Adam Mark Crookes (born 18 November 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for National League club York City.
[6] He captained Forest's under-18 team to the Professional Development U18 League 2 title and the fifth round of the FA Youth Cup in the 2015–16 season.
[13] He moved on loan to his hometown club, Lincoln City, in August 2018 after impressing manager Danny Cowley on trial.
[6][14] He made his debut in the EFL Cup on 28 August, as the "Imps" fell to a 4–1 defeat at Championship side Blackburn Rovers.
[15] However, he failed to break into the first-team for the League Two leaders and was recalled to the City Ground in January 2019, having made only four further EFL Trophy appearances at Sincil Bank.
[27] He returned to training after a four-month layoff, but was unable to add to his 17 starts before the season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England.
[28][29] He struggled for playing time at the start of the 2020–21 season as he was behind centre-backs Nathan Smith, Leon Legge and Shaun Brisley in the pecking order, though impressed the management after filling in at left-back in the absence of Cristian Montaño and David Fitzpatrick.
[37] On 11 June, the club announced their retained list and confirmed that Crookes would be released upon the expiry of his contract at the end of the month.
[42] He suffered a quad injury in August 2024 that kept him sidelined for six weeks; manager Adam Hinshelwood commented that he would be a "big miss".