Adam Tanner (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adam David Tanner | ||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Maldon, Essex, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1992 | Ipswich Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1992–2000 | Ipswich Town | 72 | (7) |
| 2000 | Peterborough United | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Colchester United | 4 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Canvey Island | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Adam David Tanner (born 25 October 1973) is an English former professional footballer who is most notable for his spell with Ipswich Town which ended early following a failed drugs test.
Career
Adam Tanner began his career with Ipswich and signed a professional contract at the start of the 1992-93 season. He made his league debut on 2 January 1995 at home to Leicester City in which season Ipswich were relegated from the Premier League.
He made the headlines in a high profile drugs scandal on 4 February 1997 when he received a three-month ban from football after a drugs test uncovered traces of cocaine in his blood.[1][2]
In November 1999, Tanner was arrested after the Mercedes-Benz he was driving collided with a parked Vauxhall Cavalier in Witham. As he failed to stop at the scene of the accident he was later arrested and a blood test showed that he was three times over the legal alcohol limit for driving. In January 2000 he admitted the offence in court.[3] It later emerged that it was his second drink-driving offence in ten years, but in February 2000 he was spared a prison sentence and instead ordered to do 80 hours of community service, placed on probation for 12 months and banned from driving for three years.[4] He was released by Ipswich the same month and was linked with a move to Colchester United.[5]
He joined Peterborough United the following month, but failed to make a first team appearance and was released. He signed for Colchester United at the start of the 2000-01 season [6] before exiting Layer Road on 23 January 2001 and signing for non-league Canvey Island.