+Nicknamed "Mr Arsenal", he was honoured by Arsenal with a testimonial game against [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] in May 2002 with many Arsenal legends playing, including [[Ian Wright]], [[John Lukic]] and Adams's fellow back four stalwarts, Dixon, Winterburn and Bould. The game finished 1–1 with Lee Dixon, in his final appearance for the Gunners, getting their goal.<ref name="testimonial">{{cite news |last=Brodkin |first=Jon |date=14 May 2002 |title=A night out for the Adams family |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/may/14/newsstory.sport1 |access-date=28 October 2008 |work=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref> In March 2003, just seven months after his retirement and with Arsenal [[BBC Sport]] named Adams as the former Arsenal player that the club would most benefit from returning.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/2872203.stm | work=BBC News | title=Blast from the past: Part one | date=24 March 2003 | first=Tom | last=Fordyce}}</ref>
 In 2004, Adams was inducted into the [[English Football Hall of Fame]] in recognition of his impact on the English game, and in 2008 he was placed third in the 50 Greatest Gunners poll on the club's website.
-A statue of Adams was placed outside Emirates Stadium in celebration of the club's 125th anniversary on 9 December 2011. Manager Herbert Chapman and Arsenal's all-time top goal scorer [[Thierry Henry]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Jeremy |title=Arsenal to unveil statues of Thierry Henry, Tony Adams, and Herbert Chapman for 125th anniversary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/8939187/Arsenal-to-unveil-statues-of-Thierry-Henry-Tony-Adams-and-Herbert-Chapman-for-125th-anniversary.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/8939187/Arsenal-to-unveil-statues-of-Thierry-Henry-Tony-Adams-and-Herbert-Chapman-for-125th-anniversary.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2 September 2020 |work=The Telegraph |date=7 December 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and later [[Dennis Bergkamp]], were also immortalised with statues outside the ground.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arsenal unveil Dennis Bergkamp statue |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-26303200 |access-date=2 September 2020 |work=BBC News |date=22 February 2014}}</ref>
+A statue of Adams was placed outside Emirates Stadium in celebration of the club's 125th anniversary on 9 December 2011. Manager Herbert Chapman and Arsenal's all-time top goal scorer [[Thierry Henry]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Jeremy |title=Arsenal to unveil statues of Thierry Henry, Tony Adams, and Herbert Chapman for 125th anniversary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/8939187/Arsenal-to-unveil-statues-of-Thierry-Henry-Tony-Adams-and-Herbert-Chapman-for-125th-anniversary.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/8939187/Arsenal-to-unveil-statues-of-Thierry-Henry-Tony-Adams-and-Herbert-Chapman-for-125th-anniversary.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2 September 2020 |work=The Telegraph |date=7 December 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and later [[Dennis Bergkamp]] <ref>{{cite news |title=Arsenal unveil Dennis Bergkamp statue |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-26303200 |access-date=2 September 2020 |work=BBC News |date=22 February 2014}}</ref> and Arsène Wenger,<ref>{{cite news |title=Arsène Wenger statue unveiled at Emirates Stadium  |url=https://www.arsenal.com/news/arsene-wenger-statue-unveiled-emirates-stadium |work=Arsenal.com |date=28 July 2023}}</ref> were also immortalised with statues outside the ground.
 ==International career==
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 After a highly promising start to his international career, Adams suffered a series of setbacks during the early 1990s. He was surprisingly left out of the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] squad by manager [[Bobby Robson]],<ref name="highs" /> missed [[UEFA Euro 1992]] due to injury, whilst England failed to qualify for the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]]. England reached the semi-finals of [[UEFA Euro 1996]], before losing on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalties]] to [[Germany national football team|Germany]].
-Adams appeared at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]. Later that year, he made headlines for several statements in his autobiography ''Addicted'', criticising manager [[Glenn Hoddle]] for his management of [[David Beckham]] and [[Paul Gascoigne]], and for making [[Alan Shearer]] captain instead of Adams; he also called Gascoigne an alcoholic, which was denied by the player's representatives. Hoddle told the press that he had no problems with Adams's opinions from the book.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hoddle and Adams 'closer than ever' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/163111.stm |access-date=12 October 2022 |publisher=BBC News |date=9 September 1998}}</ref>
+Adams appeared at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]. Later that year, he made headlines for several statements in his autobiography ''Addicted'', criticising manager [[Glenn Hoddle]] for his management of [[David Beckham]] and [[Paul Gascoigne]], and for making [[Alan Shearer]] captain instead of Adams; he also called Gascoigne an alcoholic, which was denied by the player's representatives. Hoddle told the press that he had no problems with Adams's opinions from the book.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hoddle and Adams 'closer than ever' |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/163111.stm |access-date=12 October 2022 |publisher=BBC News |date=9 September 1998}}</ref>
 His international swansong was England's unsuccessful [[UEFA Euro 2000]] campaign. With Shearer retiring from international football after the tournament, Adams regained the captaincy. However, within months, England lost a World Cup qualifier to Germany in October 2000, the match being the last to be staged at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], before the stadium was torn down for rebuilding. That match was Adams's 60th Wembley appearance, a record. With [[Sven-Göran Eriksson]] eventually taking the helm and under increasing pressure for his place from the emerging and improving [[Rio Ferdinand]], Adams retired from international football, having made 66 appearances,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/adams-intl.html| title = Tony Alexander Adams – International Appearances| access-date = 24 October 2008}}</ref> before Eriksson picked his first squad. He was the last England player to score at the old Wembley Stadium when he scored England's second goal in a 2–0 friendly win over [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] on 31 May 2000. This was also his first goal since he scored in a friendly against [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] in November 1988, thus making the record for the longest gap between goals for England.
-Adams was the first, and remains to date the only, England player to make tournament appearances in three separate decades.
 ==Style of play==
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 [[File:Arif Isayev komanda.jpg|thumb|Adams (centre) with the Gabala senior team in 2010]]After starting a [[sports science]] degree at [[Brunel University]], Adams became the manager of [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]] on 5 November 2003. He took over the team that were in last place in the [[Football League Second Division]] (third tier).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ingle |first1=Sean |title=Excited Adams takes over at Wycombe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/nov/05/newsstory.sport5 |access-date=12 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=5 November 2003}}</ref> On his debut three days later, he won 4–1 at home to [[Swindon Town]] in the first round of the FA Cup.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wycombe 4, Swindon 1 |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/wycombe-4-swindon-1-1668367 |access-date=12 October 2022 |work=Chronicle Live |date=9 November 2009}}</ref> After a 2–1 loss at [[Tranmere Rovers]] on 12 April 2004 left the Chairboys 12 points inside the relegation zone with four games remaining, Adams said that his team would carry on fighting; unbeknown to the club, they were already relegated as two teams above them still had to play each other.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Lindsay |title=Relegation belatedly sinks in at Wycombe |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/relegation-belatedly-sinks-in-at-wycombe-56061.html |access-date=12 October 2022 |work=The Independent |date=15 April 2004}}</ref>
-Wycombe began 2004–05 in the fourth tier, renamed [[Football League Two|League Two]]. Although the club were top of the table in August 2004, a loss of form saw them fall down the table. Adams resigned from Wycombe on 9 November 2004, with the club in 17th, citing personal reasons.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/3995677.stm | title=Adams resigns as Wycombe manager | work=BBC Sport | date=9 November 2004 | access-date=25 March 2010 | location=London}}</ref>
+Wycombe began 2004–05 in the fourth tier, renamed [[Football League Two|League Two]]. Although the club were top of the table in August 2004, a loss of form saw them fall down the table. Adams resigned from Wycombe on 9 November 2004, with the club in 17th, citing personal reasons.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/3995677.stm | title=Adams resigns as Wycombe manager | work=BBC Sport | date=9 November 2004 | access-date=25 March 2010 | location=London}}</ref>
 In July 2005, Adams accepted a trainee coaching role with Dutch side [[Feyenoord Rotterdam|Feyenoord]] with special responsibility for its Jong team, which is a reserve/junior side. Adams later had a short spell seconded to [[FC Utrecht|Utrecht]] as a first team trainee coach in January and February 2006. While at Feyenoord he also worked part-time as a scout for Arsenal, watching games in Italy, France and the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.setanta.com/US/Articles/Football/2009/06/03/Exclusive-Adams-on-Arsenal-interest/gnid-55518/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607082940/http://www.setanta.com/US/Articles/Football/2009/06/03/Exclusive-Adams-on-Arsenal-interest/gnid-55518/|archive-date=7 June 2009|title=Exclusive: Italian job for Gunners|first=Chris|last=Stanton|publisher=Setanta|date=3 June 2009|access-date=22 February 2014}}</ref>
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 </ref> following the departure of [[Harry Redknapp]] to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]. He was subsequently appointed full-time manager.<ref name="portsmouth_manager" /><ref>{{cite news
-  |url         = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7693323.stm
+  |url         = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7693323.stm
   |title       = Adams appointed new Pompey boss
   |work        = [[BBC]]
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 In May 2010, Adams signed a three-year contract to manage [[Azerbaijan]]i club [[Gabala FK|FC Gabala]] of the [[Azerbaijan Premier League]].<ref name="aze">
 {{Cite news
-| url        = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8675874.stm
+| url        = https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8675874.stm
 | title      = Tony Adams' grand plans for Azerbaijan football club
 | work       = [[BBC]]
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 {{Cite news |last=Sengupta |first=Kim |date=21 August 2000 |title=Tony Adams to provide safe haven for alcoholic and drug-addict footballers |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/tony-adams-to-provide-safe-haven-for-alcoholic-and-drugaddict-footballers-710805.html |access-date=28 October 2008 |work=The Independent |location=}}</ref> The registered charity is supported by [[Elton John]], [[Kate Hoey]], [[Lee Dixon]], [[Tony Smith (rugby league, born 1970)|Tony Smith]], [[Tony McCoy]], and [[Kelly Holmes]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2024 |title=The Football Association's Commitment to Support Victims of Discrimination |url=https://www.thefa.com/-/media/thefacom-new/files/rules-and-regulations/2023-24/28022024/the-fa-commitment-to-victims-of-discrimination.ashx |access-date=16 September 2024 |publisher=The Football Association |type=PDF}}</ref> Adams' Arsenal testimonial match in May 2002 also raised £500,000 for the foundation.<ref name="testimonial" />
-During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Adams founded Six Mental Health Solutions (SIX MHS), an organisation that provides mental health and addiction services to employees across a range of partnered businesses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Guy |date=29 October 2022 |title='Oh my god, you're that dancer': Strictly's Tony Adams on how Arsenal fans see him now |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2022/10/29/oh-god-dancer-strictlys-tony-adams-how-arsenal-fans-see-now/?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/JqQUj |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> SIX MHS has since formed partnerships with several organisations, including the building materials company [[Jewson]] in 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 May 2021 |title=Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 – Industry initiatives |url=https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/mental-health-awareness-week-2021-industry-initiatives/ |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Professional Builders Merchant |publisher=Hamerville Media Group}}</ref> and the [[Football Writers' Association]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 January 2024 |title=FWA teams up with Tony Adams' SIX MHS group |url=https://footballwriters.co.uk/editorial/fwa-teams-up-with-tony-adams-six-mhs-group/ |access-date=16 September 2024 |publisher=Football Writers' Association}}</ref> He is also a patron of the [[National Association for Children of Alcoholics (United Kingdom)|National Association for Children of Alcoholics]] (NACOA UK), [[The Forward Trust]], [[School-Home Support]] (SHS), and Saving Faces, a facial surgery research foundation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=10 August 2022 |title=Football legend Tony Adams MBE is our latest signing for Strictly 2022! |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/strictlycomedancing/entries/d8da35e4-7f55-46ba-925f-038daccb32b1 |access-date=16 September 2024 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Facial Surgery Research Foundation - Saving Faces |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3972151 |access-date=16 September 2024 |publisher=Charity Commission for England and Wales}}</ref>
+During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Adams founded Six Mental Health Solutions (SIX MHS), an organisation that provides mental health and addiction services to employees across a range of partnered businesses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Guy |date=29 October 2022 |title='Oh my god, you're that dancer': Strictly's Tony Adams on how Arsenal fans see him now |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2022/10/29/oh-god-dancer-strictlys-tony-adams-how-arsenal-fans-see-now/?ICID=continue_without_subscribing_reg_first |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/JqQUj |archive-date=16 September 2024 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> SIX MHS has since formed partnerships with several organisations, including the building materials company [[Jewson]] in 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 May 2021 |title=Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 – Industry initiatives |url=https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/mental-health-awareness-week-2021-industry-initiatives/ |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Professional Builders Merchant |publisher=Hamerville Media Group}}</ref> and the [[Football Writers' Association]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 January 2024 |title=FWA teams up with Tony Adams' SIX MHS group |url=https://footballwriters.co.uk/editorial/fwa-teams-up-with-tony-adams-six-mhs-group/ |access-date=16 September 2024 |publisher=Football Writers' Association}}</ref> He is also a patron of the [[National Association for Children of Alcoholics (United Kingdom)|National Association for Children of Alcoholics]] (NACOA UK), [[The Forward Trust]], [[School-Home Support]] (SHS), and Saving Faces, a facial surgery research foundation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=10 August 2022 |title=Football legend Tony Adams MBE is our latest signing for Strictly 2022! |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fstrictlycomedancing%2Fentries%2Fd8da35e4-7f55-46ba-925f-038daccb32b1 |access-date=16 September 2024 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Facial Surgery Research Foundation - Saving Faces |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3972151 |access-date=16 September 2024 |publisher=Charity Commission for England and Wales}}</ref>
 In December 2018, Adams was named as the 29th President of the [[Rugby Football League]], replacing politician [[Andy Burnham]];<ref name="rfl19">{{Cite news |last=Bower |first=Aaron |date=12 December 2018 |title=Tony Adams to become new president of Rugby Football League |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/12/former-arsenal-captain-tony-adams-appointed-rugby-league-president |access-date=3 December 2019 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> he was succeeded in the honorary role by broadcaster [[Clare Balding]] a year later.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willacy |first=Gavin |date=14 July 2020 |title=Tony Adams: 'Hopefully people have had periods of reflection in lockdown' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/no-helmets-required/2020/jul/14/tony-adams-hopefully-people-have-had-periods-of-reflection-in-lockdown |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> Adams also took part as a celebrity contestant in the [[Strictly Come Dancing series 20|twentieth series]] of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' in 2022''.<ref name=":2" />'' After partnering with dance professional [[Katya Jones]], the duo placed ninth after Adams was forced to withdraw due to injury.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nimoni |first=Fiona |date=14 November 2022 |title=Strictly Come Dancing: Tony Adams withdraws with an injury |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63615618 |access-date=16 September 2024 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> Adams also advised novelist [[Jilly Cooper]] on her 2023 book ''[[Tackle!]]<ref name=":03">{{Cite news |last=Cooke |first=Rachel |date=2023-11-12 |title=Tackle! review – Jilly Cooper takes on the beautiful game |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/12/tackle-jilly-cooper-review-football |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>''
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-| scope="row" align="center" |1 || 11 November 1987 || [[Red Star Stadium|Stadion Crvene Zvedze]], Belgrade, Yugoslavia || {{fb|YUG}} || align="center" |4–0 || align="center" |4–1 || [[UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 4|UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying]]
+| scope="row" align="center" |1 || 11 November 1987 || [[Red Star Stadium|Stadion Crvene Zvezde]], Belgrade, Yugoslavia || {{fb|YUG}} || align="center" |4–0 || align="center" |4–1 || [[UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 4|UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying]]
 | align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yugoslavia vs. England |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/33171/Yugoslavia_England.html |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
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 * [[Football League First Division]]: [[1988–89 Football League First Division|1988–89]], [[1990–91 Football League First Division|1990–91]]
 * [[Premier League]]: [[1997–98 FA Premier League|1997–98]], [[2001–02 FA Premier League|2001–02]]
-* [[FA Cup]]: [[1992–93 FA Cup|1992–93]], [[1997–98 FA Cup|1997–98]], [[2001–02 FA Cup|2001–02]]; runner-up: [[2000–01 FA Cup|2000–01]]
+* [[FA Cup]]: [[1992–93 FA Cup|1992–93]], [[1997–98 FA Cup|1997–98]], [[2001–02 FA Cup|2001–02]]
-* [[Football League Cup]]: [[1986–87 Football League Cup|1986–87]], [[1992–93 Football League Cup|1992–93]]; runner-up: [[1987–88 Football League Cup|1987–88]]
+* [[Football League Cup]]: [[1986–87 Football League Cup|1986–87]], [[1992–93 Football League Cup|1992–93]]
 * [[FA Charity Shield]]: [[1991 FA Charity Shield|1991]] (shared), [[1998 FA Charity Shield|1998]]
 * [[Football League Centenary Trophy]]: 1988<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pye |first=Steven |date=4 January 2017 |title=How Arsenal won the Centenary Trophy, the least celebrated title in their history |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2017/jan/04/arsenal-centenary-trophy-title-football-league-history |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>
 * [[European Cup Winners' Cup]]: [[1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup|1993–94]]
-* [[UEFA Cup]] runner-up: [[1999–2000 UEFA Cup|1999–2000]]
-* [[European Super Cup]] runner-up: [[1994 European Super Cup|1994]]
 '''Individual'''
 * [[English Football Hall of Fame]]: 2004<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tony Adams Hall of Fame profile |url=https://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame/tony-adams/ |access-date=27 March 2024 |publisher=National Football Museum}}</ref>
 * [[Premier League Hall of Fame]]: 2023<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 May 2023 |title=Rio Ferdinand, Petr Cech and Tony Adams inducted into Premier League Hall of Fame |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65469143 |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=BBC Sport |publisher=}}</ref>
-* [[Football League 100 Legends]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 1998 |title=Football Legends list in full |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/144986.stm |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=BBC Sport |publisher=}}</ref>
+* [[Football League 100 Legends]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 1998 |title=Football Legends list in full |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/144986.stm |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=BBC Sport |publisher=}}</ref>
-* [[PFA Young Player of the Year]]: [[1986–87 in English football|1986–87]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Keogh |first=Frank |date=20 April 2001 |title=Too much too young? |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1287799.stm |access-date=7 July 2017 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=}}</ref>
+* [[PFA Young Player of the Year]]: [[1986–87 in English football|1986–87]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Keogh |first=Frank |date=20 April 2001 |title=Too much too young? |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/1287799.stm |access-date=7 July 2017 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=}}</ref>
 * [[PFA Team of the Year|PFA First Division/Premier League Team of the Year]]: [[PFA Team of the Year (1980s)#First Division 8|1986–87]], [[PFA Team of the Year (1990s)#FA Premier League 2|1993–94]], [[PFA Team of the Year (1990s)#FA Premier League 4|1995–96]], [[PFA Team of the Year (1990s)#FA Premier League 5|1996–97]]<ref name="EFO">{{cite news |title=England Players – Tony Adams 1988 |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersA/BioAdamsTA.html |access-date=27 March 2024 |work=englandfootballonline.com |publisher=}}</ref>
 *[[Ballon d'Or]] nominated: [[1998 Ballon d'Or|1998]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pierrend |first=José |date=26 March 2005 |title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1998 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy98.html |access-date=13 February 2025 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>
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 ==External links==
-{{cc}}
+{{commons category}}
 *{{Official website |https://www.tonyadamsofficial.com/}}
 *{{FIFA player|44996|Tony Adams}}
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 {{1995–96 Premier League Team of the Year}}
 {{1996–97 Premier League Team of the Year}}
-{{UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winning captains}}
 {{Arsenal F.C. Player of the Year}}
 {{PFA Young Player of the Year}}

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1989–1996: Arsenal's famous back four

1996–2002: Wenger's arrival and retirement

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International

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