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Latest about the daft lad. Sadly he’s still ….as a brush.

Article via DigitalSpy:

‘Confused’ Gazza supports wrong team

Friday, March 14 2008, 12:15 GMT
By Beth Hilton, Entertainment Reporter

Paul Gascoigne reportedly celebrated Barnsley’s recent FA Cup win after forgetting he played for Burnley.

The Sun claims that the ex-footballer has been continuing to behave erratically since he was released from a psychiatric unit last Friday. He was sectioned 18 days earlier following an alleged drinks and drugs binge.

A friend is quoted as saying: “I gently reminded him it was Burnley he was with for a short time and he said, ‘No, it was Barnsley’. He was quite insistent.”

The source added that Gascoigne answers the door in an untied dressing gown with his genitals on show when friends visit his dad’s home in Gateshead.

The 40-year-old, who was placed on suicide watch after being admitted to hospital, also chain-smokes, twitches and puts on voices.

Doctors have predicted that he will require periodic treatment for his mental health issues for the rest of his life.

A hospital source said: “Gazza is almost certain to become a revolving door patient, spending years in and out of psychiatric hospitals. They’ll be in for a few weeks, get treated, improve and be released.

“After a few months they go downhill again.”

Oh all right then a couple more…

I stumbled across this Guardian article from 2004. In it the Grauniad hack Simon Hattenstone followed Gazza around when he was doing a book signing tour for his then newly released autobiography Gazza: My Story.

In the article he talks about the short period of time where he found himself in China.
Obviously the Chairman of Kettering didn’t see this before employing him a couple of years later.

…”I enjoyed the programme in China, Paul, any thoughts of going back there.”

“Nae son, going up the road for a Chinese is enough for me now.”

A BBC crew followed him through his four months playing for Gansu Tianma in China. It made for a heartbreaking documentary. He thought he was just going out to play, but when he got there he was reminded that he had agreed to coach the team as well. This led to a horrible panic attack. We saw his face turn red as he struggled to breathe. “Just feeling trapped,” he said. “Got shakes and everything. Can’t get me breath and we’re training in 10 minutes. I can’t hear anything, can’t breathe. I feel as if I want to cry and I cannae.”

They talk about people in the game having a footballing brain. He had one out on the pitch, but it didn’t translate to the sideline.

» The Spinners - Football Crazy

The song was written many, many years before the daft lad but it has very prophetic lyrics »

This next one is by a group of West Ham fans:

» The Boleyn Boys - Football Mad

- Previously: Daft As A Brush

There’s no need for me to add to the blog discussions about him.

But I want to make a Football and Music contribution to the subject.

Get better Gazza. The football world is rooting for you.

  First up - Some songs about him :

» Spitting Image - Cry Gazza Cry

» Mr Martini - Gascoigne Please

» The New Cockerel Chorus - Nice One Gazza

  …and now two songs by him :

» Gazza and Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne (Revisited)

» Gazza - Geordie Boys (Gazza Rap)