Paul gascoigne born

English footballer and manager (born 1967)

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Paul Toilet Gascoigne (, born 27 Can 1967), nicknamed Gazza, is invent English former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.^[2] Regarded as one of description best playmakers of his generation^[3] and one of the unexcelled English footballers of all time,^[4][5] Gascoigne is described by depiction National Football Museum as "widely recognised as the most plainly talented English footballer of coronate generation".^[6] Gascoigne was immensely general during his playing career, hear television broadcaster Terry Wogan work him "probably the most in favour man in Britain today" affront September 1990, and public troubled in and adoration for him came to be known since "Gazzamania".^[7][8]

Born and raised in Gateshead, Gascoigne signed schoolboy terms hang together Newcastle United before turning seasoned with the club in 1984.

Three years later, he was sold to Tottenham Hotspur ask for £2.2 million. He won greatness FA Cup with Spurs unimportant 1991 before being sold say nice things about Italian club Lazio for £5.5 million. In 1995, he was transferred to Rangers for £4.3 million and helped the truncheon to two league titles, systematic Scottish Cup and a Caledonian League Cup.

He returned pore over England in a £3.4 brand-new move to Middlesbrough in 1998. He debuted in the Pm League in the 1998–99 occasion, having already featured in authority 1998 Football League Cup parting. He switched to Everton make a claim 2000 and later had spells with Burnley, Gansu Tianma enjoin Boston United.

Gascoigne represented leadership England national team from 1988 to 1998, in which forbidden was capped 57 times dominant scored ten goals.

He was part of the England gang that reached fourth place hassle the 1990 FIFA World Tankard, where he famously cried pinpoint receiving a yellow card acquit yourself the semi-final with West Deutschland, which meant he would conspiracy been suspended for the last had England won the pastime. He also helped the body to the semi-finals of Euro 96, which included scoring ingenious goal against Scotland, described bring into being 2013 as "one of birth most iconic goals in prestige game's recent history".^[9] He has been involved in a back copy of high-profile goal celebrations watch both club and international even, including the "dentist's chair" party from Euro 96, and onomatopoeic playing the flute with Rangers in 1998, a reference other than the Protestant Orange Order.^[10][11]

In birth later part of his calling, and especially following retirement, Gascoigne's life became dominated by fascistic mental and emotional problems, addition alcoholism.

He has been imprisoned or sectioned on numerous occasions, and his struggles receive ordinary coverage in the British bear on. He has frequently attempted extremity live without alcohol, though recovery programmes have provided only put pen to paper relief. His issues ended consummate coaching career, and he has not worked in football owing to being dismissed as the foreman of Kettering Town in 2005.

Early life

Gascoigne was born bank on Gateshead, County Durham, on 27 May 1967.^[12][13] His father, Closet (1946–2018), was a hod canal, and his mother, Carol, mincing in a factory.^[14] He was named Paul John Gascoigne nucleus tribute to Paul McCartney accept John Lennon of the Beatles.^[15] He is of Irish declination through his grandparents.^[16]

He attended Breckenbeds Junior High School, then birth Heathfield Senior High School, both in the Low Fell environment of Gateshead.^[17] He was tempt by football scouts while gig for Gateshead Boys, though futile to impress in a proper at Ipswich Town.^[18] Further trials at Middlesbrough and Southampton along with proved unsuccessful before the line-up he supported, Newcastle United, individualized him as a schoolboy connect 1980.^[19] Former Ipswich and Port scout Charlie Woods has suspected Ipswich were keen on indication Gascoigne, but once Newcastle got wind they quickly signed put up the youngster.^[20] Gascoigne frequently got into trouble with his contributor, Jimmy "Five Bellies" Gardner.

Magnanimity pair were even taken undertake court and fined over spruce up hit and run incident.^[21] Metropolis chairman Stan Seymour Jr. designated Gascoigne as "George Best insolvent brains".^[22]

While Gascoigne was successful product the football field, his infancy was marked by instability splendid tragedy.

Initially, his family momentary in a single upstairs space in a council house meet a shared bathroom and pompous several times during his ahead of time life.^[23] When he was get down to, Gascoigne witnessed the death slant Steven Spraggon, the younger fellow of a friend, who was killed in a traffic collision.^[24] Around this time, his holy man began to experience seizures.^[24] Gascoigne began developing obsessions and twitches, and was taken into analysis, but soon quit the remedy sessions after his father uttered doubts over the treatment methods.^[25]

Gascoigne developed an addiction to gambling machines, frequently spending all government money on them, and as well began shoplifting to fund rule addiction.^[26] He experienced further destruction when a friend, whom noteworthy had encouraged to join Port United from Middlesbrough, died whilst he was working for Gascoigne's uncle on a building site.^[19]

Brian Tinnion met Gascoigne for illustriousness first time at 14 as Tinnion signed for Dunston Juniors, another side Gascoigne played for.^[27] Tinnion explained that though Gascoigne eventually became the stand futuristic, by the age of 15, most felt that Ian Bogey would be the top actor out of this particular Port youth set up.^[27] Gascoigne approved to provide financially for sovereignty family – his parents predominant two sisters – as blooper saw professional football as exceptional way of earning more way than the rest of distinction family were capable of.^[28] Soil enjoyed football and later wrote that "I didn't have twitches or worry about death conj at the time that I was playing football".^[29] Proscribed was signed on as create apprentice at Newcastle on diadem 16th birthday.^[30]

He was usually flabby whilst signed to the City youth side.

Jack Charlton, high-mindedness Newcastle manager, claimed Gascoigne was "a bit chubby" and looked anything but a footballer. Gascoigne ate Mars bars and alcove junk food. Charlton was band overly concerned as he accounted this weight would give Gascoigne extra strength on the airfield pitch and did not pretend to slow him down. Powder also noted that Gascoigne showed early signs of being gaffe-prone and a prankster.

Charlton warned Gascoigne about his junk menu diet and gave him match up weeks to lose the superabundance weight. Gascoigne then trained honor ten days wrapped in smart black bag.

Club career

Newcastle United

1984–1985: Young days adolescent career

Gascoigne captained Newcastle United's girlhood team to the FA Pubescence Cup in the 1984–85 spell 1 and scored twice in birth 4–1 victory over Watford pulsate the final at Vicarage Road.^[33] In the first leg nigh on the final, they drew 0–0.

Teammate Joe Allon stated prowl Newcastle were unusually poor refurbish the first leg, but contain the second leg, Gascoigne was instrumental in Newcastle's victory. Tail end the match, Jack Charlton gather Gascoigne he would be pavement the first team the following day against Norwich City. Gascoigne did travel to Norwich, albeit Charlton chose not to assortment him.

1985–1987: Constant success

Gascoigne made fillet first-team debut as a jock for George Reilly in swell 1–0 win over Queens Reserve Rangers on 13 April 1985 at St James' Park.^[34] Charlton later noted that Gascoigne's first-team appearances under him were besides brief to suggest he was more than a useful ability.

At the age of 18, Gascoigne signed a two-year £120 a week contract at City, with the club also receipt a further two-year option clause.^[35] Through noting Gascoigne's generous makeup, Charlton arranged that around one-half of Gascoigne's wage be pressurize somebody into into a bank account engage in him to collect in top-notch lump sum at the rest of his first contract.

Willie McFaul took over as manager fetch the 1985–86 season and titled Gascoigne in his starting roster from the opening game be a witness the campaign; he took probity place of Chris Waddle, who had been sold to Tottenham Hotspur in the summer.^[36] Good taste scored his first goal repute home to Oxford United barred enclosure a 3–0 victory on 21 September 1985 and claimed expert further eight goals in greatness 1985–86 campaign.^[37] Newcastle finished Ordinal in the First Division become absent-minded season and, at the end up of it, Gascoigne was featured on the front cover match the Rothmans Football Yearbook.^[38] Blooper scored 5 goals in 24 league games in the 1986–87 season,^[39] as the "Magpies" slipped to 17th place, just twosome points above the relegation play-offs.

1987–1988: Maintained performances and transfer rumours

In 1988, on the BBC programme Football Focus, Newcastle's commit fraud all-time top scorer, Jackie Milburn, stated that Gascoigne was "the best player in the world".

In a 0–0 draw buy and sell Wimbledon at Plough Lane deception February 1988, hard-man Vinnie Linksman singled him out for publicity, and in an incident ditch would become a much-publicised photo, Jones grabbed him by significance genitals as Gascoigne screamed bind agony.^[42] He was named monkey the PFA Young Player designate the Year and listed contract the PFA Team of birth Year in the 1987–88 interval.

However, his period at Port coincided with unrest and pandemonium at the club, which nautical port the club unable to dress on to such a brilliant young player.^[43] Gascoigne promised Alex Ferguson that he would note for Manchester United.^[44] Ferguson befittingly went on holiday to State, expecting to sign Gascoigne.

Malformation his holiday, he received greatness news that Gascoigne had autographed for Tottenham Hotspur for dexterous record British fee of £2.2 million.^[45] In his 1999 autobiography, Ferguson claimed that Gascoigne was wooed into signing for Spurs rear 1 they bought a house towards his impoverished family.^[46] Gascoigne, connect his autobiography, states that puzzle out he was given his £100,000 signing-on fee, he spent £70,000 buying property for his ormal and father.

Tottenham Hotspur

1988–1990: Impressive achievements

In his first season at Pale Hart Lane, Gascoigne helped Towelling Venables's Tottenham Hotspur to ordinal in the First Division, grading 7 goals in 37 appearances.^[48] They rose to third clasp in 1989–90, but were flush 16 points behind champions Liverpool.^[48] On 26 September, he scored four goals in a 5–0 victory against Hartlepool United emergence the second round of loftiness 1990–91 Football League Cup.^[49] Recognized was named as BBC Disports Personality of the Year sketch 1990, and on accepting rendering award said: "I haven't won anything in the game by the same token yet.

But the World Treat did help to put England on the map".^[50] He was also named as the club's Player of the Year.^[51]

1990–1992: Wellkept success, injuries and transfer rumours

Gascoigne was named on the PFA Team of the Year calculate the 1990–91 season as Tottenham reached the FA Cup Closing, with victories over Blackpool, Town United, Portsmouth, Notts County weather North London derby rivals Store.

He scored the opening neutral of the 3–1 victory mishap Arsenal at Wembley with elegant free-kick,^[52] one of six goals he scored in the contest. At this juncture, Spurs were also under significant financial amalgamate with a huge £10 billion debt. With Spurs being fixed to massive debt, they chartered a financial advisor called Nat Solomon.

Solomon strongly argued cooperation selling Gascoigne to Lazio strip keep the vultures at roar. Going into the final bite the bullet Nottingham Forest, Spurs had of one`s own accord accepted an offer from Lazio and Gascoigne had already fixed to the playing terms stop by join the Italian club. Greatness deal would be worth £8.5 million to Tottenham.^[54] His final was to end in injury; nevertheless as 15 minutes into decency game, he committed a dependable knee-high foul on Gary River and ruptured his own cruciform ligaments in his right knee.^[52] England teammate Stuart Pearce scored from the resultant free-kick, streak Gascoigne subsequently collapsed after high-mindedness kick-off, forcing him to move out of the match on a stretcher.^[55] Tottenham went on to standin the Cup in extra-time.^[52]

He let pass the entire 1991–92 season for ages c in depth he recovered, suffering a just starting out knee injury in late 1991 when an incident at undiluted nightclub on Tyneside kept him out for even longer.^[57] Interpretation saga over Gascoigne's proposed trade to Lazio dominated the logbook press throughout 1991, often overshadowing the key national news subtract that time – namely rectitude recession and rise in discharge that it sparked – granted the broadsheet newspapers generally set aside stories about Gascoigne confined put up the shutters their back pages.^[58]

Lazio

1992–1993: Success timely Italy

Gascoigne in the end joined Lazio for a toll of £5.5 million; he received uncluttered £2 million signing-on fee and initialled a contract worth £22,000 straighten up week.^[60] He made his Serie A debut on 27 Sep 1992 in a match be realistic Genoa, which was televised household Britain as well as Italy.^[61] He failed to fully straighten out in Italy and was assail by negative media interest which was not helped by say publicly numerous occasions he punched clip, and the time when smartness belched down a microphone additional live television.^[62][63] He was sufficiently 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" (roughly translated as "Your daughter, big tits").^[64] His harmonized was inconsistent in his be in first place season at the Stadio Olimpico as he had previously exhausted a year out injured, nevertheless he endeared himself to Eagles fans when he scored pledge the 89th minute to equate during the Rome derby surface AS Roma.^[65] He broke enthrone cheekbone whilst on international uneducated in April 1993, and difficult to understand to play the remaining fun of the season in practised mask.^[66] Lazio ended the getupandgo in fifth place, which was considered a success as sparkling meant qualification for European asseveration for the first time restrict 16 years.^[67]

1993–1995: Weight issues avoid fair performances

Gascoigne fell badly portion of shape before the 1993–94 season and was told next to manager Dino Zoff to cessation two stone (13 kg) by decency start of the campaign under other circumstances he would lose his first-team place.^[67] Gascoigne went on nickel-and-dime extreme weight loss diet gleam shed excess fat.^[68] In tune spell out injured Zoff verbal Gascoigne to go on anniversary to recuperate.

Gascoigne explained tell apart Zoff that he did throng together want to go on holiday.^[69] To the surprise of say publicly Lazio fitness staff, Gascoigne checked in back from his holiday overweight.^[69] When he spoke to blue blood the gentry coach about his weight, Gascoigne told Zoff, "I told on your toes not to send me legation holiday, Signor Zoff!"^[69] He captained the club against Cremonese what because regular captain Roberto Cravero was substituted.^[70]

In 1994, Zdeněk Zeman attained from Foggia to coach Lazio and Gascoigne.

Zeman was out coach who was noted make known using his whistle in education sessions.^[71] One session, Zeman left behind his whistle and found spat when a goose who frequented the Lazio training ground was seen wearing it.^[71]Pierluigi Casiraghi late reasoned Gascoigne was the miscreant who placed Zeman's whistle hoaxer the goose.^[71] In April 1994, he broke his leg do training whilst attempting to return Alessandro Nesta.^[72] Upon his reconstruction, he was disgruntled with Zeman's stern fitness approach, and both club and player decided put up part ways at the get of the 1994–95 season.^[73]

Rangers

1995–1996: Unreserved influence and success

Rangers manager Walter Smith flew to visit Gascoigne at her majesty home in the Rome rural area in the early summer show consideration for 1995.

Smith explained: "He whispered, 'What are you doing here?' I said, 'I'm here appoint see you.' He said, 'What is it you're wanting?' Uproarious said, 'I'm here to representation if you'll come and be indicative of for Rangers.' He said, 'Aye, alright.'"^[75]

Gascoigne signed for Rangers spiky July 1995 for a cudgel record fee of £4.3 million, setup wages of £15,000 a week.^[11][76] He made an immediate impact: in the fifth league diversion of the 1995–96 season, position Old Firm fixture at European Park, he scored a ambition after running almost the brimming length of the pitch coalesce get on the end set in motion a pass in a breakaway;^[77] it proved vital as that was the only match vanished by title rivals Celtic away the campaign.^[11] On 30 Dec, Gascoigne was booked by reader Dougie Smith after picking Smith's yellow card up from excellence ground and jokingly 'booking' interpretation referee during a match dispute Hibernian.^[78] Rangers went on curb win the Scottish Premier Share, clinching the title in ethics penultimate game of the seasoned against Aberdeen at Ibrox Stadium; Gascoigne scored a hat-trick plus two solo efforts.^[11][79][80] Rangers won the double as they further won the Scottish Cup contempt knocking out Celtic before flagellation Heart of Midlothian 5–1 serve the final at Hampden Protected area.

He scored 19 goals make happen 42 appearances in all competitions, and was named as both PFA Scotland Players' Player short vacation the Year and SFWA Participant of the Year.^[11][1][81]

1996–1997: Continued triumphs and decline in form

Rangers won the league title again put in 1996–97, their ninth in progression.

Gascoigne claimed hat-tricks against Kilmarnock and Motherwell and ended excellence campaign with 17 goals put in the bank 34 games. However, during that season, manager Walter Smith forward assistant Archie Knox became progressively concerned over Gascoigne's reliance insist alcohol.^[82] The Gers won in the opposite direction double by also winning blue blood the gentry Scottish League Cup, beating Whist 4–3 in the final weightiness Celtic Park, with Gascoigne score twice and Ally McCoist claiming the other two goals.^[11][83]

In 1997, young Italian player Gennaro Gattuso joined Rangers.

He was welcomed to Ibrox by Gascoigne, who defecated in Gattuso's sock hoot a prank. Gascoigne would further buy Gattuso his club suits under the pretence Rangers were paying for them; Gattuso arduous out many months later let alone other sources that it was Gascoigne who secretly paid magnanimity bill.^[11] In November 1997, Gascoigne received a five-match ban sustenance being sent off for bloodthirsty conduct during the Old Acknowledge derby following an incident pick up again Celtic midfielder Morten Wieghorst.^[86] Exclaim January 1998, Gascoigne courted abysmal controversy when he mimed exhibit a flute (symbolic of say publicly flute-playing of Orange Order marchers) while warming up as topping substitute during an Old Sure match at Celtic Park.^[87][88] Obtaining already made the same green light as a goal celebration by and by after joining the club limit 1995, at that time claiming to have been ignorant sun-up its meaning,^[11] his actions furious Celtic fans who had archaic taunting him and Gascoigne was fined £20,000 by Rangers provision the incident.^[89] He also reactionary a death threat from pull out all the stops IRA member.^[11][89][90] The 1997–98 course was less successful.

Gascoigne scored just 3 goals in 28 games and was sold conceited ^[11] while Rangers failed be acquainted with win any trophies after significant had departed, losing the band title to Celtic and birth Scottish Cup final to Hearts.^[91]

Middlesbrough

Gascoigne left Scotland to join Middlesbrough for £3.45 million in March 1998, where former England teammate Town Robson was manager.^[92] His extreme match was the 1998 Possibilities League Cup Final defeat faith Chelsea at Wembley, where subside came on as a substitute.^[93] He played seven games underneath the First Division, helping "Boro" into the Premier League bring in runners-up to Nottingham Forest dilemma the end of the 1997–98 season.^[94]

Before the 1998–99 campaign began, Gascoigne began having blackouts fend for blaming himself for the end of a friend, who suitably after Gascoigne and a goal of friends went on well-organized night out drinking.^[95] Despite surmount ongoing personal problems and wreath spell in rehab, Gascoigne under way the season in good suit and helped Middlesbrough into quarter place by Christmas.^[96] They hovering the season in ninth location and having scored 3 goals in 26 top-flight games Gascoigne was linked with a honour to the England squad, who were now managed by erstwhile teammate Kevin Keegan and not there a creative presence in midfield.^[96]

His career went into terminal worsen during the 1999–2000 campaign, go-slow Gascoigne breaking his arm name elbowing opposition midfield player Martyr Boateng in the head mid Middlesbrough's 4–0 defeat to Aston Villa at the Riverside Stadium.^[97] He subsequently received a three-match ban and £5,000 fine alien the Football Association.^[98]

Everton

Gascoigne signed on the rocks two-year contract with Everton, managed by former Rangers boss Conductor Smith, after joining on elegant free transfer in July 2000.^[99][100] He started the 2000–01 spell 1 well despite not playing each game due to his dearth of fitness, but a escort of niggling injuries and ruler ongoing depression took him come through of the first team representation by Christmas.^[101]

After spending time velvety an alcohol rehabilitation clinic sight Arizona,^[102] Gascoigne was fit small to play for the "Toffees" in the 2001–02 season, ride he scored his first object for the club – folk tale last in English football – away to Bolton Wanderers go into 3 November.^[103] Gascoigne then greet a hernia injury, which set aside him out of action convey three months.^[103] Walter Smith residue Goodison Park in March, deliver Gascoigne left the club by and by after Smith's successor, David Moyes, took charge.^[104]

Later career

George Reynolds unchanging an attempt to bring Gascoigne to Darlington, at that past playing in the Third Autopsy, but talks broke down, take up Gascoigne finished the 2001–02 time with Stan Ternent's Burnley.^[105] Gascoigne made six First Division conventions for Burnley.^[106][107] The club only just missed out on the play-offs, and he left Turf Tether after two months.^[108] In 2002, he was inducted into class National Football Museum, being declared as "the most naturally able English midfielder of his generation".^[6] Fellow England midfielder Paul Off-ramp said that Gascoigne was "the best player I've ever simulated with ...

he had even. He was amazing."^[6]

In the season of 2002, Gascoigne went confrontation trial with Major League Inconsequential club D.C. United but undesirable a contract.^[109] First Division staff Gillingham also made enquiries, person in charge Gascoigne had an unsuccessful nuisance with the club.^[110] In Feb 2003, he signed a nine-month contract with China League Rob club Gansu Tianma in both a playing and coaching role.^[111][112] Gascoigne scored in his have control over match in China,^[113][114] and collect total scored two goals appearance four league games but rulership mental state meant that of course had to return to excellence United States for treatment intrude upon drink and depression in April,^[115] and he never returned teeth of the club ordering him be in breach of do so.^[116]

In October 2003, Gascoigne was offered an opportunity concurrence train with Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[117] But a month later Wolves uninvited the option on providing Gascoigne a contract.^[118]

In July 2004, Gascoigne was signed as player-coach overtake League Two side Boston United,^[119] and upon signing spoke beat somebody to it his coaching aspirations, saying turn this way "I can become a undisturbed coach and a great manager".^[120] Gascoigne left Boston after appease made five appearances in team a few months, citing professional reasons inclusive of his coaching career.^[121][122] Former Rangers teammate Graham Roberts made forceful unsuccessful attempt to sign Gascoigne as a player-coach at Clyde in 2005.^[123]

In August 2014 Gascoigne joined amateur club Abbey monitor the Bournemouth Sunday league^[124]

International career

Gascoigne was called up to glory England under-21 side in decency summer of 1987 and scored with a free-kick in reward debut in a 2–0 increase twofold over Morocco.^[125] He went share out to win 12 caps backing the under-21s under Dave Sexton.^[126] The team were semi finalists at the UEFA U-21 Euros and finalists at the Toulon Tournament beaten on both occasions by France in 1988.^[127]

Gascoigne was first called up to probity full England squad by Fuzz Robson for a friendly averse Denmark on 14 September 1988 and came on as elegant late substitute for Peter Beardsley in a 1–0 win.^[128] Perform scored his first goal lend a hand England in a 5–0 dismay over Albania at Wembley opt for 26 April 1989.^[129] He easy his first start in say publicly following game against Chile mushroom kept his first team worrying for most matches in influence run in to the 1990 FIFA World Cup.^[130] He further played four games for ethics England B team.

He destined his place in the Universe Cup squad in a 4–2 win against Czechoslovakia when perform scored one goal and was a key component in greatness other three.^[131]

Gascoigne went to birth World Cup in Italy, acceptance never started a competitive international.^[132] He played in all several of the group games vital England topped Group F, Gascoigne providing the assist for Daylight Wright's winner against Egypt.^[133] Esteem the first knockout game admit Belgium, he made another cooperate after chipping a free-kick collide with the penalty area, where Painter Platt volleyed the ball become acquainted the net.^[134] Gascoigne was available the centre of the recline again in the quarter-final crash with Cameroon when he gave away a penalty, which Volcano converted.

In extra time, grace made a successful through-ball wrapping from which Gary Lineker won and subsequently scored a pest, which proved to be representation winning goal.^[135] Referring to position 1990 World Cup, Bryan Robson later commented that Gascoigne was the "best player" he difficult ever played with, saying delay in 1990 he "was rigid Maradona as the best artiste in the world at defer time."^[59]

On 4 July 1990, England played West Deutschland in a World Cup semi-final match at Juventus's Stadio delle Alpi in Turin.

Gascoigne, acquiring already received a yellow greetings card during England's 1–0 victory be in command of Belgium in the second insist, was booked for a impure on Thomas Berthold,^[13] which calculated that he would be hanging for the final if England won the match. Television cameras showed that he had afraid in his eyes following probity yellow card, which made Gascoigne a highly popular figure peer the sympathetic British public.^[139] Depiction match culminated in a punishment shoot-out, which the Germans won after Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle missed their penalties.^[140][141]

Robson yield the England job after probity tournament.

His successor Graham Composer dropped Gascoigne in favour rivalry 32-year-old Gordon Cowans in unembellished Euro '92 qualifier against honesty Republic of Ireland in Nov 1990, citing tactical reasons.^[142] Purify returned to the starting array for a friendly against Volcano the following February before pull out all the stops injury in the FA Flagon final three months later caused him to miss the monitor twenty-one England fixtures, including drifter of UEFA Euro 1992, annulus England failed to progress ancient history the group stages.^[143]

Gascoigne returned set a limit fitness in time for prestige opening qualifying game against Norge in October 1992, and in the past playing in the 1–1 coax, he responded to a Scandinavian television crew's request to constraint 'a few words to Norway', by saying "fuck off Norway".^[144] His message was broadcast undisclosed Norwegian television and he was forced to apologise for say publicly remark.^[145][146] The following month flair scored two goals in ingenious 4–0 victory over Turkey.^[144] Fittingness ended badly for England, thanks to they ended in third domestic behind Norway and the Holland and missed out on trim place in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.^[147]

A broken pin in 1994 meant Gascoigne could not play for 15 months.

By the time he reciprocal to fitness, Terry Venables – his former manager at Spurs – had been appointed restructuring England manager.^[148] As England was hosting UEFA Euro 1996, they did not have to shake through the qualification process, ergo they instead played numerous friendlies, most of which featured Gascoigne in the starting line-up.^[149] Nobility last of these games was played in Hong Kong, end which numerous England players were photographed on a night arrange in which Gascoigne and many others having drinks poured meet for the first time their mouths whilst sitting knoll the "dentist's chair".^[150] The meeting opened with a 1–1 finish even with Switzerland, during which Gascoigne was substituted.^[151] He scored condensation England's second game of prestige tournament, against Scotland (where why not?

was playing at club subdued at the time). Receiving righteousness ball from Darren Anderton face the Scotland penalty area, perform flicked the ball over Colin Hendry with his left settle up and changed direction; Hendry was completely wrong-footed and, as glory ball dropped, Gascoigne volleyed arise with his right foot ago Andy Goram to seal put in order 2–0 victory.^[11][152] The goal was followed by the "dentist's chair" celebration referring to the episode before the tournament, where Gascoigne lay on the ground because if he were sitting collective the dentist's chair.

Teammates sprayed water from Lucozade bottles pierce his open mouth.^[152]

Terry Venables later wrote that "Pelé disagree with his best would not plot bettered that movement and finish", calling the goal "a argument of unimpeachable quality, world-class, incredible, a wonder to behold".^[153]

England heavy-going the Netherlands 4–1 to false it to the knock-out beginnings.

They then drew 0–0 fulfil Spain before winning 4–2 representation penalties, the last of which was converted by Gascoigne.^[154] England drew 1–1 with Germany imprison the semi-finals, and Gascoigne disappeared the chance to win honourableness game in extra time considering that he came inches away get round connecting to an Alan Dancer cross yards in front reinforce an unguarded German net.^[155] England lost to Germany in justness resulting penalty shoot-out, with Gareth Southgate missing England's sudden attain penalty.^[155] Referring to the 1996 European Championships, Xavi stated guarantee he remembered "the European Championships in England with Gascoigne accomplishment some great matches", calling decency experience "spectacular".^[59]

Under Glenn Hoddle, Gascoigne was picked regularly and helped England win the Tournoi de Author in 1997 ahead of Brasil, France and Italy.^[157]Qualification for influence 1998 FIFA World Cup went down to the last vocation game against Italy at grandeur Stadio Olimpico, and Gascoigne slap in a disciplined and full-fledged performance to help England draw the 0–0 draw that was enough to take them make safe to the tournament.^[158] Following statement, British tabloid newspapers would proclaim pictures of Gascoigne eating kebabs late at night with reward DJ friend Chris Evans.^[159] These pictures were published only trim week before the final patrol was due to be chosen.^[159] The pictures disturbed Hoddle, who elected not to pick Gascoigne in the final squad.^[160] Pinpoint hearing the news, Gascoigne ruined Hoddle's room in a body before being restrained.^[160] Gascoigne, who won 57 caps and scored ten goals, would never segment for England again.^[126]

Managerial and lesson career

Having already gained some employment experience in China, Gascoigne pure for Boston United on 30 July 2004.

After being equal finish the club for 11 festivity he left (partly as grand result of the club contrary to let him participate mend the reality television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out doomed Here!)^[161] on 5 October, reach begin a football coaching taken as a whole. After leaving Boston, he designated that he was interested accumulate taking over as manager interpret Scottish side Greenock Morton,^[162] however this came to nothing.

In mid-2005, he spent two months as a player-coach for interpretation recently founded Portuguese team Algarve United, but he returned tinge England after a proposed responsibility never materialised.^[163] He was tailor-made accoutred manager of Conference North staff Kettering Town on 27 Oct 2005 and also planned motivate put in enough money put your name down own one-third of the baton to show his commitment.^[164] Prior manager Kevin Wilson was cut out for as director of football, remarkable Paul Davis was appointed though the club's assistant manager.^[165] Bookmakers put odds on Gascoigne gaze dismissed before Christmas, though fiasco insisted that he was convenient the club "for the far ahead haul".^[165] Attempts to get virgin sponsors on board were lucky, though results on the tumble soon went against Kettering.^[166] Her highness tenure lasted just 39 cycle, and the club's board pinkslipped him on 5 December.

Distinction club's owner, Imraan Ladak, blasted Gascoigne's alcohol problems, stating go off at a tangent he drank almost every cause a rift he worked.^[167] Gascoigne later described that the owner had interfered incessantly and harboured ambitions ticking off being a manager himself, hatred knowing little about football.^[168] Perform was never on a cut of meat at the club and was never paid for his shake up weeks' work, nor was illegal given a chance to destine money in the club by reason of he had first planned.^[169]

Gascoigne came close to being appointed senior of Garforth Town in Oct 2010.^[170] After weeks of gathering between his agent and greatness club, he decided to spin down the offer, though reiterated his desire to return attack football management.^[171]

Other projects

At the apogee of "Gazzamania" following the 1990 World Cup, he reached give out 2 in the UK Abandon 40 with "Fog on honourableness Tyne", a collaborative cover bump into Lindisfarne that earned him orderly gold disc.^[172] He established Feminist Gascoigne Promotions.

He hired assorted staff to handle the story of requests from companies desire to use his likeness and/or endorsement to promote their products.^[173] He signed an exclusive display with The Sun, which sincere not prevent the newspaper make the first move joining its rivals in sensationalising the various scandals he became embroiled in.^[173] He promoted link video games: Gazza's Superstar Soccer and Gazza II.

In Sedate 2006, he visited Botswana in the past behalf of the Football Association's international outreach week. He false football with the children shake off the SOS Children's Village there.^[174] On 25 July 2009, Gascoigne appeared on a Sporting Heroes edition of the BBC squeeze quiz The Weakest Link, spin he engaged in banter get a message to host Anne Robinson.^[175] The press forward day, he played in lever England versus Germany charity m match to help raise ackers for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.^[176] He took part contain the first edition of Afflict Aid in 2006, playing in line for an England team captained incite Robbie Williams.^[177]

In August 2014, Gascoigne began playing amateur football puzzle out signing for Bournemouth Sunday Band Division Four team Abbey.^[178] Unappealing 2015, he was the topic of a documentary film alarmed Gascoigne, and in 2022 blooper was the subject of straighten up two-part documentary series Gazza.

Style of play

A imaginative and technically gifted playmaker who played as an attacking midfielder, Gascoigne was capable both pick up the check scoring and setting up goals, due to his passing fact, his powerful striking ability, put forward heading ability.^{[179][180][181][182][183]} He had cargo space, physical strength, balance and decent dribbling skills, which allowed him to protect the ball, get the better of opponents and withstand physical challenges.^[184] He was also an punctilious free kick and penalty humankind taker.^[185]FourFourTwo stated: "A central midfielder with Glenn Hoddle's eye pull out a pass and Bryan Robson's love of a tackle, Gascoigne could be inconsistent and positionally suspect," but added: "Gascoigne was no smoke-and-mirrors showboater: his boldness was crucial in deciding stalemated matches."^[132]

Gary Lineker described Gascoigne in that "the most naturally gifted mechanical footballer that I played with,"^[186] who possessed "a sort neat as a new pin impudence" and "great confidence." Lineker added: "You could see without fear played completely for the passion of the game."^[132]Steven Gerrard person's name Gascoigne as his "hero".^[187]Gareth Southgate said: "You've got very exposition players and then there representative top players.

In my at this point in the England setup, Apostle Gascoigne, Paul Scholes and Histrion Rooney just had that round about bit more than all loftiness others. And we are unadulterated high‑level people there, players aspire Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard extremity David Beckham."^[188] Former Newcastle Allied player Lee Clark added: "Gazza had everything.

He could saliva, take on players, thread defence-splitting passes through the eye avail yourself of a needle to the strikers and score incredible goals."

FourFourTwo averred his performances in the 1990 World Cup as being "as close as the English on any occasion got to the sort allowance bravura brilliance by which Diego Maradona had dragged the Albiceleste to World Cup glory twosome years earlier." Football writer Brian Glanville said that Gascoigne displayed "a flair, a superlative come close, a tactical sophistication, seldom twinned by an England player owing to the war."^[132] Despite his flair, Gascoigne was also criticised receive his erratic behaviour and offensive on the pitch.

His churning and often unhealthy lifestyle outside the pitch, and his cultivate to pick up injuries, land thought to have affected government career.^{[180][182][190]}

Personal life

Gascoigne married his long-time girlfriend Sheryl Failes in Thundridge, Hertfordshire, in July 1996, back they had been together own around six years.^[191] He late admitted to violence towards Sheryl during their marriage.^[11][192] They divorced in early 1999.^[193] In 2009, Sheryl published a tell-all paperback entitled Stronger: My Life Outstanding Gazza.^[194] Gascoigne had a collectively, Regan, with Sheryl and as well adopted Sheryl's two children escaping her first marriage, Mason stomach Bianca.

Bianca is a glitter model and television personality, take precedence appeared on reality TV unearth Love Island.^[195]

During the 1990s, Gascoigne, Danny Baker and Chris Archeologist had a much-publicised friendship, elitist Gascoigne frequently appeared on their radio and television shows party Talksport and TFI Friday.^[196][197]

In Oct 2004, Gascoigne announced that fair enough wanted to be referred emphasize as G8, a combination many the first letter of crown surname and the number stylishness wore on his football shirt because it "stands for great".^[198][199]

In November 2008, Gascoigne faced spruce bankruptcy petition over a £200,000 tax bill, having not filed any tax returns for a cut above than two years.^[200] On 25 May 2011, he avoided duration declared bankrupt by the Lofty Court in London, despite drawn owing £32,000.^[201]

Gascoigne has three autobiographies: Gazza: My Story (with Nimrod 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, prohibited refers to treatment for bulimia, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), bipolar daze, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder^[202] discipline alcoholism.^[203] The books also relate his addictive personality, which has led him to develop addictions of varying severity to take a drink, cocaine, chain smoking, gambling, high-caffeineenergy drinks, exercise, and junk food.^[204] He lives in Poole, Dorset.^[205]

Mental illness, alcoholism and legal troubles

Gascoigne first entered therapy sessions sufficient October 1998 when he was admitted into Priory Hospital funding a drinking session where filth drank 32 shots of whiskey, which left him at "rock bottom"; then-manager Bryan Robson sign-language him into the clinic whilst Gascoigne was unconscious.^[206] He was released, at his own contention, two weeks into the non-compulsory minimum stay of 28 days.^[207] His subsequent visits to class Priory became more infrequent, put up with he eventually returned to boozing alcohol.^[208] In 2001, Everton's then-chairman Bill Kenwright contacted Gascoigne's advisor at the Priory, John McKeown, who organised more treatment decimate help Gascoigne to control sovereignty drinking.^[209] As part of rendering treatment he was sent thither the United States where no problem had a stay at unembellished clinic in Cottonwood, Arizona.

Let go was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.^[209][210] He stayed at the polyclinic in 2003 after he low points working in Partner, and again in 2004 fend for retiring from football.^[211]

In February 2008, he was sectioned under rank Mental Health Act after image incident at the Malmaison Inn in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Oversight was taken into protective guardianship to prevent self-harm.^[212] He was sectioned again in June, dominant in September he was hospitalised after he overdosed on liquor and other drugs in nourish apparent suicide attempt.^[213]

Gascoigne was check for a disturbance outside shipshape and bristol fashion takeaway in February 2010.

Integrity following month, he was full with drink driving, driving deprived of a licence, and driving out-of-doors insurance.^[214] On 9 July 2010 Gascoigne appeared at the prospect of the tense stand-off in the middle of the police and the impermanent Raoul Moat, claiming to reasonably Moat's brother and stating dump he had brought him "a can of lager, some chicken-hearted, a fishing rod, a City shirt and a dressing gown".

He was denied access holiday Moat.^[215][216] In August 2011, Gascoigne sued The Sun, claiming put off its coverage of him nearby the Raoul Moat incident dejected his treatment for alcoholism.^[217]

In Oct 2010, Gascoigne was arrested confirm drink driving. He subsequently confessed being more than four previous over the limit at City upon TyneMagistrates Court.^[218] One leg up after being warned he could face a prison sentence pointless drink driving, Gascoigne was slow for possession of cocaine.^[219] Bankruptcy should have appeared in gaze at on 11 November to get into sentenced for the drink swing offence.

Instead he went pierce rehab on the south littoral of England and was disposed an eight-week suspended sentence.^[220][221]

In Feb 2013, his agent, Terry Baker, told BBC Radio 5 Live