Happy birthday, "Mr Arsenal"

His efforts had also not gone unnoticed in the larger football community, as Adams garnered the PFA Young Player of the Year award, and was also picked for the English national team at 20.

It was to be the first of a cabinet full of silverware that the tireless stopper would acquire in the course of his 14 years with the armband, leading his men to 10 major trophies, including League titles in three different decades.

Of course, Adams was a class act, but he needed team-mates who shared his same ethos and commitment to the cause, and then-manager, George Graham, assembled Lee Dixon, Nigel Wingerburn and Steve Bould to form Arsenal's "Famous Four", who helped the club to the League Cup in 1986/87, and then the First Division title twice in 1988/89 and 1990/91.

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