Neil Adams (footballer)

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Personal information
Neil Adams
Full name	Neil James Adams
Date of birth	November 23, 1965 (1965-11-23) (age 42)
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1985–1986 1986–1989 1989 1989–1994 1994–1999 1999–2001	Stoke City Everton → Oldham Athletic (loan) Oldham Athletic Norwich City Oldham Athletic	032 0(4) 020 0(0) 009 0(0) 129 (23) 182 (25) 047 0(4)
National team
1986	England U21	001 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Neil James Adams (b. 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 the post-match phone-in.^{[citation needed]}

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 Adams by Roeder in February 2008. Adams had questioned Roeder's decision to drop Huckerby from the starting line-up live on air, during his commentary for Radio Norfolk.