Micky Adams
Full name: Michael Richard Adams |
Birthdate: 08.11.1961 |
Birthplace: Sheffield |
Joined from: Brighton & Hove Albion |
Nationality: England |
Honours: First Division Runners-up 2002-03 |
Other clubs as manager: Fulham, Swansea City, Brentford, Nottingham Forest (caretaker), Brighton & Hove Albion (2), Coventry City, Port Vale (2), Sheffield United |
Serving Period: 07.04.2002 - 11.10.2004 |
Games: 110 |
Wins: 41 |
Draws: 37 |
Losses: 32 |
Manager Profile |
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Sheffield-born Adams - who was also a Sheffield United fan and started his playing career as a youngster at Bramall Lane - will be remembered for guiding City back to the Premier League at the first attempt when he fully took charge of the club in the 2002-03 season, a feat made even more impressive given the Foxes entered administration that season and weren't allowed to sign anyone.
Indeed, Adams somewhat made a name for himself as being a manager who could work minor miracles with clubs struggling financially, as he did with City when he took charge with the club in receivership, and also with Fulham and Brighton.
As a player he moved from the Blades' youth academy to Gillingham's, where he went on to make 92 league appearances before moving on to play similar stints with Coventry City - who he later went on to manage - and Leeds United. He spent the bulk of his playing days with Southampton before going on to Fulham, where he took his first managerial job as player-manager. It proved successful, with Adams helping the club avoid the drop to non-league football in 1996 and then taking them to promotion the following season, earning him the Third Division Manager of the Season award.
After Mohamed Al-Fayed took over Fulham Adams was dismissed, and he went on to short player-manager spells with Swansea and Brentford before Dave Bassett offered him the chance to be his assistant manager at Nottingham Forest. Following Bassett's dismissal, Adams followed him out of the door and went on to manage Brighton, where he enjoyed great success in helping them stay in the league and earn promotion the following season, in 2000-01. He also oversaw a great start to the following season, which lay the foundations for another promotion for the Seagulls, which was completed by Peter Taylor after Adams left Brighton in October 2001.
He joined City as assistant manager to Bassett, for a second time following his stint at Forest, citing reasons to get closer to his dream of managing in the Premier League. The 'carrot' that attracted him to the Walkers Stadium was the fact that Bassett was to move 'upstairs' at the end of the season, leaving Adams free to take full control for the 2002-03 season. He did just that, but only after Leicester were relegated from the top flight. Still, despite City going into receivership and being banned from making transfers until a takeover was complete, Adams produced minor miracles in guiding the club back to the Premier League at the first attempt, finishing second behind Portsmouth.
He signed a new three-year deal with the club at the end of that season, and went on to manage the club in the Premier League for the 2003-04 campaign. But from then on things proved problematic, with City suffering relegation and becoming known somewhat as a 'yo-yo' club. He was also in charge when trouble flared in La Manga, Spain, when three players were charged with sexual assault. The allegations proved false but they were testing times, with Adams offering his resignation but the club rejecting it.
But in October 2004, with the club suffering a poor start to their Championship campaign, and looking unlikely to bounce back to the top flight, Adams resigned as Foxes manager. He later went on to manager Coventry City, Port Vale and Sheffield United.
Competition | Total | Won | Draw | Lost | F | A | Win % |
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League | 100 | 37 | 36 | 27 | 140 | 122 | 37% |
FA Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 25% |
League Cup | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 50% |
Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
All matches | 110 | 41 | 37 | 32 | 155 | 140 | 37.27% |
All matches(110)
Player | Club | Fee | Date | |
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Nicky Summerbee | Nottingham Forest | Free | 08.08.2002 | |
Billy McKinlay | Clydebank | Free | 08.08.2002 | |
Steve Howey | Manchester City | Unknown | 06.06.2003 | |
Riccardo Scimeca | Nottingham Forest | Free | 24.06.2003 | |
Paul Brooker | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free | 26.06.2003 | |
Danny Coyne | Grimsby Town | Free | 03.07.2003 | |
Keith Gillespie | Blackburn Rovers | Free | 08.07.2003 | |
Les Ferdinand | West Ham United | Free | 11.07.2003 | |
Lilian Nalis | Chievo | Free | 11.07.2003 | |
Ben Thatcher | Tottenham Hotspur | £300,000 | 18.07.2003 | |
Nicolas Priet | Olympique Lyonnais | Unknown | 22.07.2003 | |
Craig Hignett | Blackburn Rovers | Free | 25.07.2003 | |
John Curtis | Blackburn Rovers | Free | 06.08.2003 | |
Marcus Bent | Ipswich Town | On loan | 01.09.2003 | |
Nikos Dabizas | Newcastle United | Free | 02.01.2004 | |
Steve Guppy | Celtic | Free | 15.01.2004 | |
Peter Canero | Kilmarnock | £250,000 | 20.01.2004 | |
Steffen Freund | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | On loan | 01.02.2004 | |
Lee Morris | Derby County | £120,000 | 02.02.2004 | |
Danny Tiatto | Manchester City | Free | 01.07.2004 | |
Jason Wilcox | Leeds United | Free | 01.07.2004 | |
Dion Dublin | Aston Villa | Free | 01.07.2004 | |
Gareth Williams | Nottingham Forest | £500,000 | 01.07.2004 | |
Kevin Pressman | Sheffield Wednesday | Free | 14.07.2004 | |
Martin Keown | Arsenal | Free | 20.07.2004 | |
David Connolly | West Ham United | £500,000 | 20.07.2004 | |
Nathan Blake | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free | 30.07.2004 | |
Joey Guðjónsson | Real Betis | Free | 01.08.2004 | |
Chris Makin | Ipswich Town | Free | 02.08.2004 | |
Scott Gemmill | Everton | Free | 05.08.2004 | |
Kevin Harper | Portsmouth | On loan | 08.09.2004 |
Player | Club | Fee | Date | |
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Jacob Laursen | AGF Aarhus | On loan | 25.04.2002 | |
Arnar Gunnlaugsson | Released | Free | May 2002 | |
Gary Rowett | Charlton Athletic | £2,500,000 | 12.05.2002 | |
Robbie Savage | Birmingham City | £1,250,000 | 30.05.2002 | |
Dennis Wise | Sacked | Unknown | 02.08.2002 | |
Lee Marshall | West Bromwich Albion | £700,000 | 14.08.2002 | |
Tim Flowers | Manchester City | On loan | 16.08.2002 | |
Matthew Piper | Sunderland | £3,500,000 | 21.08.2002 | |
Simon Royce | Queens Park Rangers | On loan | 23.08.2002 | |
Damien Delaney | Mansfield Town | On loan | 06.09.2002 | |
Simon Royce | Queens Park Rangers | On loan | 14.10.2002 | |
Damien Delaney | Hull City | £50,000 | 17.10.2002 | |
Jacob Laursen | Released | Free | November 2002 | |
Michael Price | Boston United | On loan | 20.02.2003 | |
Stefan Oakes | Crewe Alexandra | On loan | 04.03.2003 | |
Martin Reeves | Hull City | On loan | 07.03.2003 | |
Tim Flowers | Retired | Free | May 2003 | |
Nicky Summerbee | Released | Free | May 2003 | |
Darren Eadie | Released | Free | 02.06.2003 | |
Martin Reeves | Northampton Town | Free | 07.06.2003 | |
Jonathan Stevenson | Swindon Town | Free | 19.06.2003 | |
Simon Royce | Charlton Athletic | Free | 27.06.2003 | |
Michael Price | Darlington | Free | July 2003 | |
Stefan Oakes | Walsall | Free | 03.07.2003 | |
Jon Ashton | Oxford United | Free | 08.09.2003 | |
Tommy Wright | Brentford | On loan | 12.09.2003 | |
Trevor Benjamin | Gillingham | On loan | 19.09.2003 | |
Matt Heath | Stockport County | On loan | 23.10.2003 | |
Brian Deane | West Ham United | Free | 31.10.2003 | |
Trevor Benjamin | Rushden & Diamonds | On loan | 15.11.2003 | |
Alan Rogers | Wigan Athletic | On loan | 01.12.2003 | |
Gerry Taggart | Stoke City | On loan | 07.12.2003 | |
Tommy Wright | Brentford | On loan | 11.12.2003 | |
Trevor Benjamin | Brighton & Hove Albion | On loan | 15.01.2004 | |
Steve Howey | Bolton Wanderers | Free | 31.01.2004 | |
John Curtis | Portsmouth | Free | 02.02.2004 | |
Andy Impey | Nottingham Forest | On loan | 13.02.2004 | |
Craig Hignett | Crewe Alexandra | On loan | 19.02.2004 | |
Paul Brooker | Reading | On loan | 26.02.2004 | |
Gerry Taggart | Stoke City | Free | 26.02.2004 | |
Matt Elliott | Ipswich Town | On loan | 15.03.2004 | |
Steve Guppy | Released | Free | May 2004 | |
Craig Hignett | Released | Free | 17.05.2004 | |
Alan Rogers | Nottingham Forest | Free | 17.05.2004 | |
Andy Impey | Nottingham Forest | Free | 19.05.2004 | |
Riccardo Scimeca | West Bromwich Albion | £100,000 | 20.05.2004 | |
Paul Murphy | Dundalk | Free | June 2004 | |
Muzzy Izzet | Birmingham City | Free | 03.06.2004 | |
Matthew Jones | Retired | Free | 04.06.2004 | |
Paul Dickov | Blackburn Rovers | £150,000 | 07.06.2004 | |
Ben Thatcher | Manchester City | £100,000 | 21.06.2004 | |
Billy McKinlay | Fulham | Free | July 2004 | |
Paul Brooker | Reading | Unknown | 02.07.2004 | |
Les Ferdinand | Bolton Wanderers | Free | 05.07.2004 | |
Junior Lewis | Hull City | Free | 05.07.2004 | |
Callum Davidson | Preston North End | Free | 10.07.2004 | |
Danny Coyne | Burnley | £25,000 | 16.07.2004 | |
Frank Sinclair | Burnley | Free | 23.07.2004 | |
Nicolas Priet | Doncaster Rovers | Free | 23.07.2004 | |
Chris O'Grady | Notts County | On loan | 24.09.2004 |