Happy birthday, "Mr Arsenal"

There was more glory for Adam and his merry men as they became the first English side to win the League and FA Cup double in 1992/93, and lifted the European Cup Winners' Cup the year after. However, while life was good for the Englishman on the pitch, he was battling with alcoholism off it.

In hindsight, it was amazing how the defender managed to take to the ground, much less win as much as he did, amidst of all the partying and drinking that took place. As it was, pictures of Adams living it up at nightclubs were a common sight in London newspapers in the 1980s. Things soon took a darker turn when he crashed his car into a wall, and was found to have 27 times more alcohol than allowed by the legal drink-drive limit in 1990.

He was sentenced to four months prison, but failed to see the light, continuing his shenanigans, and came close to serious injury during the 1993/94 season when he fell down a row of stairs, suffering a head injury that needed 29 stitches to hold together.

While the Englishman did make an attempt to stay sober after getting married in 1992, he could not control his inner demons, and provided much fodder for the tabloids when he was caught cavorting with a stripper in the back room of a pub.

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