Anthony Alexander "Tony" Adams, MBE (born 10 October 1966 in Romford, Greater London) is an English football manager and former defender. He is the former manager of English Premier League side Portsmouth.
Adams spent his entire playing career of 22 years at Arsenal, and is considered one of the club's greatest players of all time by the club's own fans and was included in the Football League 100 Legends. He wore the number 6 shirt for Arsenal an...
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Anthony Alexander "Tony" Adams, MBE (born 10 October 1966 in Romford, Greater London) is an English football manager and former defender. He is the former manager of English Premier League side Portsmouth.
Adams spent his entire playing career of 22 years at Arsenal, and is considered one of the club's greatest players of all time by the club's own fans and was included in the Football League 100 Legends. He wore the number 6 shirt for Arsenal and 5 for England. With Arsenal, he won four top flight division titles, three FA Cups, two Football League Cups, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and three FA Community Shields.
Adams was born in Oldchurch Hospital, in Romford in the London Borough of Havering. He grew up in nearby Dagenham and was a pupil at Hunters Hall Primary School from 1971 to 1978 and then Eastbrook Comprehensive School from 1978 to 1983.
Adams signed for Arsenal as a schoolboy in 1980. He made his first team debut on 5 November 1983 against Sunderland in the First Division,...
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