Tony Alexander Adams is an English former football manager and player. Adams played for Arsenal and England, captaining both teams. He spent his entire playing career of 19 years as a centre-back at Arsenal, making 672 total appearances and winning four English league titles. He is considered as one of Arsenal's greatest ever players, and is also included in the Football League 100 Legends.
Adams in 2017
Adams (left) playing for England at UEFA Euro 1988, as the Netherlands' Marco van Basten scores the first of his three goals
Adams (centre) with the Gabala senior team in 2010
The Tony Adams statue outside Emirates Stadium
The Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. In domestic football, Arsenal has won 13 league titles, a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields and a Football League Centenary Trophy. In European football, they have one European Cup Winners' Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
Royal Arsenal squad in 1888. Original captain David Danskin sits on the right of the bench.
A bronze bust of Herbert Chapman stands inside the Emirates Stadium.
Tony Adams statue outside the Emirates Stadium
After completing the only unbeaten Premier League season, a unique gold trophy was commissioned to Arsenal.
