Happy birthday, "Mr Arsenal"

Wenger's side, inspired by the form of Patrick Vieira, Emmanuel Petit, Marc Overmars, and Dennis Bergkamp, were only one game away from clinching the title.

Overmars had already sewn up the points and the title, with strikes either end of half-time, but the celebrations were not yet complete.

Up stepped Mr Arsenal himself. Striding past his usual spot in the centre of defence, he charged forward into Everton's, chested down a wonderful cross from fellow defender Steve Bould, and volleyed it beautifully into the top right corner, turning to embrace the adoration of the Highbury crowd afterward.

That season, the Gunners won their domestic double, and repeated the feat in the 2001/02 season, with Adams becoming the only player in English football history to have captained a title-winning team in three different decades.

In August 2002, just before the start of the 2002-03 season, Adams retired from professional football after a career spanning almost 20 years. It was familiar opposition as he stepped onto the pitch for the final time against Everton, and while the Englishman did not get on the score sheet, he left it to the lusty wails of Arsenal supporters singing his song ,'There's only one Tony Adams'.

Indeed.

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