Tony Adams was a one club man. The rugged centre half wracked up over 500 appearances for Arsenal, briding the gap between the "old" Arsenal and Arsene Wenger's paradigm shifting reign. He won four Premier League titles, three F.A. Cups, two League Cups and a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and also amassed 66 England caps. His managerial career, it's fair to say, has been much less successful. He began lower down in the football pyramid, unlike many ex-internationals, with Wycombe Wanderers in League One in 2003. The club were relegated to League Two under his watch, and he could not lead them back up in the following season. After spells doing some youth coaching abroad with Feyenoord and Utrecht he returned to home shores as one of Harry Redknapp's many assistants at Portsmouth. When 'Arry joined Spurs, Adams was promoted into the top job. He didn't last long - after accruing just 10 points in 16 games, he got the boot. His next move was very left field - in 2010 he turned up in Azerbaijan, managing Gabala F.C. His contract was worth an impressive £1m per year, but he could only lead them to a mid-table position and resigned after just one season, and hasn't managed since. Will anyone take another change on a three-time failed manager?
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