Neil James Adams (born 23 November 1965 in Stoke-on-Trent) is a former professional footballer and current football commentator for BBC Radio Norfolk.

Adams, a right-sided midfield player, began his career with hometown club Stoke City before joining Everton in 1986. Adams won a league championship medal with the Toffees in 1987. He moved to Oldham Athletic - where he won a second division championship medal - before joining Norwich City for a fee of £250,000 in 1994. During his time at Norwich he assumed the role of penalty taker and dead ball specialist and in his career he only missed from the spot once, in a league cup game against Swansea.^{[citation needed]}

After being released by Norwich in the summer of 1999, Adams returned to former club Oldham for two seasons before retiring. He returned to Norwich where he works on the Radio Norfolk commentary team for Norwich City matches and hosts Canary Call, the post-match phone-in.^[1]

In 2002, Norwich fans voted Adams into the Norwich City F.C. Hall of Fame.^{[citation needed]}

On 16 May 2008, Glen Roeder sacked Neil Adams as Under 14s coach, following an indirect criticism of Roeder by Adams in February 2008. Adams had questioned Roeder's decision to drop Darren Huckerby from the starting line-up live on air, during his commentary for Radio Norfolk.

[edit] References

• Davage, Mike; John Eastwood, Kevan Platt (2001). Canary Citizens: The Official History of Norwich City F.C.. Jarrold. ISBN 0711720207. 

[edit] External links

• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
• Neil Adams career stats at Soccerbase

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