If, as expected, Micky Adams signs his contract with the U's later this week, it wll be his eighth club in football management - and he already has three promotions under his belt.

As a player, Micky played nearly seven hundred games for a host of different clubs, four of whom who would later feature in his management career.

He represented Southampton in the Premiership and, from a left back position, he scored four goals in the 1993/4 season.

He made his first ventures into management in the 1995/6 season, taking over from Ian Branfoot at Fulham.

In his first full season in charge of the Cottagers, he guided them to promotion, finishing as runners-up in the Division Three table.

However, his stint in West London ended abruptly when he was replaced by Kevin Keegan and Ray Wilkins as part of a new regime at the club.

A short stay of just two weeks at Swansea City followed, before he joined Brentford in place of David Webb.

He was unable to prevent them being relegated to Division Three and when Ron Noades bought the club, the chairman took over as manager.

A one game stint at Nottingham Forest as caretaker followed before he returned to full time management in April 1999 with Brighton & Hove Albion.

In his second full season in charge, he guided them to promotion to Division Two. The Seagulls were to be promoted again in 2000/1, but by that time Micky had been snapped up by Leicester City.

He would work alongside the experienced Dave Bassett as the Foxes fought against relegation from the Premiership.

Although they couldn't avoid the drop, he guided to promotion at the first attempt in 2002/3, finishing behind Portsmouth to earn another crack at the top flight.

Following relegation from the Premiership in 2003/4 and a tough start to 2004/5, Micky resigned as Leicester boss, joining Coventry four months later at the Ricoh Arena.

A cup defeat brought his Sky Blues tenure to an end after nearly two years in charge, but Micky is now ready to help the U's in their quest for success in the Championship and carry on where the other Mick - Harford - left off.