ADAM'S HITTING THE HOT SPOTS; CHAMPIONSHIP.Byline: ANDREW ASHCROFT BLACKPOOL 3 COVENTRY 0 CHARLIE ADAM Not to be confused with Charlie Adam Sr., another Scottish footballer. Charles Graham Adam (born October 12, 1985) is a Scottish footballer and son of ex-professional player Charlie Adam Sr., who played for Partick Thistle among other teams in Scotland. Career Adam Jr. insists he loves being put on the spot for Blackpool after scoring his second goal in four days. The former Rangers midfielder took over penalty duties from Brett Ormerod during their 4-1 Carling car·ling n. One of the short timbers running fore and aft that connect the transverse beams supporting the deck of a ship. [Middle English, from Old French calingue and from Old Norse Cup demolition of Wigan Wigan (wĭg`ən), city (1991 pop. 88,725) and metropolitan district, N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. last Wednesday. He fluffed that spot-kick before recovering to net the follow-up but showed his bottle by stepping forward again when Sammy Clingan tripped Ben Burgess in the early stages of this clash. This time he made no mistake and the Scot revealed he is revelling in the responsibility. He said: "I am someone who will always stand up and be counted. I am not going to hide from anything. "Somebody has got to take the responsibility and at the moment when the penalties come along I am there to take them. "But I should be scoring more from open play too. As the season goes on I hope I can get a few more goals." Pocket rocket Ormerod did put up a fight before losing out on penalty duties but accepts Adam Adam, the first man, in the Bible Adam (ăd`əm), [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female, giving them dominion over other life. is the right man for the role. He said: "Look at the size of me. I'm not going to be able to wrestle the ball off a lad the size of Charlie." Adam's goal on 12 minutes was just reward for a brilliant display as Blackpool grabbed their first win in the league. The Seasiders bossed the game and the only surprise was it took them until the hour mark to double their lead. Burgess made it two when he headed home an Ormerod cross at the far post. Gary Taylor-Fletcher sealed the win on 71 minutes, smashing the ball home from six yards. Coventry boss Chris Coleman fumed: "Our second 45 minutes was abysmal. I have a dressing room full of players who are unhappy, disappointed and disgruntled and rightly so." CAPTION(S): HITTING FORM Adam added to his goal tally |
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