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posted 18-09-2008 21:28
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Walter Smith and Archie Knox are as close to Ferguson as you'll get. Gascoigne played fantastically for Rangers but was still in a bad way off the field. Smith actually had him to his house for Christmas dinner one year because he had no where else to go apparently and Ally McCoist tells of Gascoigne coming to his door regularly at 3 in the morning because he couldn't sleep.
Gascoigne is an alcoholic at the very least, and until he himself bottoms out and decides he needs help no one can help him. Unfortunately he probably still has enough money to keep that day away for a while.
Gascoignes managers, Smith included, tolerated Gascoigne and turned a blind eye to his behaviour because he was simply so good a player they couldn't afford to drop him.
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posted 27-11-2009 19:40
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now helping out with the kids at newcastle (the open goal here is either have things really got that bad for the man? or fucking hell, he'd probably still get a game for us - you decide).
i hope he can keep himself in check: working with youngsters is something that seems right for him to do. try and get some of them to play with the same joy and exuberance he did.
and the bit in the story about peter beardsley looking after him made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
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posted 27-11-2009 19:50
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The Peter Beardsley who was done for bullying? I bet he keeps Gazza in a hutch and pokes him with a fork.
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posted 27-11-2009 20:05
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Sounded pretty lucid when talking on the radio yesterday about the Newcastle World Cup bid, whilst Beardsley was playing the 'protective older brother' role.
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posted 27-11-2009 22:40
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EIM wrote:
I bet he keeps Gazza in a hutch and pokes him with a fork.
It's for the best.
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posted 08-01-2010 19:14
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EIM wrote:
The Peter Beardsley who was done for bullying? I bet he keeps Gazza in a hutch and pokes him with a fork.
The Peter Beardsley that was cleared of the charge of bullying.
I know this might seem like I am taking l'esprit d'escalier to new heights, but I was pretty surprised to see that he was cleared; my really shitty memory was convinced he was done for it.
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posted 08-01-2010 19:16
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Oh yeah, speaking of Gazza.. over Christmas, I was back in Salford and was lucky enough to see the man himself appearing on Celebrity The Weakest Link. The sight of him flirting with Anne Robinson is possibly the worst thing I have ever seen.
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posted 08-01-2010 20:03
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dogbeak wrote:
Oh yeah, speaking of Gazza.. over Christmas, I was back in Salford and was lucky enough to see the man himself appearing on Celebrity The Weakest Link. The sight of him flirting with Anne Robinson is possibly the worst thing I have ever seen.
He looked well at the time though.
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posted 08-01-2010 20:10
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dogbeak wrote:
The sight of him flirting with Anne Robinson is possibly the worst thing I have ever seen.
You must have missed his appearance on "loose women" in the autumn. Asked if he was well, his reply was along the lines of "never been better, after all i'm sat here with my four women", he obviously missed the looks of disgust on their faces because he tried the same avenue a few minutes later. I'm convinced he thought a group session was on the cards just because he'd been invited on the show.
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posted 08-01-2010 20:18
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brian potter wrote:
dogbeak wrote:
The sight of him flirting with Anne Robinson is possibly the worst thing I have ever seen.
You must have missed his appearance on "loose women" in the autumn. Asked if he was well, his reply was along the lines of "never been better, after all i'm sat here with my four women", he obviously missed the looks of disgust on their faces because he tried the same avenue a few minutes later. I'm convinced he thought a group session was on the cards just because he'd been invited on the show.
Gazza in a fivesome,shocking.
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posted 08-01-2010 21:13
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I caught the end of that, not realising it was him. At first I couldn't understand why he was getting questions like, "What's the number that appears on the bottom of the clock face?"* And, "What was the name of the celebration carried out by England players at Euro 96 after they scored their second goal against Scotland?" Just in case he'd forgotten, this was a multiple choice answer. When I finally twigged who it was, the crassly false answers he'd been giving to some of the other questions began to make sense.
*Paul could have turned my pre-conception about his brain power on its head if he'd replied, "Well Ann, that depends if it's a normal clock or a peentin' by Salva Wor Dali, eh?"
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posted 09-01-2010 17:19
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imp wrote:
I caught the end of that, not realising it was him. At first I couldn't understand why he was getting questions like, "What's the number that appears on the bottom of the clock face?"* And, "What was the name of the celebration carried out by England players at Euro 96 after they scored their second goal against Scotland?"
Alex Higgins was asked "what day comes between Sunday and Tuesday?", and managed to get the answer wrong.
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posted 09-01-2010 17:32
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Is Gascoigne still drinking or has he finally stopped?
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posted 09-01-2010 18:06
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I was about to look this up, thinking I'd seen something about his being arrested for drunk and disorderly behaviour as it hadn't been followed up anywhere as a Gazza In Trouble story usually has been, when I was brought heavily up short by Google's first suggestion after his name being 'paul gascoigne died'. Anyway, I was right: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8416507.stm
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posted 10-01-2010 00:31
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Hang on, are you... am I.... what?
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posted 10-01-2010 10:24
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Would Gascoigne get an easier ride on here if he was -:
a. middle class
b. lived in rented property
c. had never married
d. didn't watch live football
e. had dropped out of a joint honours degree in media & sociology at a polyversity
f. spent his waking hours denouncing MK Dons on a messageboard
opinions please......
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