May 1998.

England manager Glenn Hoddle is cowering in the wreckage of his Spanish hotel room, surrounded by broken furniture and shards of glass.

As astonished teammates survey the wreckage, hoddle blood-stained assailant storms out the room. It’s Paul Gascoigne.

But how did it come to this?

From spiking his teammates with laxatives to joining the hunt for Raoul Moat, this is the story of Gazza: the later years…

Buy Roisin’s acclaimed book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Want-Home-But-Already-There

Links from the show:

Disgrace-fool front page: https://inews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sun-frontpage.jpg

Goal against Scotland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op4zA-RWZQc

Narrowly missing chance to score golden goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mie0ZL1vsFk&t=296s 

Flute gesture to Celtic fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjT6vOvCAt4 

Admits to wanking in Number 10 downing street: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nxatSvpImlY

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