Micky Adams Q&A Live: An evening at the Cottage with the former Fulham manager

Thanks for joining us

That’s the end of the evening, thanks for tuning in and hopefully you enjoyed listening to his memories of his time at Fulham as much as you enjoyed experiencing them

I would love to come back scouting or in some youth development role

I’ve never been asked to come back, but I would love to come back in some form

Everything I’ve got and have is because of my dad

The whole football club needed investment, what you see now is testament to the work Mr Al-Fayed did

Al-Fayed wanted to get me from A-B, and he wouldn’t have with me, but he never gave me the chance

You, the Fulham fans were great, I got loads of letters after the sacking

I knew all the lower teams and London reserve leagues, but I didn’t know the wider world

It was a short conversation, full of expletives from me, and that I was to go immediately - they honoured my five year deal

Mic issues

There’s mic issues at McBride’s so Adams is now chatting without it - apologies for the sound now!

I thought maybe I was safe for a few weeks after that, but I got the call and the rest is history after that

It was only a matter of time before I was gone, and I asked to see the chairman to clarify a few things, but it was the time after Diana had died and that event took over, but the meeting went ahead, but not with Mr Al-Fayed

I was very loyal to the players that took us to the next division so I didn’t play these new players

“I was the first Premier League player to be sent off, when I punched Ray Wilkins!”

He wanted his own manager at the club

I always remember his press conference, he was asked if he was a football fan and asked what position he played, to which he replied ‘captain’

First meeting with Al-Fayed

We were told we had to line up and he would come and say hello, I was at the front and it didn’t go well because he walked straight past me

We're back underway

Right, interval done, it’s back to some more stories from Micky Adams

Our Fulham podcast, It's All White

While you’re here, if you haven’t had a listen to our Fulham podcast, now is the perfect chance to get it into your ears.

We discuss the Bettinelli vs Button debate, as well as look ahead to the Brentford derby on Saturday

Interval time

We’re just having a quick interval before getting underway with the second period

Micky Adams now rates referees for a living!

‘Alex Ferguson let us wear tracksuit bottoms’ to which Adams replied ‘well I’m not Alex Ferguson!’

On a Tuesday I used to take them to Epsom race course and race them up and down the hills

I’ve been fortunate enough to have four promotions as a manager, and they’re never easy

I boycotted square balls across the pitch because I felt if it got intercepted, the man who passed it and who was receiving it was out of the game

Questions from the floor

We’re having some questions from the floor now as fans grill Adams on his time at the club

Recruitment is key, sometimes you’re lucky with it, but I like to think the players I got were of a certain ilk

I wanted to take 5000 fans somewhere at the end of the season and see them celebrate promotion like we did with the Gillingham fans at our place

I gave out around 20 free transfers, and 16 of them Jimmy wanted to keep!

We got beat and the next day there was a board meeting, saying “we’re not big enough or strong enough” and at the end I said, I agree with you Chairman, I think he wanted a row but there was no way I’d do that