Gazza's Gone Nuts ....

[Prakanong]

I used to watch him for Newcastles youth team when he was 17 until he left to join Spurs at 21 he was an absolute genius, i havent seen any English player since who comes close to his talent.

He does seem to go from one bad episode to the next, maybe he is just one of them people who will always have demons.

That explains a lot - you are a Skunk

[Prakanong]

At least he didn't mention the league or he might have been sectioned earlier. Anyway good luck to him. Never forget the Scotland game

I was in a boozer in Glasgow that night ( on a contract) with a couple of English Guys who to say the least were...a bit worried....and when gazza scored ..........................the whole place was stunned ....shocked.....2 very white faced angrits looked at me .............and then everyone shouted ...

Whit A goalllllll...and clapped .....dont expect a cheer after all they were the enemy.............but ...again...not a bad goal...errrr ....yea no bad ...ach...no bad at all....gie the guy credit......smashing wee goal.....

You were in a Proddie blue nose pub no doubt ;-)))

[EastSaxCol]

I found this piece by Martin Samuel, 'Football’s debt to fallen hero' , to be fairly accurate.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/col...icle3427639.ece

[a10ams]

At least he didn't mention the league or he might have been sectioned earlier. Anyway good luck to him. Never forget the Scotland game

I was in a boozer in Glasgow that night ( on a contract) with a couple of English Guys who to say the least were...a bit worried....and when gazza scored ..........................the whole place was stunned ....shocked.....2 very white faced angrits looked at me .............and then everyone shouted ...

Whit A goalllllll...and clapped .....dont expect a cheer after all they were the enemy.............but ...again...not a bad goal...errrr ....yea no bad ...ach...no bad at all....gie the guy credit......smashing wee goal.....

You were in a Proddie blue nose pub no doubt ;-)))

I was working in Saudi at the time of that game. However when I got back to Glasgow I was told that several packed 'Bluenose' bars in Partick erupted when the Bonny Lad scored.

I shall never forget standing in the East Enclosure watching him single-handedly winning us 8 in a row.

May your God bless you Gazza son and return you to full health as soon as possible.

You Are The People.

[kopite]

I found this piece by Martin Samuel, 'Football's debt to fallen hero' , to be fairly accurate.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/col...icle3427639.ece

great article.

and echoes my thoughts 100%. these clubs and football in general could have aided gazza many years ago, but only choose to come out in public now that the situation is so severe.

shame on them and on the fa. they could have done so much more. pfa included

[Rinrada]

At least he didn't mention the league or he might have been sectioned earlier. Anyway good luck to him. Never forget the Scotland game

I was in a boozer in Glasgow that night ( on a contract) with a couple of English Guys who to say the least were...a bit worried....and when gazza scored ..........................the whole place was stunned ....shocked.....2 very white faced angrits looked at me .............and then everyone shouted ...

Whit A goalllllll...and clapped .....dont expect a cheer after all they were the enemy.............but ...again...not a bad goal...errrr ....yea no bad ...ach...no bad at all....gie the guy credit......smashing wee goal.....

You were in a Proddie blue nose pub no doubt ;-)))

Nope...its was a rather smart gin joint (from memory)called Fouchets ...or could have been Fk-kees....French style salon just round from central Station.

Also since it was a Scotland/England game the old green/blue divide Unites......and just tend to hate the Angrits... ..1314 and all that....ye Ken..

Gazza later did indeed try to play "the card" when following a goal with rangers he pretended to mouth a flute but history has since suggested that he is/was stark..raving...bonk.........so mPRai

[scousemouse]

Oh No :

Gaza conditions 'at 40-year low'

Ooops !!! , wrong Gazza .

[Prakanong]

At least he didn't mention the league or he might have been sectioned earlier. Anyway good luck to him. Never forget the Scotland game

I was in a boozer in Glasgow that night ( on a contract) with a couple of English Guys who to say the least were...a bit worried....and when gazza scored ..........................the whole place was stunned ....shocked.....2 very white faced angrits looked at me .............and then everyone shouted ...

Whit A goalllllll...and clapped .....dont expect a cheer after all they were the enemy.............but ...again...not a bad goal...errrr ....yea no bad ...ach...no bad at all....gie the guy credit......smashing wee goal.....

You were in a Proddie blue nose pub no doubt ;-)))

I was working in Saudi at the time of that game. However when I got back to Glasgow I was told that several packed 'Bluenose' bars in Partick erupted when the Bonny Lad scored.

I shall never forget standing in the East Enclosure watching him single-handedly winning us 8 in a row.

May your God bless you Gazza son and return you to full health as soon as possible.

You Are The People.

I was probably in the same place as you that day - I used to watch Rangers when I lived in Scotland

I started to support them on 5th May 1973 as they beat Celtic that day and Sunderland. my team, beat Leeds

[Prakanong]

At least he didn't mention the league or he might have been sectioned earlier. Anyway good luck to him. Never forget the Scotland game

I was in a boozer in Glasgow that night ( on a contract) with a couple of English Guys who to say the least were...a bit worried....and when gazza scored ..........................the whole place was stunned ....shocked.....2 very white faced angrits looked at me .............and then everyone shouted ...

Whit A goalllllll...and clapped .....dont expect a cheer after all they were the enemy.............but ...again...not a bad goal...errrr ....yea no bad ...ach...no bad at all....gie the guy credit......smashing wee goal.....

You were in a Proddie blue nose pub no doubt ;-)))

Nope...its was a rather smart gin joint (from memory)called Fouchets ...or could have been Fk-kees....French style salon just round from central Station.

Also since it was a Scotland/England game the old green/blue divide Unites......and just tend to hate the Angrits... ..1314 and all that....ye Ken..

Gazza later did indeed try to play "the card" when following a goal with rangers he pretended to mouth a flute but history has since suggested that he is/was stark..raving...bonk.........so mPRai

I think you have the spelling wrong but I know that place - I went to Glasgow for a 1 year post-grad and ended up staying 5 years.

[mrtoad]

I found this piece by Martin Samuel, 'Football's debt to fallen hero' , to be fairly accurate.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/col...icle3427639.ece

great article.

and echoes my thoughts 100%. these clubs and football in general could have aided gazza many years ago, but only choose to come out in public now that the situation is so severe.

shame on them and on the fa. they could have done so much more. pfa included

Sadly not the first time that the "soccer community"" forgets about one of it's own.

[scousemouse]

A bit of a moving interview from the one guy who genuinley seems concernes about Gazza :

<H1 align=center></H1><H2 align=center>Paul Gascoigne's pal tells all </H2>EXCLUSIVE By Phil Taylor

GAZZA'S biggest buddy sobbed as he revealed the REAL tragic reason the broken soccer star was sectioned.

Fearful doctors locked him away in a psychiatric unit after he tearfully told Jimmy 'Five Bellies' Gardner: "I've had enough of life."

Geordie Jimmy—Paul Gascoigne's rock for over THIRTY years—told how the one-time England superstar crashed into black depression after major hip surgery left him hobbling on crutches.

Gazza—dramatically released by psychiatrists on Friday night—wept as he stared into the abyss and confessed to Jimmy:

"I'll never play football again. I've nothing to look forward to, nothing to live for. I've had enough of life."

In an exclusive interview 42-year-old Jimmy revealed how Paul had a new titanium hip joint fitted in December but then:

LOCKED

himself away in a hotel room for

FOUR WEEKS

sinking lower into despair,

STARVED

himself and plummeted in weight, surviving on just one piece of toast a day,

TORTURED

his mind and body with a dangerous cocktail of cigarettes, booze and anti-depressants,

FELT

abandoned by his kids and celebrity mates, and

ATTACKED

Five Bellies with foul-mouthed abuse after the lifelong pal tried to

HELP

him.

That was the moment that hurt Jimmy most.

From the age of six he has been at Gazza's side, the faithful friend who supported him through all the highs and lows of his astonishing career.

Jimmy wells up as he admits: "Paul's more than a brother to me. More than a husband could be to his wife. I love him to bits.

"But I'll never ever forget that day, January 24, when he got so depressed he turned on me. And I feel so guilty that, for the first time, I walked away when he needed me most.

"Paul had been in the Marriot hotel in Gateshead over four weeks when he phoned and asked me to get him some cigarettes.

"I know he loves chicken, so as well as five packs of fags I bought him two cooked chickens from Asda, a French stick and a bottle of tomato ketchup. He loves tomato ketchup, and I hoped it would cheer him up.

"But when he opened his door I was shocked by how bad he looked. He was in his dressing gown, really gaunt and skeletal with sunken eyes.

"I was so shocked I actually burst out crying and told him, ‘You're not looking well, mate.' He replied, ‘What do you mean?'

"I told him: 'You haven't been eating.' But he snapped, ‘I'm fine!'

"Again I told him, ‘You're not. You look ill. You look bad.' Then he just screamed at me, ‘F*** off you fat c***!' It was nasty. He said it with real venom, and his eyes looked mad.

"I was scared. Paul had NEVER talked to me like that before. I knew there was something seriously wrong with him.

"But I was so upset that I walked out on him and haven't seen him since."

And disturbed Gazza wasn't going to let it lie. After Jimmy left he sent him a text demanding: "Why did you say that to me? I think I look well."

That was quickly followed by another declaring: "You can f*** off!" Sad Jimmy told us: "I was so angry. That verbal attack was like a knife through the heart.

"Now I feel terrible, though. Instead of turning my back on him I should have seen it for what it was, a cry for help.

"And after four weeks without me by his side he got sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

Jimmy admitted he saw 40-year-old Gazza's crisis coming after the major two-hour operating to replace his hip. "That was the start of his downward spiral," he said. "Paul didn't want anyone to see him hobbling in agony on crutches so he locked himself in his hotel room for 4 weeks.

"That's when the depression kicked in. He realised he'd never play football again and feared he'd end up with a limp.

"I tried to cheer him up but that's when he gave me a really sad look and said he'd had enough of it all. It shocked me to the core. I feared the worst.

"Every morning I dreaded I'd wake up to news that Paul was dead. I was worried he'd take an overdose.

"I visited him every day to try to cheer him up. But he rarely laughed or smiled and refused to leave the room. I'd stay up with him till five in the morning.

"As an alcoholic he knows he shouldn't touch a drop of booze, especially as he's on medication for bipolar disorder. But he'd have five cans of lager and smoke 30 fags a day.

"And he wouldn't eat. No breakfast, just a piece of plain toast for lunch and no dinner. I'd nag and say, ‘You've got to eat.' But he just replied, ‘I'm NOT married to you!'

"When Paul's fit he's up to 11 stone. But he must have shrunk to 9 stone and looked really skinny.

"And being bipolar makes him either really up or really down, and it's so hard for him.

"During our last days together he couldn't relax. His mind was buzzing and he took THREE sleeping tablets instead of the dose of one to try and get some rest. But he still couldn't sleep and would just lie in bed watching a film, and worrying."

The climax came last month after Gazza was kicked out of the Marriott then allegedly set off a fire alarm and grabbed a porter by the throat at the Malmaison hotel.

He was arrested and sectioned in Middleton St George Hospital, near Darlington, Co Durham, over a "disturbance" at the nearby Hilton when he was refused a room.

Old pal Jimmy admitted: "When I switched on TV and heard the news I was devastated. I feel I let Paul down."

Jimmy's tears welled again as he proudly showed off a copy of Paul's autobiography—Gazza, My Story—in which the star wrote: "Jim, you ARE My Story. Thanks for keeping me alive. Lots of love always."

Heartbroken Jimmy said: "Paul's done so much for me. I've never gone so long without talking to him. If he killed himself I couldn't live with it. It would kill me, too."

It was reported that during his hotel stay Gazza spent £2,000 a day on cocaine and booze binges. But Jimmy insisted: "I NEVER saw Paul take cocaine and his drinking was NOT out of control. He was just suffering from terrible depression.

"But I know he's taken cocaine in the past and always told me how ashamed he was about it.

"And when I was with him in China I saw him drink THREE BOTTLES of Bell's whisky—but then he went training with the Chinese players next day and still beat them on a 12-mile run.

Back in England he once drank THREE BOTTLES of wine then went out to play for his club, scored the winning goal and was named man of the match!

"Paul has a very addictive personality. He even had to go a clinic when he got addicted to Red Bull. He'd drink 24 cans a day.But this isn't about cocaine or alcohol. This is about depression."

Nevertheless temptations are always there for a big name like Gazza who, after a glittering career with Newcastle, Spurs, Lazio and Glasgow Rangers, is still well off.

He was the most gifted player of his generation, earned £2.6million a year and steered England to the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup under Bobby Robson who famously branded him "daft as a brush."

Jimmy insisted Paul is NOT skint. "Apart from his massive wages, Paul had a very lucrative sponsorship deal with Adidas and two best-selling No1 books," he said.

"Paul is finacially secure for the rest of his life. But he doesn't care about money. He has very simple tastes—he likes his fags, his lager and his chicken sandwiches with ketchup.

"The reason he lives in a hotel is because he hates living alone."

When Gazza's marriage to Sheryl Kyle collapsed after he drunkenly beat her he ended up living in pal Jimmy's £50,000 flat in Gateshead, a world away from the luxury homes he was used to. But divorcing Sheryl made a big dent in Paul's wealth. Two years ago he launched a blistering attack on his ex and told how she reaped £2 million from their two-year marriage but still moaned for more.

Jimmy said: "Paul doesn't talk about Sheryl much now, but the break-up really hit him hard. Ever since then he's been very wary about women.

"It seems every woman he gets pictured with ends up selling lies claiming they were lovers. Last month one even claimed she was in bed with him when he told her he was worried aliens would come and get them. It's all b*ll*cks.

"As far as I know Paul hasn't had a lover since he finally split with Sheryl in September 2003. He doesn't trust women any more and doesn't think it's worth the hassle."

And Jimmy claims many of Gazza's celebrity pals have let him down too.

"Paul did England proud," he said. "But many so-called football friends, who he helped, now won't give him a chance and don't go anywhere near him. Even his old showbiz mates Chris Evans and Danny Baker don't contact him any more. When he was a big England star they wanted him on their shows and he was great for ratings. But they don't seem to want to know any more and I'm sure it hurts Paul.

"And it's the same with his children. Paul hasn't seen his son Regan for a couple of years. His stepdaughter Bianca only used the name Gascoigne to get herself famous. And her brother Mason also seems to have cut him off."

With Gazza now home with his dad and sister Lindsay, enjoying some TLC anda roast chicken, Jimmy wants the world of football to rally round his pal.

Last night he said: "I want the FA to help Paul find a suitable job in the sport," he said. "He's done so much for England that he deserves that chance.

"Paul lives for football so let's give him a reason to live. He has so much to offer the game and could bring on new talent.

"He's a national treasure and deserves to be treated as such.

"I know Paul better then anyone—better than the doctors, better than his family and even better than Paul himself.

"And if I could have three wishes it would be for Paul to get a JOB in football, a HOME of his own, and to share it with a WOMAN who loves him just for being himself. That would be his dream hat trick. Paul has made so many people happy over the years and should be living life to the full. "Now I just want to give Paul a hug, tell him how sorry I am and promise I'll NEVER leave him again."

[Jockstar]

And if I could have three wishes it would be for Paul to get a JOB in football, a HOME of his own, and to share it with a WOMAN who loves him just for being himself. That would be his dream hat trick. Paul has made so many people happy over the years and should be living life to the full. "Now I just want to give Paul a hug, tell him how sorry I am and promise I'll NEVER leave him again."

I really hope he gets the help he deserves. He was an awsome player. Class!

[mrtoad]

Paul Gascoigne in hospital again

Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne is in hospital after police were called to an incident at a hotel in west London.

Mr Gascoigne, 40, is reported to have agreed to go voluntarily, following the incident on Sunday.

Scotland Yard said they were no longer involved and no crime had been alleged.

The ex-player has battled with alcohol and health problems, and in February received treatment after being detained at a hotel under the Mental Health Act.

He was released from Middleton St George Hospital in Darlington after two weeks.

In this weekend's incident police were called to a four-star hotel in Knightsbridge.

In February, Mr Gascoigne was asked to leave Newcastle's Malmaison Hotel after a disturbance.

Later the same day he was detained by Northumbria Police at Gateshead's Hilton Hotel, when concern was raised about his behaviour.

In January 2005, Mr Gascoigne - nicknamed Gazza during his football career - was hospitalised with pneumonia and last year he underwent emergency surgery for a perforated stomach ulcer after being taken ill as he was celebrating his 40th birthday.

He was arrested for an alleged assault on a photographer outside a Liverpool city centre hotel in 2005. The charges were later dropped.

A former player with Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Glasgow Rangers and Middlesbrough, he was sacked after 39 days as manager of Kettering Town in 2005.

He was capped 57 times for England.

Sadly, it looks like he may have had another relapse. The more I read about this, the more I fear that at some point in the future we are going to read about a very tragic ending.

[MSingh]

Very sad, a lot of blame lies with some of his so called " Friends " though if you ask me.

Gazza is obviously a Guy that has some serious problems in his life, i feel for him & hope he gtes better.

[ThaiPauly]

I have just read that he tried to drown himself in the bath of his hotel room

Thats why he was not arrested but asked if he would be preared to be in police custody for his own safety

This is a real tradgedy