The Upshot

Gazza: dancing naked on the table


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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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