Paul Gascoigne
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Paul John Gascoigne[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 27 May 1967||
Place of birth | Gateshead, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) |
Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1980–1985 | Newcastle United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1988 | Newcastle United | 92 | (21) |
1988–1992 | Tottenham Hotspur | 92 | (19) |
1992–1995 | Lazio | 43 | (6) |
1995–1998 | Rangers | 74 | (30) |
1998–2000 | Middlesbrough | 41 | (4) |
2000–2002 | Everton | 32 | (1) |
2002 | Burnley | 6 | (0) |
2003 |
Gansu Tianma | 4 | (2) |
2004 | Boston United | 4 | (0) |
Total | 388 | (83) | |
International career | |||
1987–1988 | England U21 | 12 | (5) |
1989 | England B | 4 | (1) |
1988–1998 | England | 57 | (10) |
Managerial career | |||
2005 | Kettering Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Paul John Gascoigne (
Born and raised in
Gascoigne represented the
In the later part of his career, and especially following retirement, Gascoigne's life became dominated by severe mental and emotional problems, particularly alcoholism. He has been jailed or sectioned on numerous occasions, and his struggles receive regular coverage in the British press. He has frequently attempted to live without alcohol, though rehabilitation programmes have provided only temporary relief. His issues ended his coaching career, and he has not worked in football since being dismissed as the manager of Kettering Town in 2005.
Early life
Gascoigne was born in Gateshead, County Durham, on 27 May 1967.[12][13] His father, John (1946–2018), was a hod carrier, and his mother, Carol, worked in a factory.[14] He was named Paul John Gascoigne in tribute to Paul McCartney and John Lennon of the Beatles.[15] He is of Irish descent through his grandparents.[16]
He attended
While Gascoigne was successful on the football field, his childhood was marked by instability and tragedy. Initially, his family lived in a single upstairs room in a council house with a shared bathroom and moved several times during his early life.
Gascoigne developed an addiction to gaming machines, frequently spending all his money on them, and also began shoplifting to fund his addiction.[26] He experienced further tragedy when a friend, whom he had encouraged to join Newcastle United from Middlesbrough, died whilst he was working for Gascoigne's uncle on a building site.[19]
Brian Tinnion met Gascoigne for the first time at 14 when Tinnion signed for Dunston Juniors, another side Gascoigne played for.[27] Tinnion explained that though Gascoigne eventually became the stand out, by the age of 15, most felt that Ian Bogie would be the top player out of this particular Newcastle youth set up.[27] Gascoigne decided to provide financially for his family – his parents and two sisters – as he saw professional football as a way of earning more money than the rest of the family were capable of.[28] He enjoyed football and later wrote that "I didn't have twitches or worry about death when I was playing football".[29] He was signed on as an apprentice at Newcastle on his 16th birthday.[30]
He was usually overweight whilst signed to the
Club career
Newcastle United
1984–1985: Youth career
Gascoigne captained Newcastle United's youth team to the FA Youth Cup in the 1984–85 season and scored twice in the 4–1 victory over Watford in the final at Vicarage Road.[33] In the first leg of the final, they drew 0–0.[32] Teammate Joe Allon stated that Newcastle were unusually poor in the first leg,[32] but in the second leg, Gascoigne was instrumental in Newcastle's victory.[32] After the match, Jack Charlton told Gascoigne he would be in the first team the next day against Norwich City.[32] Gascoigne did travel to Norwich, though Charlton chose not to pick him.[32]
1985–1987: Constant success
Gascoigne made his first-team debut as a substitute for George Reilly in a 1–0 win over Queens Park Rangers on 13 April 1985 at St James' Park.[34] Charlton later noted that Gascoigne's first-team appearances under him were too brief to suggest he was more than a useful talent.[31] At the age of 18, Gascoigne signed a two-year £120 a week contract at Newcastle, with the club also having a further two-year option clause.[35] Through noting Gascoigne's generous personality, Charlton arranged that around half of Gascoigne's wage be paid into a bank account for him to collect in a lump sum at the end of his first contract.[31]
1987–1988: Maintained performances and transfer rumours
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In 1988, on the BBC programme
Tottenham Hotspur
1988–1990: Impressive achievements
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.[48] They rose to third place in 1989–90, but were still 16 points behind champions Liverpool.[48] 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.[49] He was named as BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1990, and on accepting the award said: "I haven't won anything in the game as yet. But the World Cup did help to put England on the map".[50] He was also named as the club's Player of the Year.[51]
1990–1992: Maintained success, injuries and transfer rumours
Gascoigne was named on the
"I'm very pleased for Paul but it's like watching your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new car."
— Terry Venables spoke after the deal with Lazio was agreed upon.[56]
He missed the entire 1991–92 season while he recovered, suffering a further knee injury in late 1991 when an incident at a nightclub on Tyneside kept him out for even longer.[57] The saga over Gascoigne's proposed transfer to Lazio dominated the tabloid press throughout 1991, often overshadowing the key national news of that time – namely the recession and rise in unemployment that it sparked – although the broadsheet newspapers generally kept stories about Gascoigne confined to their back pages.[58]
Lazio
1992–1993: Success in Italy
"He was a lovely boy, lovely, such a heart. But a troubled boy. He ate ice cream for breakfast, he drank beer for lunch … But a player? Oh, beautiful, beautiful."
Gascoigne eventually joined Lazio for a fee of £5.5 million (equivalent to £14.38 million in 2023); he received a £2 million signing-on fee and signed a contract worth £22,000 a week.[60] He made his Serie A debut on 27 September 1992 in a match against Genoa, which was televised in Britain as well as Italy.[61] He failed to fully settle in Italy and was beset by negative media interest which was not helped by the numerous occasions he punched reporters, and the time when he belched down a microphone on live television.[62][63] 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" (roughly translated as "Your daughter, big tits").[64] His form was inconsistent in his first season at the Stadio Olimpico as he had previously spent a year out injured, but he endeared himself to Eagles fans when he scored in the 89th minute to equalise during the Rome derby against AS Roma.[65] He broke his cheekbone whilst on international duty in April 1993, and had to play the remaining games of the season in a mask.[66] Lazio ended the campaign in fifth place, which was considered a success as it meant qualification for European competition for the first time in 16 years.[67]
1993–1995: Weight issues and fair performances
Gascoigne fell badly out of shape before the
In 1994, Zdeněk Zeman arrived from Foggia to coach Lazio and Gascoigne. Zeman was a coach who was noted for using his whistle in training sessions.[71] One session, Zeman misplaced his whistle and found it when a goose who frequented the Lazio training ground was seen wearing it.[71] Pierluigi Casiraghi later reasoned Gascoigne was the culprit who placed Zeman's whistle on the goose.[71] In April 1994, he broke his leg in training whilst attempting to tackle Alessandro Nesta.[72] Upon his recovery, he was disgruntled with Zeman's stern fitness approach, and both club and player decided to part ways at the end of the 1994–95 season.[73]
Rangers
1995–1996: Great influence and success
"There's no doubt that Gascoigne has been one of the players to brighten up Scottish football over the last 30 to 40 years. It was an absolute privilege and a pleasure to play with somebody of that talent. 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.[74]
Rangers manager 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 here 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, alright.'"[75]
Gascoigne signed for Rangers in July 1995 for a
1996–1997: Continued triumphs and decline in form
Rangers won the league title again in
In 1997, young Italian player
Middlesbrough
Gascoigne left Scotland to join
Before the 1998–99 campaign began, Gascoigne began having blackouts after blaming himself for the death of a friend, who died after Gascoigne and a group of friends went on a night out drinking.[95] Despite his ongoing personal problems and his spell in rehab, Gascoigne started the season in good form and helped Middlesbrough into fourth place by Christmas.[96] 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 squad, who were now managed by former teammate Kevin Keegan and lacking a creative presence in midfield.[96]
His career went into terminal decline during the 1999–2000 campaign, with Gascoigne breaking his arm after elbowing opposition midfield player George Boateng in the head during Middlesbrough's 4–0 defeat to Aston Villa at the Riverside Stadium.[97] He subsequently received a three-match ban and £5,000 fine from the Football Association.[98]
Everton
Gascoigne signed a two-year contract with Everton, managed by former Rangers boss Walter Smith, after joining on a free transfer in July 2000.[99][100] He started the 2000–01 season well despite not playing every game due to his lack of fitness, but a series of niggling injuries and his ongoing depression took him out of the first team picture by Christmas.[101]
After spending time at an alcohol rehabilitation clinic in Arizona,[102] Gascoigne was fit enough to play for the "Toffees" in the 2001–02 season, and he scored his first goal for the club – and last in English football – away to Bolton Wanderers on 3 November.[103] Gascoigne then suffered a hernia injury, which kept him out of action for three months.[103] Walter Smith left Goodison Park in March, and Gascoigne left the club shortly after his successor, David Moyes, took charge.[104]
Later career
George Reynolds made an attempt to bring Gascoigne to Darlington, at that time playing in the Third Division, but talks broke down, and Gascoigne finished the 2001–02 season with Stan Ternent's Burnley.[105] Gascoigne made only six First Division appearances for Burnley.[106][107] The club narrowly missed out on the play-offs, and he left Turf Moor after only two months.[108] In 2002, he was inducted into the National Football Museum, being described as "the most naturally gifted English midfielder of his generation".[6] Fellow England midfielder Paul Ince said that Gascoigne was "the best player I've ever played with ... he had everything. He was amazing."[6]
In the summer of 2002, Gascoigne went on trial with
In October 2003, Gascoigne was offered an opportunity to train with Wolverhampton Wanderers.[117] However a month later Wolves rejected the option on providing Gascoigne a contract.[118]
In July 2004, Gascoigne was signed as player-coach by League Two side Boston United,[119] and upon signing spoke of his coaching aspirations, saying that "I can become a great coach and a great manager".[120] Gascoigne left Boston after he made five appearances in three months, citing professional reasons including his coaching career.[121][122] Former Rangers teammate Graham Roberts made an unsuccessful attempt to sign Gascoigne as a player-coach at Clyde in 2005.[123]
In August 2014 Gascoigne joined amateur club Abbey in the Bournemouth Sunday league[124]
International career
Gascoigne was called up to the
Gascoigne was first called up to the full England 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.[128] He scored his first goal for England in a 5–0 victory over Albania at Wembley on 26 April 1989.[129] He made his first start in the following game against Chile and kept his first team place for most matches in the run in to the 1990 FIFA World Cup.[130] He also 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 key component in the other three.[131]
Gascoigne went to the World Cup in
"Before Paul Gascoigne, did anyone ever become a national hero and a dead-cert millionaire by crying? Fabulous. Weep and the world weeps with you."
— Salman Rushdie writing in The Independent in 1990.[136]
"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 lot about Bobby that it was him I turned to, to ask him to have a word. I didn't know that the moment would be caught on camera."
— Gary Lineker.[137]
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On 4 July 1990, England played
Robson quit the England job after the tournament. His successor Graham Taylor dropped Gascoigne in favour of 32-year-old Gordon Cowans in a Euro '92 qualifier against the Republic of Ireland in November 1990, citing tactical reasons.[142] He returned to the starting lineup for a friendly against Cameroon the following February before an injury in the FA Cup final three months later caused him to miss the next twenty-one England fixtures, including all of UEFA Euro 1992, where England failed to progress beyond the group stages.[143]
Gascoigne returned to fitness in time for the opening qualifying game 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".[144] His message was broadcast on Norwegian television and he was forced to apologise for the remark.[145][146] The following month he scored two goals in a 4–0 victory over Turkey.[144] Qualification ended badly for England, as they ended in third place behind Norway and the Netherlands and missed out on a place in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.[147]
A broken leg in 1994 meant Gascoigne could not play for 15 months. By the time he returned to fitness, Terry Venables – his former manager at Spurs – had been appointed as England manager.[148] As England was hosting UEFA Euro 1996, they did not have to go through the qualification process, so they instead played numerous friendlies, most of which featured Gascoigne in the starting line-up.[149] The last of these games was played in Hong Kong, after which numerous England players were photographed on a night out in which Gascoigne and several others having drinks poured into their mouths whilst sitting in the "dentist's chair".[150] The tournament opened with a 1–1 draw with Switzerland, during which Gascoigne was substituted.[151] 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 area, he flicked the ball over Colin Hendry with his left foot and changed direction; Hendry was completely wrong-footed and, as the ball dropped, Gascoigne volleyed it with his right foot past Andy Goram to seal a 2–0 victory.[11][152] The goal was followed by the "dentist's chair" celebration referring to the incident before the tournament, where Gascoigne lay on the ground as if he were sitting in the dentist's chair. Teammates sprayed water from Lucozade bottles into his open mouth.[152]
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Terry Venables later wrote that “Pelé at his best would not have bettered that movement and finish”, calling the goal “a goal of unimpeachable quality, world-class, extraordinary, a wonder to behold”.[153]
England beat the Netherlands 4–1 to make it to the knock-out stages. They then drew 0–0 with
"Gazza is no longer a fat, drunken imbecile. He is, in fact, a football genius."
— The Daily Mirror editorial entitled "Mr Paul Gascoigne: An Apology" following his solo goal against Scotland in Euro 96.[156]
Under Glenn Hoddle, Gascoigne was picked regularly and helped England win the Tournoi de France in 1997 ahead of Brazil, France and Italy.[157] Qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup went down to the last group game against Italy at the Stadio Olimpico, and Gascoigne put in a disciplined and mature performance to help England secure the 0–0 draw that was enough to take them through to the tournament.[158] Following qualification, British tabloid newspapers would publish pictures of Gascoigne eating kebabs late at night with his DJ friend Chris Evans.[159] These pictures were published only a week before the final squad was due to be chosen.[159] The pictures disturbed Hoddle, who elected not to pick Gascoigne in the final squad.[160] After hearing the news, Gascoigne wrecked Hoddle's room in a rage before being restrained.[160] Gascoigne, who won 57 caps and scored ten goals, would never play for England again.[126]
Managerial and coaching career
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 (partly as a result of the club refusing to let him participate in the reality television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!)[161] on 5 October, to begin a football coaching course. After leaving Boston, he stated that he was interested in taking over as manager of Scottish side Greenock Morton,[162] but this came to nothing.
In mid-2005, he spent two months as a player-coach for the recently founded Portuguese team Algarve United, but he returned to England after a proposed contract never materialised.
Gascoigne came close to being appointed manager of Garforth Town in October 2010.[170] After weeks of talks between his agent and the club, he decided to turn down the offer, though reiterated his desire to return to football management.[171]
Other projects
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At the height of "Gazzamania" following the 1990 World Cup, he reached number 2 in the
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In August 2006, he visited Botswana on behalf of the Football Association's international outreach week. He played football with the children from the SOS Children's Village there.[174] On 25 July 2009, Gascoigne appeared on a Sporting Heroes edition of the BBC television quiz The Weakest Link, where he engaged in banter with host Anne Robinson.[175] The next day, he played in an England versus Germany charity football match to help raise funds for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.[176] He took part in the first edition of Soccer Aid in 2006, playing for an England team captained by Robbie Williams.[177]
In August 2014, Gascoigne began playing amateur football after signing for Bournemouth Sunday League Division Four team Abbey.[178] In 2015, he was the subject of a documentary film called Gascoigne, and in 2022 he was the subject of a two-part documentary series Gazza.
Style of play
"In my commentating career Paul Gascoigne was the best English player I ever saw. The way he could go past people, his upper body strength, he had the lot. 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 footballer. And it was all natural. It wasn't because of hours of coaching, he just had it."
— Former BBC football commentator John Motson.[179]
A creative and technically gifted
"He was aggressive, very physical, but at the same time [had] very technical, fantastic characteristics that you need to be a top footballer."
—
Gary Lineker described Gascoigne as "the most naturally gifted technical footballer that I played with,"[186] who possessed "a sort of impudence" and "great confidence." Lineker added: "You could see he played completely for the love of the game."[132] Steven Gerrard named Gascoigne as his "hero".[187] Gareth Southgate said: "You've got very good players and then there are top players. In my time in the England setup, Paul Gascoigne, Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney just had that little bit more than all the others. And we are talking high‑level people there, players like Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and David Beckham."[188] 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 score incredible goals."[189]
FourFourTwo described his performances in the 1990 World Cup as being "as close as the English ever got to the sort of bravura brilliance 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 superlative technique, a tactical sophistication, seldom matched by an England player since the war."[132] Despite his talent, Gascoigne was also criticised for his erratic behaviour and aggression on the pitch. His turbulent and often unhealthy lifestyle off the pitch, and his tendency to pick up injuries, are thought to have affected his career.[180][182][190]
Personal life
Gascoigne married his long-time girlfriend Sheryl Failes in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, in July 1996, after they had been together for around six years.[191] He later admitted to violence towards Sheryl during their marriage.[11][192] They divorced in early 1999.[193] In 2009, Sheryl published a tell-all book entitled Stronger: My Life Surviving Gazza.[194] Gascoigne had a son, Regan, with Sheryl and also adopted Sheryl's two children from her first marriage, Mason and Bianca. Bianca is a glamour model and television personality, and appeared on reality TV show Love Island.[195]
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.[196][197]
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 number he wore on his football shirt because it "stands for great".[198][199]
In November 2008, Gascoigne faced a bankruptcy petition over a £200,000 tax bill, having not filed any tax returns for more than two years.[200] On 25 May 2011, he avoided being declared bankrupt by the High Court in London, despite still owing £32,000.[201]
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, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder[202] and alcoholism.[203] The books also describe his addictive personality, which has led him to develop addictions of varying severity to alcohol, cocaine, chain smoking, gambling, high-caffeine energy drinks, exercise, and junk food.[204] He lives in Poole, Dorset.[205]
Mental illness, alcoholism and legal troubles
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Gascoigne first entered therapy sessions in October 1998 when he was admitted into Priory Hospital after a drinking session where he drank 32 shots of whisky, which left him at "rock bottom"; then-manager Bryan Robson signed him into the clinic whilst Gascoigne was unconscious.[206] He was released, at his own insistence, two weeks into the suggested minimum stay of 28 days.[207] His subsequent visits to the Priory became more infrequent, and he eventually returned to drinking alcohol.[208] In 2001, Everton’s then-chairman Bill Kenwright contacted Gascoigne's therapist at the Priory, John McKeown, who organised more treatment to help Gascoigne to control his drinking.[209] 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 disorder.[209][210] He stayed at the clinic in 2003 after he suffered low points working in China, and again in 2004 after retiring from football.[211]
In February 2008, he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act after an incident at the Malmaison Hotel in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was taken into protective custody to prevent self-harm.[212] He was sectioned again in June, and in September he was hospitalised after he overdosed on alcohol and other drugs in an apparent suicide attempt.[213]
Gascoigne was arrested for a disturbance outside a takeaway in February 2010. The following month, he was charged with drunk driving, driving without a licence, and driving without insurance.[214] On 9 July 2010 Gascoigne appeared at the scene of the tense stand-off between the police and the fugitive Raoul Moat, claiming to be Moat's brother and stating that he had brought him "a can of lager, some chicken, a fishing rod, a Newcastle shirt and a dressing gown". He was denied access to Moat.[215][216] In August 2011, Gascoigne sued The Sun, claiming that its coverage of him during the Raoul Moat incident interrupted his treatment for alcoholism.[217]
In October 2010, Gascoigne was arrested for drink driving. He subsequently admitted being more than four times over the limit at Newcastle upon Tyne Magistrates Court.[218] One day after being warned he could face a prison sentence for drink driving, Gascoigne was arrested for possession of cocaine.[219] He should have appeared in court on 11 November to be sentenced for the drink driving offence. Instead he went into rehab on the south coast of England and was given an eight-week suspended sentence.[220][221]
In February 2013, his agent, Terry Baker, told BBC Radio 5 Live that Gascoigne had relapsed again: "He won't thank me for saying it but he immediately needs to get help ... His life is always in danger because he is an alcoholic. Maybe no one can save him – I don't know. I really don't know".[222] Gascoigne was placed in intensive care in a U.S. hospital while being treated for alcoholism in Arizona in a rehabilitation programme thanks to financial support provided by ex-cricketer Ronnie Irani and broadcaster Chris Evans.[223] He was arrested for assaulting a railway security guard and being drunk and disorderly at Stevenage railway station on 4 July 2013; he was fined £1,000 after admitting the offence, and ordered to pay £100 compensation to the guard.[224]
In January 2014, Gascoigne entered rehab for his alcohol addiction for a seventh time at a £6,000-a-month clinic in Southampton.[225] In August, he was again admitted to hospital in relation to his problems following an incident outside his home.[226] On 23 October 2014, police were called to his home in Poole after he was in a drink binge; he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act the next day and taken to a hospital for a three-day detox.[227]
In October 2015, he was fined and made the subject of a restraining order for harassing an ex-girlfriend and assaulting a photographer.[228] In September 2016, Gascoigne admitted using "threatening or abusive words or behaviour" and was fined £1,000 after telling a racist joke in November 2015 and racially abusing his black bodyguard.[229][230] On 27 December 2016, Gascoigne was hospitalised with head injuries including broken teeth after being kicked in the back and falling down stairs in a London hotel. His assailant was jailed for 23 weeks and ordered to pay £7,800 compensation.[231]
On 6 January 2017, a spokesman for Gascoigne confirmed that he had entered a rehabilitation centre in a serious effort to stay "alcohol-free" in 2017.
Phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers
Gascoigne's mobile telephone was repeatedly hacked by
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Newcastle United | 1984–85 | First Division | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
1985–86 | First Division | 31 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 35 | 9 | ||
1986–87 | First Division | 24 | 5 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 26 | 5 | |||
1987–88 | First Division | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 41 | 11 | ||
Total | 92 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | – | 104 | 25 | |||
Tottenham Hotspur | 1988–89 | First Division | 32 | 6 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 37 | 7 | ||
1989–90 | First Division | 34 | 6 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 38 | 7 | |||
1990–91 | First Division | 26 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | – | 37 | 19 | ||
1991–92 | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 92 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 33 | ||
Lazio | 1992–93 | Serie A | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 4 | ||
1993–94 | Serie A | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
1994–95 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 43 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6 | |||
Rangers | 1995–96 | Scottish Premier Division | 28 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 19 |
1996–97 | Scottish Premier Division | 26 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 17 | |
1997–98 | Scottish Premier Division | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
Total | 74 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 104 | 39 | ||
Middlesbrough | 1997–98 | First Division | 7 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
1998–99 | Premier League | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 29 | 3 | ||
1999–2000 | Premier League | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | ||
Total | 41 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 48 | 4 | |||
Everton | 2000–01 | Premier League | 14 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||
2001–02 | Premier League | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 23 | 1 | ||
Total | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 38 | 1 | |||
Burnley | 2001–02 | First Division | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
Gansu Tianma |
2003 | China League One | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | |||
Boston United | 2004–05 | League Two | 4 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | ||
Career total | 388 | 83 | 28 | 12 | 37 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 468 | 110 |
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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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[238]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 26 April 1989 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | ![]() |
5–0 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier | |
2 | 25 April 1990 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | ![]() |
4–2 | Friendly
| |
3 | 18 November 1992 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | ![]() |
4–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier | |
4 | ||||||
5 | 31 March 1993 | İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir, Turkey | ![]() |
2–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier | |
6 | 8 September 1993 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | ![]() |
3–0 | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier | |
7 | 23 May 1996 | Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China | ![]() |
3–0 | Friendly | |
8 | 15 June 1996 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | ![]() |
2–0 | UEFA Euro 1996 | |
9 | 1 September 1996 | Republican Stadium, Chișinău , Moldova |
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3–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier | |
10 | 10 September 1997 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | ![]() |
4–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
Honours
Newcastle United Youth
- FA Youth Cup: 1984–85[1]
Tottenham Hotspur
Rangers
- Scottish Premier Division: 1995–96, 1996–97[1]
- Scottish Cup: 1995–96[1]
- Scottish League Cup: 1996–97[1]
Middlesbrough
England
Individual
- PFA Young Player of the Year: 1987–88[1]
- PFA Team of the Year: 1987–88 First Division, 1990–91 First Division[1]
- Newcastle United Player of the Year: 1987–88[240]
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year: 1990[1]
- BBC Goal of the Season: 1990–91[1]
- PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year: 1995–96[1]
- SFWA Footballer of the Year: 1995–96[1]
- 1996[241]
- English Football Hall of Fame Inductee: 2002[6]
- Rangers Hall of Fame Inductee: 2006 [242]
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External links
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- Paul Gascoigne – FIFA competition record (archived)