Micky Adams, my worst hour.

AmexRuislip · Sep 16, 2017

The inside story of a sex scandal which saw nine football stars arrested is revealed today by the man whose career nosedived after the mysterious episode.

Micky Adams is haunted by the “La Manga affair” and regards the 2004 police probe into his Leicester City players his “worst hour”.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/inside-story-leicester-citys-la-11183461

Micky Adams My Life in Football

The Camel · Sep 16, 2017

Wow, had totally forgotten about that incident.

There was one involving Southampton players too around that time, wasn't there?

Ernest · Sep 16, 2017

My worst hour was when he came back the second time and nearly ruined the club

portslade seagull · Sep 16, 2017

Ernest said:
My worst hour was when he came back the second time and nearly ruined the club

Still better than Hyppia

Baldseagull · Sep 16, 2017

Not sure it was the incident that ruined his opportunities at top clubs though.

BensGrandad · Sep 16, 2017

According to wiki he is now coaching Harborogh Town U18s near his home in Market Harborough

Beach Hut · Sep 16, 2017

Are we going to have a Roar special live show at the Komedia and book signing ?

pishhead · Sep 16, 2017

BensGrandad said:
According to wiki he is now coaching Harborogh Town U18s near his home in Market Harborough

You would've learnt that if you had read the article also.

BensGrandad · Sep 16, 2017

pishhead said:
You would've learnt that if you had read the article also.

Not interested in the article just curious as to what he was doing now.

Jim Van Winkle · Sep 17, 2017

That may well be his worse hour in football. His worse 90 minutes in football was playing Adam Virgo right wing.

TBF - the sight of Zamora, Steele and Brooker on form was a joy to behold and a time I remember with great fondness.

The Albion Roar · Sep 17, 2017

Beach Hut said:
Are we going to have a Roar special live show at the Komedia and book signing ?

I don't know. Are we?

Icy Gull · Sep 17, 2017

The Albion Roar said:
I don't know. Are we?

He won't be as charismatic as Booker and McGhee. Just an observation

Murray 17 · Sep 17, 2017

Baldseagull said:
Not sure it was the incident that ruined his opportunities at top clubs though.

No, I think it was due to the players who he relied on - Carpenter, Oatway, Cullip, Watson and Brooker, only being good enough for a mid-table Championship side.

el punal · Sep 17, 2017

portslade seagull said:
Still better than Hyppia

But not quite as bad as Hyypia. :thumbsup:

AmexRuislip · Sep 17, 2017

el punal said:
But not quite as bad as Hyypia.

No one is that bad.
Oh hang on , I forgot them lot up the road

el punal · Sep 17, 2017

AmexRuislip said:
No one is that bad.
Oh hang on , I forgot them lot up the road

Or maybe another Dutchman 200 miles further north? :wink:

poidy · Sep 17, 2017

Great manager first time round. Unfortunetely for him football changed and he just didnt change with it.

16 years ago he was one of the most sought after managers outside of the top flight...now he's managing Harborough Town under 18's.

Football doesnt care for reputations. It will chew you up and spit you out.

I take not one ounce of pleasure seeing how Micky's career ultimately ended up.

Gustavo Dominguez Poyet however......well thats an entirely different matter altogether.

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Herr Tubthumper · Sep 17, 2017

BensGrandad said:
According to wiki he is now coaching Harborogh Town U18s near his home in Market Harborough

He's also a Premier League ref assessor.

Ninja Elephant · Sep 17, 2017

Murray 17 said:
No, I think it was due to the players who he relied on - Carpenter, Oatway, Cullip, Watson and Brooker, only being good enough for a mid-table Championship side.

Which, by the way, is saying something because we signed them all as a fourth tier club. Plus adding in Michel Kuipers who was Championship class all day long, once he'd emerged.

Except Carpenter who joined the team for Division 2 winning season in 01/02. What a team he put together. All Peter Taylor had to do was add Junior Lewis and we were away!

I think Micky might be a classic case of putting together a good team and riding the wave. His good Brentford team was basically the core of his good Brighton team. He was always able to organise a team and his disciplined football was successful to an extent pretty much everywhere he went. He did very well with Port Vale after his nightmare second spell with us, and I wouldn't blame him for the Tranmere catastrophe. That was a club rotten to the core at the time.

essbee1 · Sep 17, 2017

BensGrandad said:
According to wiki he is now coaching Harborogh Town U18s near his home in Market Harborough

That's relegation for them then.

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