Paul Gascoigne

english association football player and director
“ Gazza ” redirects here. For early uses, see Gazza ( disambiguation )
Paul John Gascoigne (, born 27 May 1967 ), nicknamed Gazza, is an english former professional football player who played as an attacking midfielder. [ 2 ] He is described by the National Football Museum as “ wide recognised as the most naturally talented English football player of his generation ”. [ 3 ]

Born and raised in Gateshead, Gascoigne signed schoolboy terms with Newcastle United, before turning professional with the club in 1985. Three years subsequently, he was sold to Tottenham Hotspur for £2.2 million. He won the FA Cup with Spurs in 1991, before being sold to italian club Lazio for £5.5 million. In 1995, he was transferred to Rangers for £4.3 million and helped the cabaret to two league titles, a scots Cup and a scots League Cup. He returned to England in a £3.4 million move to Middlesbrough in 1998. He made his debut in the Premier League in the 1998–99 temper, having already featured in the 1998 Football League Cup Final. He switched to Everton in 2000, and former had spells with Burnley, Gansu Tianma and Boston United. Gascoigne represented the England national team from 1988 to 1998, in which he was capped 57 times and scored ten goals. He was share of the England team that reached fourth place in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, where he famously cried after receiving a chicken card in the semi-final with West Germany, which meant he would have been suspended for the final had England won the game. He besides helped the team to the semi-finals of Euro 96, which included scoring a goal against Scotland, described in 2013 as “ one of the most iconic goals in the game ‘s holocene history ”. [ 4 ] He has been involved in a number of high-profile goal celebrations at both club and external horizontal surface, including the “ dentist ‘s chair ” celebration from Euro 96, and mimicking playing the flute with Rangers in 1998, a reference to the Protestant Orange Order. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In the late character of his career, and particularly come retirement, Gascoigne ‘s life became dominated by severe mental and emotional problems, peculiarly dipsomania. He has been jailed or sectioned on numerous occasions and his struggles receive regular coverage in the british imperativeness. He has frequently attempted to live without alcohol, though rehabilitation programmes have provided alone impermanent relief. His personal issues ended his coaching career, and he has not worked in football since being dismissed as the coach of Kettering Town in 2005 .

early life [edit ]

Gascoigne was born in Gateshead, County Durham, on 27 May 1967. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] His forefather, John ( 1946–2018 ), was a hod mailman, and his mother, Carol, worked in a factory. [ 9 ] He was named Paul John Gascoigne in tribute to Paul McCartney and John Lennon of the Beatles. [ 10 ] He attended Breckenbeds Junior High School, then the Heathfield Senior High School, both in the Low Fell area of Gateshead. [ 11 ] He was noticed by football scouts while playing for Gateshead Boys, though failed to impress in a trial at Ipswich Town. [ 12 ] far trials at Middlesbrough and Southampton besides proved abortive, before the team he supported, Newcastle United, signed him as a schoolboy in 1980. [ 13 ] Former Ipswich and Newcastle scout Charlie Woods has claimed Ipswich were keen on signing Gascoigne, but once Newcastle got wind they promptly signed up the child. [ 14 ] Gascoigne frequently got into trouble with his ally, Jimmy “ Five Bellies ” Gardner. The match were even taken to court and fined over a collision and run incidental. [ 15 ] Newcastle president Stan Seymour Jr. described Gascoigne as “ George Best without brains ”. [ 16 ] While Gascoigne was successful on the football field, his childhood was marked by instability and tragedy. initially, his syndicate lived in a single upstairs room in a council house with a shared toilet, and moved respective times during his early on life. [ 17 ] When he was ten, Gascoigne witnessed the end of Steven Spraggon, the younger brother of a acquaintance, who was killed in a dealings collision. [ 18 ] Around this clock, his don began to suffer from seizures. [ 18 ] Gascoigne began developing obsessions and twitches, and was taken into therapy, but soon quit the therapy sessions after his beget expressed doubts over the treatment methods. [ 19 ] Gascoigne developed an addiction to gaming machines, frequently spending all his money on them, and besides began shoplifting to fund his addiction. [ 20 ] He experienced far calamity when a ally, whom he had encouraged to join Newcastle United from Middlesbrough, died whilst he was working for Gascoigne ‘s uncle on a building site. [ 13 ] Brian Tinnion met Gascoigne for the first gear fourth dimension at the age of 14 when Tinnion signed for Dunston Juniors, another english Gascoigne played for. [ 21 ] Tinnion explained that though Gascoigne finally became the resist out, by the age of 15, most felt that Ian Bogie would be the top actor out of this finical Newcastle youth set up. [ 21 ] Gascoigne decided to provide financially for his class – his parents and two sisters – as he saw professional football as a means of earning more money than the rest of the family were capable of. [ 22 ] He enjoyed football, and late wrote that “ I did n’t have twitches or worry about death when I was playing football ”. [ 23 ] He was signed on as an apprentice at Newcastle on his 16th birthday. [ 24 ] He was normally fleshy whilst signed to the Newcastle youth side. Jack Charlton, the Newcastle director, claimed Gascoigne was “ a bite chubby ” and looked anything but a football player. Gascoigne eat Mars bars and early debris food. Charlton was not excessively concerned as he believed this weight would give Gascoigne extra intensity on the football pitch and did not seem to slow him down. He besides noted that Gascoigne showed early signs of being gaffe-prone and a prankster. Charlton warned Gascoigne about his debris food diet and gave him two weeks to lose the excess burden. Gascoigne then trained for ten days wrapped in a black cup of tea .

Club career [edit ]

newcastle United [edit ]

Gascoigne captained Newcastle United ‘s young team to the FA Youth Cup in the 1984–85 season, and scored twice in the 4–1 victory over Watford in the final examination at Vicarage Road. [ 27 ] In the foremost branch of the final, they drew 0–0. Teammate Joe Allon stated that Newcastle were unusually poor in the first leg, but in the second gear leg, Gascoigne was instrumental in Newcastle ‘s victory. After the match, Jack Charlton told Gascoigne he would be in the first-team the adjacent day against Norwich City. Gascoigne did travel to Norwich, though Charlton chose not to pick him. Gascoigne made his first-team debut as a substitute for George Reilly in a 1–0 acquire over Queens Park Rangers on 13 April 1985 at St James ‘ Park. [ 28 ] Charlton late noted that Gascoigne ‘s first-team appearances under him were besides brief to suggest he was more than a utilitarian endowment. At the age of 18 Gascoigne signed a biennial £120 a workweek contract at Newcastle, with the club besides having a far biennial option clause. [ 29 ] Through noting Gascoigne ‘s generous personality, Charlton arranged that around half of Gascoigne ‘s wage be paid into a bank history for him to collect in a collocate union at the end of his beginning contract. Willie McFaul took over as director for the 1985–86 season, and named Gascoigne in his starting lineup from the opening game of the crusade ; he took the home of Chris Waddle, who had been sold to Tottenham Hotspur in the summer. [ 30 ] He scored his first goal at home to Oxford United in a 3–0 victory on 21 September 1985, and claimed a far eight goals in the 1985–86 campaign. [ 31 ] Newcastle finished 11th in the First Division that temper and, at the end of it, Gascoigne was featured on the front cover of the Rothmans Football Yearbook. [ 32 ] He scored 5 goals in 24 league games in the 1986–87 season, [ 33 ] as the “ Magpies ” slipped to 17th seat, just three points above the relegation play-offs. [ 34 ]
External video Jackie Milburn on Gascoigne, 1988 In 1988, on the BBC program Football Focus, Newcastle ‘s then all-time top scorer, Jackie Milburn, stated that Gascoigne was “ the best player in the universe ”. In a 0–0 string with Wimbledon at Plough Lane in February 1988, hard-man Vinnie Jones singled him out for care, and in an incident that would become a much-publicised photograph, Jones grabbed him by the genitals as Gascoigne screamed in agony. [ 36 ] He was named as the PFA Young Player of the year and listed on the PFA Team of the year in the 1987–88 season. however his period at Newcastle coincided with a menstruation of agitation and instability at the golf club, which left the club ineffective to hold on to such a talented young player. [ 37 ] Gascoigne promised Alex Ferguson that he would sign for Manchester United. [ 38 ] Ferguson punctually went on holiday to Malta, expecting to sign Gascoigne. On his vacation, he received the news that Gascoigne had signed for Tottenham Hotspur, for a record British tip of £2.2 million. [ 39 ] In his 1999 autobiography, Ferguson claimed that Gascoigne was wooed into signing for Spurs after they bought a house for his destitute family. [ 40 ] Gascoigne in his autobiography states that after he was given his £100,000 sign on fee, he spent £70,000 buying property for his mother and don .

Tottenham Hotspur [edit ]

In his first season at White Hart Lane, Gascoigne helped Terry Venables ‘s Tottenham Hotspur to sixth in the First Division, scoring 7 goals in 37 appearances. [ 42 ] They rose to third space in 1989–90, but were distillery 16 points behind champions Liverpool. [ 42 ] On 26 September, he scored four goals in a 5–0 victory against Hartlepool United in the second round of the 1990–91 Football League Cup. [ 43 ] He was named as BBC Sports Personality of the year in 1990, and on accepting the award said : “ I have n’t won anything in the game as yet. But the World Cup did help to put England on the map ”. [ 44 ] He was besides named as the clubhouse ‘s Player of the Year. [ 45 ] Gascoigne was named on the PFA Team of the year in the 1990–91 season as Tottenham reached the FA Cup Final, with victories over Blackpool, Oxford United, Portsmouth, Notts County and North London bowler hat rivals Arsenal. He scored the open finish of the 3–1 victory over Arsenal at Wembley with a free-kick, [ 46 ] one of six goals he scored in the rival. Spurs at this juncture were besides under significant fiscal try with huge £10 million debt. With Spurs being tied to massive debt, Spurs hired a fiscal adviser called Nat Solomon. Solomon strongly argued for selling Gascoigne to Lazio to keep the vultures at bay. Going into the final examination against Nottingham Forest, Spurs had promptly accepted an offer from Lazio and Gascoigne had already agreed to the play terms to join the italian club. The bargain would be deserving £8.5 million to Tottenham. [ 48 ] His final was to end in injury however as 15 minutes into the game he committed a dangerous knee-high filthy on Gary Charles and ruptured his own cruciate ligaments in his right knee. [ 46 ] England teammate Stuart Pearce scored from the vector sum free-kick, and Gascoigne subsequently collapsed after the kick-off, forcing him to leave the match on a stretcher. [ 49 ] Tottenham went on to win the Cup in extra-time. [ 46 ] He missed the entire 1991–92 season while he recovered, suffering a far knee wound in belated 1991, when an incidental at a cabaret on Tyneside kept him out for even longer. [ 50 ] The saga over Gascoigne ‘s proposed transfer to Lazio dominated the yellow journalism press throughout 1991, frequently overshadowing the key national news of that time – namely the recess and rise in unemployment that it sparked – although the circular newspapers by and large kept stories about Gascoigne confined to their back pages. [ 51 ]

“ I ‘m very please for Paul but it ‘s like watching your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your newly car. ”Terry Venables speaking after the deal with Lazio was agreed.[52]

latium [edit ]

Gascoigne finally joined Lazio for a tip of £5.5 million ( equivalent to £11.64 million in 2020 ) ; he received a £2 million signing-on tip and signed a contract worth £22,000 a workweek. [ 53 ] He made his Serie A debut on 27 September 1992 in a match against Genoa, which was televised in Britain angstrom well as Italy. [ 54 ] He failed to amply settle in Italy and was beset by negative media pastime which was not helped by the numerous occasions he punched reporters, and the time when he belched down a microphone on hot television. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] He was well received by the club ‘s fans, but not by the club ‘s owner Sergio Cragnotti, who resented him after Gascoigne greeted him by saying “ Tua figlia, grande tette “ ( approximately translated as “ Your daughter, big tits ” ). [ 57 ] His form was discrepant in his first season at the Stadio Olimpico as he had previously spent a class out injured, but he endeared himself to Eagles fans when he scored in the 89th hour to equalise during the Rome bowler hat against A.S. Roma. [ 58 ] He broke his cheekbone whilst on external duty in April 1993, and had to play the remaining games of the temper in a masquerade. [ 59 ] Lazio ended the campaign in one-fifth place, which was considered a achiever as it meant qualification for european competition for the first fourth dimension in 16 years. [ 60 ] He fell badly out of shape before the 1993–94 season and was told by director Dino Zoff to lose two stone ( 13 kilogram ) by the start of the campaign else he would lose his first-team place. [ 60 ] Gascoigne went on an extreme weight unit loss diet and succeeded in shedding the excess fatty. [ 61 ] In one go out injured Zoff told Gascoigne to go on holiday to recuperate. Gascoigne explained to Zoff he did not want to go on holiday. [ 62 ] To the surprise of the Lazio seaworthiness staff, Gascoigne arrived back from his holiday overweight. [ 62 ] When he spoke to the coach about his weight, Gascoigne reportedly stated to Zoff, “ I told you not to send me on vacation, Signor Zoff ! ” [ 62 ] He captained the club against Cremonese when unconstipated captain Roberto Cravero was substituted. [ 63 ] In 1994, Zdeněk Zeman arrived from Foggia to coach Lazio and Gascoigne. Zeman was a coach noted for his use of his whistle in train sessions. [ 64 ] One school term, Zeman misplaced his whistle and found it when a goose who frequented the Lazio aim anchor was seen wearing it. [ 64 ] Pierluigi Casiraghi former reasoned Gascoigne was the perpetrator who placed Zeman ‘s whistle on the goose. [ 64 ] In April 1994, he broke his peg in training whilst attempting to tackle Alessandro Nesta. [ 65 ] Upon his recovery, he was disgruntled with Zeman ‘s austere fitness approach, and both club and musician decided to separate ways at the end of the 1994–95 season. [ 66 ]

Rangers [edit ]

“ There ‘s no doubt that Gascoigne has been one of the players to brighten up scots football over the final 30 to 40 years. It was an absolute prerogative and a pleasure to play with person of that endowment. I actually think we got the best of Gascoigne when he was at Rangers. And does he deserve his place in the Scotland Hall of Fame ? You ‘re joking, 100 % he does. ”

— Ally McCoist in 2018. [ 67 ]
Rangers director Walter Smith flew to visit Gascoigne at his home in the Rome countryside in the early summer of 1995. Smith explained : “ He said, ‘What are you doing here ? ‘ I said, ‘I ‘m hera to see you. ‘ He said, ‘What is it you ‘re wanting ? ‘ I said, ‘I ‘m here to see if you ‘ll come and play for Rangers. ‘ He said, ‘Aye, very well. ‘ ” [ 68 ] Gascoigne signed for Rangers in July 1995 for a club read tip of £4.3 million, on wages of £15,000 a workweek. [ 6 ] [ 69 ] He made an immediate shock : in the fifth league crippled of the 1995–96 season, the Old firm fixture at Celtic Park, he scored a goal after running about the full length of the peddle to get on the end of a pass in a breakaway ; [ 70 ] it proved vital as this was the only couple lost by deed rivals Celtic during the campaign. [ 6 ] On 30 December, Gascoigne was booked by referee Dougie Smith after picking Smith ‘s yellow menu up from the ground and facetiously ‘booking ‘ the referee during a match against Hibernian. [ 71 ] Rangers went on to win the Scottish Premier Division, clinching the title in the penultimate game of the season against Aberdeen at Ibrox Stadium ; Gascoigne scored a hat-trick including two solo efforts. [ 6 ] [ 72 ] Rangers won the double as they besides won the scots Cup by knocking out Celtic before beating Heart of Midlothian 5–1 in the final at Hampden Park. He scored 19 goals in 42 appearances in all competitions, and was named as both PFA Scotland Players ‘ Player of the year and SFWA Footballer of the Year. [ 6 ] [ 1 ] [ 73 ] Rangers won the league title again in 1996–97, their ninth in sequence. Gascoigne claimed hat-tricks against Kilmarnock and Motherwell, and ended the political campaign with 17 goals in 34 games. however, during this temper, coach Walter Smith and assistant Archie Knox became increasingly concerned over Gascoigne ‘s reliance on alcohol. [ 74 ] The Gers won another duplicate by besides winning the Scottish League Cup, beating Hearts 4–3 in the final at Celtic Park, with Gascoigne scoring twice and Ally McCoist claiming the early two goals. [ 6 ] [ 75 ] In 1997, young Italian player Gennaro Gattuso joined Rangers. He was welcomed to Ibrox by Gascoigne, who defecated in Gattuso ‘s sock as a antic. Gascoigne would besides buy Gattuso his club suits under the pretense Rangers were paying for them ; Gattuso found out many months late from early sources that it was Gascoigne who secretly paid the bill. [ 6 ] In November 1997, Gascoigne received a five-match prohibition after being sent off for crimson demeanor during the Old Firm derby following an incident with Celtic midfielder Morten Wieghorst. [ 78 ] In January 1998, Gascoigne courted serious controversy when he mimed playing a flute ( emblematic of the flute-playing of Orange Order marchers ) while warming up as a substitute during an Old firm pit at Celtic Park. [ 79 ] [ 80 ] Having already made the same gesticulate as a goal celebration concisely after joining the clubhouse in 1995, at that time claiming to have been ignorant of its think of, [ 6 ] his actions infuriated celtic fans who had been taunting him and Gascoigne was fined £20,000 by Rangers after the incident. [ 81 ] He besides received a death threat from an IRA member. [ 6 ] [ 81 ] [ 82 ] The 1997–98 season was less successful. Gascoigne scored just 3 goals in 28 games and was sold on, [ 6 ] while Rangers failed to win any trophies after he had departed, losing the league championship to Celtic and the scots Cup final examination to Hearts. [ 83 ]

Middlesbrough [edit ]

Gascoigne left Scotland to join Middlesbrough for £3.45 million in March 1998, where former England teammate Bryan Robson was coach. [ 84 ] His first base catch was the 1998 Football League Cup Final get the better of to Chelsea at Wembley, where he came on as a substitute. [ 85 ] He played seven games in the First Division, helping “ Boro ” into the Premier League as runner-up to Nottingham Forest at the end of the 1997–98 season. [ 86 ] Before the 1998–99 campaign began, Gascoigne began suffering from blackouts after blaming himself for the death of a ally, who died after Gascoigne and a group of friends went on a night out toast. [ 87 ] Despite his ongoing personal problems and his spell in rehab, Gascoigne started the season in full form and helped Middlesbrough into fourth put by Christmas. [ 88 ] They ended the season in ninth place and having scored 3 goals in 26 top-flight games Gascoigne was linked with a recall to the England team, who were now managed by former teammate Kevin Keegan and lacking a creative presence in midfield. [ 88 ] His career went into terminal worsen during the 1999–2000 political campaign, with Gascoigne breaking his arm after elbowing enemy midfield player George Boateng in the head during Middlesbrough ‘s 4–0 get the better of to Aston Villa at the Riverside Stadium. [ 89 ] He subsequently received a three catch bachelor of arts in nursing and £5,000 fine from the Football Association. [ 90 ]

Everton [edit ]

Gascoigne signed a biennial contract with Everton, managed by former Rangers boss Walter Smith, after joining on a detached transfer in July 2000. [ 91 ] [ 92 ] He started the 2000–01 season well despite not playing every game due to his miss of fitness, but a series of niggling injuries and his ongoing depression took him out of the foremost team picture by Christmas. [ 93 ] After outgo time at an alcohol rehabilitation clinic in Arizona, [ 94 ] Gascoigne was fit enough to play for the “ Toffees ” in the 2001–02 temper, and he scored his beginning finish for the cabaret – and last in English football – away to Bolton Wanderers on 3 November. [ 95 ] Gascoigne then suffered a hernia injury, which kept him out of action for three months. [ 95 ] Walter Smith left Goodison Park in March, and Gascoigne left the club soon after his successor, David Moyes, took blame. [ 96 ]

late career [edit ]

Gascoigne finished the 2001–02 season with Stan Ternent ‘s Burnley, [ 97 ] where he made six First Division appearances. [ 98 ] The club narrowly missed out on the play-offs, and he left Turf Moor after only two months. [ 99 ] In 2002, he was inducted to the National Football Museum, being described as “ the most naturally give English midfielder of his generation ”. [ 3 ] Fellow England midfielder Paul Ince said that Gascoigne was “ the best player I ‘ve always played with … he had everything. He was amazing. ” [ 3 ] In the summer of 2002, Gascoigne went on trial with Major League Soccer club D.C. United, but rejected a contract. [ 100 ] First Division club Gillingham besides made enquiries and Gascoigne had an abortive trial with the baseball club. [ 101 ] In February 2003, he signed a nine-month contract with China League One club Gansu Tianma in both a play and coaching function. [ 102 ] [ 103 ] Gascoigne scored in his foremost match in China, [ 104 ] [ 105 ] and in full scored two goals in four league games but his mental department of state meant that he had to return to the United States for treatment against swallow and depression in April, [ 106 ] and he never returned despite the baseball club ordering him to do so. [ 107 ] In October 2003, Gascoigne was offered an opportunity to train with Wolverhampton Wanderers. [ 108 ] however a calendar month late Wolves rejected the option on providing Gascoigne a shrink. [ 109 ] In July 2004, Gascoigne was signed as player-coach by League Two slope Boston United, [ 110 ] and upon signing speak of his coaching aspirations, saying that “ I can become a great bus and a great director ”. [ 111 ] Gascoigne left Boston after he made five appearances in a three-month spell, citing professional reasons including his coach career. [ 112 ] [ 113 ] Former Rangers team mate Graham Roberts made an unsuccessful attempt sign Gascoigne as a player-coach at Clyde in 2005. [ 114 ]

International career [edit ]

Gascoigne was called up to the England under-21 side in the summer of 1987, and scored with a free-kick in his debut in a 2–0 winnings over Morocco. [ 115 ] He went on to win 12 caps for the under-21s under Dave Sexton. [ 116 ] The team were semitrailer finalists at the UEFA U-21 Euros and finalists at the Toulon Tournament beaten on both occasions by France in 1988. [ 117 ] Gascoigne was first called up to the entire England police squad by Bobby Robson for a friendly against Denmark on 14 September 1988, and came on as a late substitute for Peter Beardsley in a 1–0 win. [ 118 ] He scored his first goal for England in a 5–0 victory over Albania at Wembley on 26 April 1989. [ 119 ] He made his first gear depart in the surveil plot against Chile, and kept his first team put for most matches in the melt in to the 1990 FIFA World Cup. [ 120 ] He besides played four games for the England B team. He secured his place in the World Cup squad in a 4–2 win against Czechoslovakia when he scored one goal and was a keystone component in the other three. [ 121 ] Gascoigne went to the World Cup in Italy, having never started a competitive international. [ 122 ] He played in all three of the group games and England topped Group F, Gascoigne providing the aid for Mark Wright ‘s winner against Egypt. [ 123 ] In the first smasher game against Belgium, he made another help after chipping a free-kick into the penalty area, where David Platt volleyed the ball into the net. [ 124 ] Gascoigne was at the center of the action again in the quarter-final collide with Cameroon when he gave away a penalty, which Cameroon converted. In extra-time, he made a successful through-ball die from which Gary Lineker won and subsequently scored a penalty, which proved to be the win finish. [ 125 ]

“ Before Paul Gascoigne, did anyone ever become a national hero and a dead-cert millionaire by crying ? Fabulous. Weep and the global weeps with you. ”

— Salman Rushdie writing in The Independent in 1990. [ 126 ]

“ Out of everything in my career, the moment people ask me about most often was when Gazza got booked in that semi-final. I could see his bottom lip was going. I think it says a bunch about Bobby that it was him I turned to, to ask him to have a word. I did n’t know that the consequence would be caught on camera. ”

— Gary Lineker. [ 127 ]
Spitting Image. His puppet, which employed projectile tears, is now on display at the [128] His tears in the national limelight made Gascoigne celebrated enough to be lampooned on. His puppet, which employed rocket tears, is now on display at the National Football Museum On 4 July 1990, England played West Germany in a World Cup semi-final equal at Juventus ‘s Stadio delle Alpi in Turin. Gascoigne, having already received a yellow tease during England ‘s 1–0 victory over Belgium in the second rung, was booked for a fetid on Thomas Berthold, [ 8 ] which meant that he would be suspended for the final if England won the pit. television receiver cameras showed that he had tears in his eyes following the yellow card and made Gascoigne a highly popular figure with the charitable british public. [ 129 ] The couple culminated in a penalty shoot-out, which the Germans won after Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle missed their penalties. [ 130 ] [ 131 ] Robson quit the England job after the tournament, and his successor Graham Taylor dropped Gascoigne in favor of 32-year-old Gordon Cowans in a Euro ’92 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland in November 1990, citing tactical reasons. [ 132 ] He returned to the starting batting order for a friendly against Cameroon the postdate February, before an wound in the FA Cup concluding three months subsequently caused him to miss the future blackjack England fixtures, including all of UEFA Euro 1992, where England failed to progress beyond the group stages. [ 133 ] Gascoigne returned to fitness in time for the opening qualifying bet on against Norway in October 1992, and before playing in the 1–1 draw, he responded to a norwegian television crew ‘s request to say ‘a few words to Norway ‘, by saying “ fuck off Norway ”. [ 134 ] His message was broadcast on norwegian television and he was forced to apologise for the remark. [ 135 ] [ 136 ] The following calendar month he scored two goals in a 4–0 victory over Turkey. [ 134 ] Qualification ended badly for England, as they ended in third position behind Norway and the Netherlands and missed out on a put in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. [ 137 ] A break stage in 1994 mean Gascoigne was unable to play for 15 months, but by the clock time he returned to fitness, Terry Venables – his erstwhile director at Spurs – had been appointed as England coach. [ 138 ] As England were hosting UEFA Euro 1996 they did not have to go through the qualification procedure, so they alternatively played numerous friendlies, most of which featured Gascoigne in the starting line-up. [ 139 ] The concluding of these games was played in Hong Kong, after which numerous England players were photographed on a night out in which Gascoigne and respective others having drinks poured into their mouths whilst sitting in the “ dentist ‘s electric chair ”. [ 140 ] The tournament opened with a 1–1 absorb with Switzerland, during which Gascoigne was substituted. [ 141 ] He scored in England ’ s second game of the tournament, against Scotland ( where he was playing at club level at the time ). Receiving the ball from Darren Anderton outside the Scotland penalty sphere, he flicked the ball over Colin Hendry with his left foot and change direction ; Hendry was wholly wrong-footed and, as the ball dropped, Gascoigne volleyed it with his right foot past Andy Goram to seal a 2–0 victory. [ 6 ] [ 142 ] The finish was followed by the “ dentist ‘s chair ” celebration referring to the incidental before the tournament, where Gascoigne ballad on the grind as if he were sitting in the dentist ‘s chair, and teammates spray water from Lucozade bottles into his afford mouth. [ 142 ]External video Andy Goram on Gascoigne’s goal
England beat the Netherlands 4–1 to make it through to the knock-out stages. They then drew 0–0 with Spain before winning 4–2 on penalties, the last of which was converted by Gascoigne. [ 143 ] England drew 1–1 with Germany in the semi-finals, and Gascoigne missed the casual to win the crippled in extra-time when he came inch away from connecting to an Alan Shearer hybridization yards in front of an unguarded german net. [ 144 ] England lost to Germany in the resulting punishment shoot-out, with Gareth Southgate missing England ‘s sudden death penalty. [ 144 ]

“ Gazza is nobelium longer a fat, drunken imbecile. He is, in fact, a football flair. ”

— The Daily Mirror column entitled “ Mr Paul Gascoigne: An Apology “ following his solo finish against Scotland in Euro 96. [ 145 ]
Under Glenn Hoddle, Gascoigne was picked regularly and helped England win the Tournoi de France in 1997 ahead of Brazil, France and Italy. [ 146 ] Qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup went devour to the last group plot against Italy at the Stadio Olimpico, and Gascoigne put in a discipline and suppurate operation to help England secure the 0–0 draw that was enough to take them through to the tournament. [ 147 ] Following qualification, british yellow journalism newspapers would publish pictures of Gascoigne eating kabob late at night with his DJ acquaintance Chris Evans. [ 148 ] These pictures were published merely a week before the concluding team was due to be chosen. [ 148 ] The pictures disturbed Hoddle, who elected not to pick Gascoigne in the final squad. [ 149 ] After hearing the newsworthiness, Gascoigne wrecked Hoddle ‘s board in a fury before being restrained. [ 149 ] Gascoigne, who won 57 caps and scored ten-spot goals, would never play for England again. [ 116 ]

Managerial and coaching career [edit ]

Having already gained some coaching experience in China, Gascoigne signed for Boston United on 30 July 2004. After being at the club for 11 games he left ( partially as a result of the club refusing to let him participate in the world television indicate I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! ) [ 150 ] on 5 October, to begin a football coach class. After leaving Boston, he stated that he was interest in taking over as coach of scots side Greenock Morton, [ 151 ] but this came to nothing. In mid-2005, he spent two months as player-coach at the recently founded Portuguese team Algarve United, but he returned to England after a proposed compress never materialised. [ 152 ] He was appointed coach of Conference North club Kettering Town on 27 October 2005, and besides planned to put in enough money to own one-third of the club to show his commitment. [ 153 ] Previous coach Kevin Wilson was appointed as film director of football, and Paul Davis was appointed as the clubhouse ‘s adjunct coach. [ 154 ] Bookmakers put odds on Gascoigne being dismissed before Christmas, though he insisted that he was at the clubhouse “ for the long haul ”. [ 154 ] Attempts to get new sponsors on board were successful, though results on the pitch soon went against Kettering. [ 155 ] His tenure lasted just 39 days, and he was dismissed by the club ‘s board on 5 December. The club ‘s owner, Imraan Ladak, blamed Gascoigne ‘s alcohol problems, stating that he drank about every day he worked. [ 156 ] Gascoigne late claimed that the owner had interfered constantly and harboured ambitions of being a director himself, despite knowing short about football. [ 157 ] He was never on a contract at the club, and was never paid for his six weeks exercise, nor was he given the casual to invest money in the cabaret as he had first gear planned. [ 158 ] Gascoigne came close to being appointed coach of Garforth Town in October 2010, [ 159 ] and after weeks of talks between his agent and the club, he decided to turn down the extend, though reiterated his desire to return to football management. [ 160 ]

other projects [edit ]

At the height of “ Gazzamania ” following the 1990 World Cup, he reached number 2 in the UK Top 40 with “ Fog on the Tyne ”, a collaborative cover with Lindisfarne that earned him a aureate disk. [ 161 ] He established Paul Gascoigne Promotions and hired a issue of staff to handle the hundreds of requests from companies wishing to use his likeness and/or second to promote their products. [ 162 ] He signed an exclusive bargain with The Sun, which did not prevent the newspaper from joining its rivals in sensationalising the diverse scandals he became embroiled in. [ 162 ] He promoted two video games : Gazza’s Superstar Soccer and Gazza II. In August 2006, he visited Botswana on behalf of the Football Association ‘s external outreach workweek and played football with the children from the SOS Children ‘s greenwich village there. [ 163 ] On 25 July 2009, Gascoigne appeared on a Sporting Heroes version of the BBC television quiz The Weakest Link, where he engaged in kid with host Anne Robinson. [ 164 ] The adjacent day, he played in an England versus Germany charity football catch to help raise funds for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. [ 165 ] He took part in the first edition of Soccer Aid in 2006, playing for an England team captained by Robbie Williams. [ 166 ] In August 2014, Gascoigne began playing amateur football after signing for Bournemouth Sunday League Division Four team Abbey. [ 167 ] In 2015, he was the subject of a documentary called Gascoigne .

stylus of play [edit ]

“ In my commentating career Paul Gascoigne was the best english player I always saw. The way he could go by people, his upper body persuasiveness, he had the fortune. He could score goals, he could head goals, he could pick a pass like no other England player of his generation and very few since. He was just the complete football player. And it was all natural. It was n’t because of hours of coach, he merely had it. ”

— Former BBC football commentator John Motson. [ 168 ]
A creative, hard-working and technically gifted playmaker who played as an attacking midfielder, Gascoigne was capable both of marking and setting up goals, due to his passing accuracy, his potent strike ability, and heading ability. [ 168 ] [ 169 ] [ 170 ] [ 171 ] [ 172 ] He had pace, physical military capability, remainder and excellent drivel skills, which allowed him to protect the ball, pulsate opponents and withstand forcible challenges. [ 173 ] He was besides an accurate free kick taker. [ 174 ] FourFourTwo stated : “ A cardinal midfielder with Glenn Hoddle ‘s eye for a pass and Bryan Robson ‘s sleep together of a tackle, Gascoigne could be inconsistent and positionally suspect, ” but added : “ Gascoigne was no smoke-and-mirrors showboater : his creativity was all-important in deciding deadlocked matches. ” [ 122 ] Gary Lineker described Gascoigne as “ the most naturally talented technical football player that I played with, ” [ 175 ] who possessed “ a classify of impudence ” and “ big confidence. ” Lineker added : “ You could see he played completely for the love of the game. ” [ 122 ] Steven Gerrard named Gascoigne as his “ hero ”. [ 176 ] Gareth Southgate said : “ You ‘ve got very good players and then there are exceed players. In my time in the England frame-up, Paul Gascoigne, Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney equitable had that little bite more than all the others. And we are talking high‑level people there, players like Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and David Beckham. ” [ 177 ] Former Newcastle United player Lee Clark added : “ Gazza had everything. He could dribble, take on players, thread defence-splitting passes through the eye of a needle to the strikers and sexual conquest incredible goals. ” FourFourTwo described his performances in the 1990 World Cup as being “ vitamin a close as the English ever got to the sort of bravura glare by which Diego Maradona had dragged the Albiceleste to World Cup glory four years earlier. ” football writer Brian Glanville said that Gascoigne displayed “ a flair, a acme technique, a tactical sophistication, rarely matched by an England player since the war. ” [ 122 ] Despite his endowment, Gascoigne was besides criticised for his erratic behavior and aggression on the pitch. His disruptive and often unhealthy lifestyle off the pitch, and his tendency to pick up injuries, are thought to have affected his career. [ 169 ] [ 171 ] [ 179 ]

personal life [edit ]

Gascoigne married his long-time girlfriend Sheryl Failes in Ware, Hertfordshire, in July 1996, after they had been in concert for around six years. [ 180 ] He late admitted to violence towards Sheryl during their marriage. [ 6 ] [ 181 ] They divorced in early 1999. [ 182 ] In 2009, Sheryl published a tell-all book entitled Stronger: My Life Surviving Gazza. [ 183 ] Gascoigne had a son, Regan, with Sheryl and besides adopted Sheryl ‘s two children from her first marriage, Mason and Bianca. Bianca is a hex exemplar and television receiver personality, and appeared on reality television receiver testify Love Island. [ 184 ] During the 1990s, Gascoigne, Danny Baker and Chris Evans had a much publicised friendship, and Gascoigne frequently appeared on their radio and television shows on Talksport and TFI Friday. [ 185 ] [ 186 ] In October 2004, Gascoigne announced that he wanted to be referred to as G8, a combination of the first letter of his surname and the count he wore on his football shirt, because it “ stands for great ”. [ 187 ] [ 188 ] In November 2008, Gascoigne was faced with a bankruptcy prayer over a £200,000 tax bill, having not filed any tax returns for more than two years. [ 189 ] On 25 May 2011, he avoided being declared bankrupt by the high Court in London, despite even owing £32,000. [ 190 ] Gascoigne has three autobiographies : Gazza: My Story ( with Hunter Davies ) published in 2004, Being Gazza: Tackling My Demons ( with Hunter Davies and John McKeown ), published in 2006, and Glorious: My World, Football and Me, published in 2011. In Gazza: My Story, and in Being Gazza: Tackling My Demons, he refers to treatment for bulimia, obsessive-compulsive disorder ( OCD ), bipolar disorder, and dipsomania. [ 191 ] The books besides describe his addictive personality, which has led him to develop addictions of varying badness on alcohol, cocaine, chain smoke, gamble, high- caffeine energy drinks, drill, and junk food. [ 192 ]

Mental illness, dipsomania and legal troubles [edit ]

Gascoigne first entered therapy sessions in October 1998 when he was admitted into Priory Hospital after a drink seance where he drank 32 shots of whiskey which left him at “ rock bottomland ” ; then-manager Bryan Robson signed him into the clinic whilst Gascoigne was unconscious mind. [ 193 ] He was released, at his own insistence, two weeks into the suggest minimum stay of 28 days. [ 194 ] His subsequent visits to the Priory became more infrequent, and he finally returned to drinking alcohol. [ 195 ] In 2001, Gascoigne ‘s then-chairman Bill Kenwright contacted Gascoigne ‘s therapist at the Priory, John McKeown, who organised more treatment to help Gascoigne to control his drink. [ 196 ] As part of the treatment he was sent to the United States where he had a stay at a clinic in Cottonwood, Arizona. He was diagnosed with bipolar perturb. [ 196 ] [ 197 ] He stayed at the clinic in 2003 after he suffered low points working in China, and again in 2004 after retiring from football. [ 198 ] In February 2008, he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act after an incidental at the Malmaison Hotel in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was taken into protective hands to prevent self-harm. [ 199 ] He was sectioned again in June, and in September he was hospitalised after he overdosed on alcohol and drugs in an apparent suicide undertake. [ 200 ] Gascoigne was arrested for a disturbance outside a takeout in February 2010. The following calendar month he was charged with drunkard drive, driving without a license, and driving without indemnity. [ 201 ] On 9 July 2010 Gascoigne appeared at the picture of the tense stand-off between the patrol and the fugitive Raoul Moat, claiming to be Moat ‘s brother and express that he had brought him “ a can of lager, some chicken, a fishing perch, a Newcastle shirt and a dressing gown ”. He was deny access to Moat. [ 202 ] [ 203 ] In August 2011, Gascoigne sued The Sun, claiming that its coverage of him during the Raoul Moat incident interrupted his discussion for dipsomania. [ 204 ] In October 2010, Gascoigne was arrested for intoxicated drive. He subsequently admitted being more than four times over the limit at Newcastle upon Tyne Magistrates Court. [ 205 ] One day after being warned he could face a prison conviction for drink in driving, Gascoigne was arrested for possession of cocaine. [ 206 ] He should have appeared in court on 11 November to be sentenced for the drink driving umbrage, but rather he went into rehab on the south slide of England and was given an eight-week suspend sentence. [ 207 ] [ 208 ] In February 2013, his agent, Terry Baker, told BBC Radio 5 Live that Gascoigne had relapsed again : “ He wo n’t thank me for saying it but he immediately needs to get serve … His animation is always in risk because he is an alcoholic. possibly no one can save him – I do n’t know. I very do n’t know ”. [ 209 ] Gascoigne was placed in intensifier care in a U.S. hospital while being treated for dipsomania in Arizona in a rehabilitation program thanks to fiscal support provided by ex-cricketer Ronnie Irani and broadcaster Chris Evans. [ 210 ] He was arrested for assaulting a railroad track security defend and being drink and disorderly at Stevenage railway station on 4 July 2013 ; he was fined £1,000 after admitting the discourtesy, and ordered to pay £100 recompense to the precaution. [ 211 ] In January 2014, Gascoigne entered rehab for his alcohol addiction for a one-seventh time at a £6,000-a-month clinic in Southampton. [ 212 ] In August, he was again admitted to hospital in sexual intercourse to his problems following an incident outside his home. [ 213 ] On 23 October 2014, police were called to his home in Poole after he was in a beverage bust ; he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act the following day and taken to a hospital for a three-day detox. [ 214 ] In October 2015, he was fined and made the subject of a restrict order for harassing an ex-girlfriend and assaulting a photographer. [ 215 ] In September 2016, Gascoigne admitted using “ threatening or abusive words or demeanor ” and was fined £1,000 after telling a racist antic in November 2015 and racially abusing his black bodyguard. [ 216 ] [ 217 ] On 27 December 2016, Gascoigne was hospitalised with head injuries including dampen tooth after being kicked in the back and falling down stairs in a London hotel. His attacker was jailed for 23 weeks and ordered to pay £7,800 recompense. [ 218 ] On 6 January 2017, a spokesman for Gascoigne confirmed that he had entered a rehabilitation center in a serious attempt to stay “ alcohol-free ” in 2017. [ 219 ] On 20 August 2018, Gascoigne was arrested at Durham railway post by british Transport Police for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman on a educate. [ 220 ] In November 2018, he was charged with sexual assault. The case came to trial at Teesside Crown Court in October 2019, where he was cleared of sexual attack after he called the plaintiff a “ fat lass ” and told the court he had merely given her a “ peck on the lips ” to “ boost her confidence ” and that there was no sexual purpose. [ 221 ]

career statistics [edit ]

clubhouse [edit ]

International [edit ]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[223]

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

England

1988
2
0

1989
4
1

1990
13
1

1991
1
0

1992
2
2

1993
6
2

1994
1
0

1995
6
0

1996
11
3

1997
8
1

1998
3
0

Total
57
10

Scores and results list England’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gascoigne goal.

Honours [edit ]

Newcastle United
Tottenham Hotspur
Rangers
Middlesbrough
Individual

bibliography [edit ]

References [edit ]

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