Defender - Left-Back ·North Shields FC ·England

Blair Adams

Age34 BornSep 8, 1991 Height1.78 m FootLeft At North Shields407 days

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Left-Back Defender

At a glance

North Shields hub

Career snapshot

14Clubs played for

09/10Debut season

0.01Goals per match

Coventry CityTop club · 64 apps

Career highs

€125kPeak value · 2015

-Top transfer fee

1Best season · 11/12

2 / 0Caps / int'l goals

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Everyone born Sep 8, 1991

292Appearances

4Goals

16Assists

25Yellow cards

0Red cards

95Full matches (90′)

Full name	Blair Adams
Name in home country	Blair Vincent Adams
Date of birth	1991-09-08 (34 yrs)
Place of birth	South Shields, England
Citizenship	England
Position	Defender - Left-Back (main: Defender)
Foot	left
Height	178.00 m
Current club	North Shields FC
Joined	2025-07-24
Contract expires	-

Jul 2025

Transfer: Darlington → North Shields

25/26 · Transfer

Mar 2025

Transfer: North Shields → Darlington

24/25 · Transfer

Feb 2025

Transfer: Without Club → North Shields

24/25 · Transfer

Jul 2024

24/25 - Darlington FC

4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2024

Transfer: South Shields → Without Club

24/25 · Transfer

Jul 2023

23/24 - South Shields FC

39 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2022

22/23 - South Shields FC

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Feb 2021

Transfer: Gateshead → South Shields

20/21 · Return from loan

Jan 2021

Transfer: South Shields → Gateshead

20/21 · Loan

Jul 2020

20/21 - South Shields FC, Gateshead FC

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2018

Transfer: Hartlepool → South Shields

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2017

17/18 - Hartlepool United

34 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2017

Transfer: Hamilton Acad. → Hartlepool

17/18 · Transfer

Mar 2017

Injury: unknown

2 games missed

Jan 2017

Transfer: Cambridge Utd. → Hamilton Acad.

16/17 · Transfer

Jul 2016

Transfer: Notts County → Cambridge Utd.

16/17 · Transfer

Jul 2016

16/17 - Cambridge United, Hamilton Academical FC

19 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 6 competitions

Jan 2016

Transfer: Mansfield Town → Notts County

15/16 · Return from loan

Oct 2015

Transfer: Notts County → Mansfield Town

15/16 · Loan

Jul 2015

15/16 - Mansfield Town, Notts County

30 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2014

14/15 - Notts County

40 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2014

Transfer: Coventry → Notts County

14/15 · Transfer

Jul 2013

13/14 - Coventry City

43 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions

Jan 2013

Transfer: Sunderland U21 → Coventry

12/13 · Transfer

Jan 2013

Transfer: Coventry → Sunderland U21

12/13 · Return from loan

Nov 2012

Transfer: Sunderland U21 → Coventry

12/13 · Loan

Jul 2012

12/13 - Coventry City, Sunderland AFC U21

29 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions

May 2012

Transfer: Northampton → Sunderland Res.

11/12 · Return from loan

Jan 2012

Transfer: Sunderland Res. → Northampton

11/12 · Loan

Dec 2011

Transfer: Brentford → Sunderland Res.

11/12 · Return from loan

Sep 2011

Transfer: Sunderland Res. → Brentford

11/12 · Loan

Jul 2011

11/12 - Brentford FC, Northampton Town

31 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2010

10/11 - Sunderland AFC, Sunderland AFC Reserves

19 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2010

Transfer: Sunderland U18 → Sunderland Res.

10/11 · Transfer

Jul 2009

09/10 - Sunderland AFC Reserves

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €125k

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

Darlington FC 0.0%

South Shields FC 40.5%

Gateshead FC 0.0%

Hartlepool United 27.9%

Cambridge United 0.0%

Hamilton Academical FC 0.0%

Notts County 30.9%

Mansfield Town 0.0%

Coventry City 0.0%

Sunderland AFC U21 0.0%

Brentford FC 0.7%

Northampton Town 0.0%

Sunderland AFC 0.0%

Sunderland AFC Reserves 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Darlington FC	1	24/25	24/25	4	0	0	0
South Shields FC	3	20/21	23/24	41	1	1	3,454
Gateshead FC	1	20/21	20/21	1	0	0	0
Hartlepool United	1	17/18	17/18	34	1	3	2,383
Cambridge United	1	16/17	16/17	12	0	2	0
Hamilton Academical FC	1	16/17	16/17	7	0	0	0
Notts County	2	14/15	15/16	55	1	2	2,636
Mansfield Town	1	15/16	15/16	15	0	0	0
Coventry City	2	12/13	13/14	64	0	5	0
Sunderland AFC U21	1	12/13	12/13	8	0	1	0
Brentford FC	1	11/12	11/12	9	1	0	59
Northampton Town	1	11/12	11/12	22	0	1	0
Sunderland AFC	1	10/11	10/11	0	0	0	0
Sunderland AFC Reserves	2	09/10	10/11	20	0	1	0

Career trajectory, goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	Minutes
24/25	National League North	Darlington FC	4	0	0	0	0
23/24	National League North	South Shields FC	39	1	1	6	3,454
22/23	FA Cup	South Shields FC	1	0	0	0	0
20/21	FA Cup	South Shields FC	1	0	0	0	0
20/21	National League North	Gateshead FC	1	0	0	0	0
17/18	FA Cup	Hartlepool United	1	0	0	0	0
17/18	National League	Hartlepool United	33	1	3	3	2,383
16/17	EFL Cup	Cambridge United	2	0	0	1	0
16/17	EFL Trophy	Cambridge United	2	0	0	0	0
16/17	FA Cup	Cambridge United	2	0	0	0	0
16/17	League Two	Cambridge United	6	0	2	0	0
16/17	Premiership	Hamilton Academical FC	5	0	0	0	0
16/17	SFA Cup	Hamilton Academical FC	2	0	0	0	0
15/16	FA Cup	Mansfield Town	2	0	0	0	0
15/16	League Two	Notts County	15	0	1	0	0
15/16	League Two	Mansfield Town	13	0	0	1	0
14/15	EFL Trophy	Notts County	3	0	0	0	0
14/15	FA Cup	Notts County	2	0	0	1	0
14/15	League Cup	Notts County	1	0	0	1	0
14/15	League One	Notts County	34	1	1	3	2,636
13/14	EFL Trophy	Coventry City	1	0	0	0	0
13/14	FA Cup	Coventry City	5	0	0	0	0
13/14	League Cup	Coventry City	1	0	0	0	0
13/14	League One	Coventry City	36	0	3	5	0
12/13	EFL Trophy	Coventry City	3	0	0	0	0
12/13	FA Cup	Coventry City	2	0	0	0	0
12/13	League One	Coventry City	16	0	2	2	0
12/13	U21 PL	Sunderland AFC U21	8	0	1	0	0
11/12	EFL Trophy	Brentford FC	1	1	0	0	59
11/12	FA Cup	Brentford FC	1	0	0	0	0
11/12	League One	Brentford FC	7	0	0	0	0
11/12	League Two	Northampton Town	22	0	1	2	0
10/11	FA Cup	Sunderland AFC	0	0	0	0	0
10/11	Premier League	Sunderland AFC	0	0	0	0	0
10/11	Reserve League	Sunderland AFC Reserves	19	0	1	0	0
09/10	Reserve League North	Sunderland AFC Reserves	1	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
10/11	2010-07-01	Sunderland U18	Sunderland Res.	Transfer	0	-
11/12	2011-09-08	Sunderland Res.	Brentford	Loan	0	-
11/12	2011-12-01	Brentford	Sunderland Res.	Return from loan	0	-
11/12	2012-01-02	Sunderland Res.	Northampton	Loan	0	-
11/12	2012-05-01	Northampton	Sunderland Res.	Return from loan	0	-
12/13	2012-11-17	Sunderland U21	Coventry	Loan	0	-
12/13	2013-01-16	Coventry	Sunderland U21	Return from loan	0	-
12/13	2013-01-17	Sunderland U21	Coventry	Transfer	0	-
14/15	2014-07-01	Coventry	Notts County	Transfer	100000	-
15/16	2015-10-20	Notts County	Mansfield Town	Loan	125000	-
15/16	2016-01-19	Mansfield Town	Notts County	Return from loan	125000	-
16/17	2016-07-08	Notts County	Cambridge Utd.	Transfer	125000	-
16/17	2017-01-27	Cambridge Utd.	Hamilton Acad.	Transfer	125000	-
17/18	2017-07-01	Hamilton Acad.	Hartlepool	Transfer	100000	-
18/19	2018-07-27	Hartlepool	South Shields	Transfer	0	-
20/21	2021-01-12	South Shields	Gateshead	Loan	0	-
20/21	2021-02-09	Gateshead	South Shields	Return from loan	0	-
24/25	2024-07-01	South Shields	Without Club	Transfer	0	-
24/25	2025-02-06	Without Club	North Shields	Transfer	0	-
24/25	2025-03-24	North Shields	Darlington	Transfer	0	-
25/26	2025-07-24	Darlington	North Shields	Transfer	0	-

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
16/17	concussion	2017-03-07	2017-03-20	14	2

Current-

Peak€125k

Low-

Δ since start−€50k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	-
Jan 1, 1970	€100k
Jan 1, 1970	€125k
Jan 1, 1970	€125k
Jan 1, 1970	€100k
Jan 1, 1970	-
Jan 1, 1970	€50k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Goals	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #22907	#2	2	0	-	-	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Joe Murphy	2	0
John Fleck	2	0
Cyrus Christie	2	0
Conor Thomas	2	0
Michael Woods	1	0
Haydn Hollis	1	0
Myles Boney	2	0
Jake Cassidy	1	1
Liam Noble	1	0
Paul Blackett	2	0
Scott Loach	1	0
Aaron Martin	2	0
Curtis Thompson	1	0
Callum Wilson	2	0
Rob Briggs	2	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
17/18	National League	Hartlepool United	1	33
14/15	League One	Notts County	1	34
11/12	EFL Trophy	Brentford FC	1	1

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
17/18	National League	Hartlepool United	3	33
13/14	League One	Coventry City	3	36
16/17	League Two	Cambridge United	2	6

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
20/21	2021-02-09	Gateshead	South Shields	Return from loan	-	-
20/21	2021-01-12	South Shields	Gateshead	Loan	-	-
15/16	2016-01-19	Mansfield Town	Notts County	Return from loan	-	€125k
15/16	2015-10-20	Notts County	Mansfield Town	Loan	-	€125k
12/13	2013-01-16	Coventry	Sunderland U21	Return from loan	-	-
12/13	2012-11-17	Sunderland U21	Coventry	Loan	-	-
11/12	2012-05-01	Northampton	Sunderland Res.	Return from loan	-	-
11/12	2012-01-02	Sunderland Res.	Northampton	Loan	-	-
11/12	2011-12-01	Brentford	Sunderland Res.	Return from loan	-	-
11/12	2011-09-08	Sunderland Res.	Brentford	Loan	-	-

Teams faced most often by Blair Adams's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals, see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Tranmere Rovers	12	3	6	3	15	18	-3	25%
Chesterfield FC	12	6	1	5	19	17	+2	50%
Colchester United	12	6	2	4	22	18	+4	50%
Wycombe Wanderers	10	4	2	4	17	20	-3	40%
AFC Bournemouth	10	4	3	3	14	11	+3	40%
Leyton Orient	10	6	2	2	17	8	+9	60%
Carlisle United	10	6	3	1	23	11	+12	60%
Yeovil Town	10	4	2	4	14	10	+4	40%
Milton Keynes Dons	10	1	6	3	14	20	-6	10%
Walsall FC	10	4	4	2	10	7	+3	40%
Sheffield Wednesday	10	1	3	6	8	12	-4	10%
Sheffield United	10	0	2	8	7	20	-13	0%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
09/10	Senior debut season
11/12	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	Cards / 90′
23/24	39	3,454	6	0	0.16
17/18	34	2,383	3	1	0.15
16/17	19	0	1	0	0
15/16	30	0	1	0	0
14/15	40	2,636	5	0	0.17
13/14	43	0	5	0	0
12/13	29	0	2	0	0
11/12	31	59	2	0	3.05