From Arsenal 1971 Squad to Monty Python. Footballer Tony Adams shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2010.
Footballer Tony Adams is castaway by Kirsty Young.
Tony is one of the few people who know at first hand the pressures and joys of captaining the England team. And, after g as a schoolboy for Arsenal, he is the only man ever to have led a championship winning team across three decades.
The drama and successes of his life have been as remarkable off the pitch as on it.
He found sporting glory despite being an alcoholic and even served time in prison for drink-driving. But his journey of recovery has been a remarkable one.
Tony went back to studying, developed a love of literature and the arts and put his own money into a charity to other sports men and women recovering from addiction. It's a transformation that his former team-mates have described as 'heroic'.
Now, he is heading to Azerbaijan to become a manager, he is planning, he says, to build the Tony Adams team.
DISC ONE: Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove
DISC TWO: Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed so Good)
DISC THREE: The Jam - Boy About Town
DISC FOUR: Central Line - Walking into Sunshine
DISC FIVE: Arsenal 1971 Squad - Good Old Arsenal
DISC SIX: Squeeze - Black Coffee in Bed
DISC SEVEN: Chet Baker - I've Never Been In Love Before
DISC EIGHT: Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
BOOK CHOICE: The book of Alcoholics Anonymous
LUXURY CHOICE: Football
Producer: Leanne Buckle
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010.
