Football fanatic Adam Walker is one of Liverpool Football Club's most dedicated supporters.

Despite being in a wheelchair and needing intensive medical intervention on a daily basis, Adam's determination to watch his beloved team fires him up to overcome his disabilities.

He often spends 16 hours travelling the 500-mile trip to Anfield to watch the Reds in action and has been to every Premiership home game this season.

He has scores of football programmes and dozens signatures of some of the biggest names in football from the Liverpool squad - who paid homage to his devotion.

Adam, 21, of Howard Avenue, Burgess Hill, works full-time for the Hove-based company Triangle, which works with children, many of them disabled.

Much of his wage is spent following Gerard Houllier's squad.

On match days he often rises at 7am to reach Anfield for kick-off and does not return home until late on the same evening.

Adam, who was born in Southport, just outside Liverpool, has two elder brothers and an elder sister.

He said: "I have one principle in life and that is that I don't let my disability get in the way of my life."

Adam was born with cystic fibrosis and cerebral palsy and uses a motorised wheelchair controlled by his chin. He needs physiotherapy twice a day to help clear his lungs and a nebuliser at least twice a day which sends drugs into his lungs through a fine mist.

Despite the rigorous medical regime, Adam, a former pupil of Sussex Downs College in Lewes, has followed his club since he was three.

He travels to Liverpool for home matches with his dad Alan, a Notts County fan.

Alan said: "The joy on his face and to see him singing the songs makes it worth every mile we drive."

At the end of last month Adam's dream came true when he was invited to meet the players during a training session to celebrate his 21st birthday.

He went to the club's training ground near Liverpool and met Michael Owen and many of the other stars.

He also enjoyed a Christmas concert at Anfield, where he was given a round of applause.

Adam said: "My dad may support Notts County but I'm trying to convert him. When I'm at Anfield and they're singing You'll Never Walk Alone I'm in my element."