Paul Gascoigne if he was a Rover

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3:15  in this clip talk of him coming to Blackburn (this was prior to his movevto Lazio)

imagine if we had Gazza 😍

 

 

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[A Northern Horde...]

All the talent in the World.Shame to see him now.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, A Northern Horde... said:

All the talent in the World.Shame to see him now.

A once in a generation player at his peak for England.

[roverandout]

Hoddle should have taken him to 98 world cup.  Him and le tissier would have given us something different.  Especially when we were down to 10 men against Argentina.  Hoddle just didn't like players who were equal to his ability 

[chaddyrovers]

Gazza was a very good player and I will always remember his goal against Scotland in Euro 96

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8 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Gazza was a very good player and I will always remember his goal against Scotland in Euro 96

That's up there with micheal Owens goal V Argentina. 

Italia 90 was where it all began for me 💚🤍🤎

[chaddyrovers]

Just now, ... said:

That's up there with micheal Owens goal V Argentina. 

Italia 90 was where it all began for me 💚🤍🤎

Italia 90 was too early for me. World Cup 94 was my first memories of international football competitions and my first memory was England beating San Marino after the scored in the first seconds of the game

[Wegerleswiggle]

Imagine Gazza and ZZ behind the SAS

[Tomphil2]

9 hours ago, roverandout said:

Hoddle should have taken him to 98 world cup.  Him and le tissier would have given us something different.  Especially when we were down to 10 men against Argentina.  Hoddle just didn't like players who were equal to his ability 

He went on the razz though and gave Hoddle the excuse he was looking for.

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8 years old in my blue n white stripes pyjamas sat on the bottom step sobbing my heart out after Waddles miss and mum saying "That's it theyre out he's missed it what a shame"

Tears just came out and i didnt even have a clue why.

All I know is I love watching  England in tournaments  I dont care if its boring to most. Still have those hopes and dreams as a kid, seeing them play. I owe it to that 8 year old to win a major. If we won a world cup I'd absolutely lose my shit 🤣

You can imagine the rest when we won several shoot outs in recent years.

Yep I cried. 

[Mike E]

You bastards, I thought he’d died for a minute!

[GHR]

Wonder what became of that KFC

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7 hours ago, Mike E said:

You bastards, I thought he’d died for a minute!

My bad i'll alter the title!

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Been trying to save Gazza for years looks to be doing OK for now

[Blow-in]

On 25/05/2025 at 09:24, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

A once in a generation player at his peak for England.

Did he ever reach his peak? He was unbelievebly talented, but with his lifestyle it's hard to say he was ever completely on it.

Bit like Paul McGrath for Ireland, he was immense but there is always a feeling of "imagine without all the off-field stuff how good he could have been.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

3 hours ago, Blow-in said:

Did he ever reach his peak? He was unbelievebly talented, but with his lifestyle it's hard to say he was ever completely on it.

Bit like Paul McGrath for Ireland, he was immense but there is always a feeling of "imagine without all the off-field stuff how good he could have been.

No he didn’t reach his peak unfortunately. What a player he was though.

Regarding Paul McGrath - his knees held him back as much as his off the fired behaviour apparently. I believe he hardly trained in the later part of his career because of knee trouble.

[sharpysharps86]

On 25/05/2025 at 20:32, chaddyrovers said:

Italia 90 was too early for me. World Cup 94 was my first memories of international football competitions and my first memory was England beating San Marino after the scored in the first seconds of the game

Same here with England, that is my first memory of watching them.

Although I don't remember watching any of the 1994 World Cup games live on TV due to the time difference, I vividly remember waking up the day after the final and finding out Baggio had missed his penalty. Also fond memories of playing the official USA 94 video game on the Sega Game Gear. It was like a poor imitation of Sensible Soccer but I loved every second of it 🥲.

On Gazza...yeah, the goal against Scotland is iconic.

[Blow-in]

21 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

No he didn’t reach his peak unfortunately. What a player he was though.

Regarding Paul McGrath - his knees held him back as much as his off the fired behaviour apparently. I believe he hardly trained in the later part of his career because of knee trouble.

His Knees were a major issue and you are correct he just played and never trained when he entered his 30s, 

[Leonard Venkhater]

On 27/05/2025 at 17:34, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

No he didn’t reach his peak unfortunately. What a player he was though.

Regarding Paul McGrath - his knees held him back as much as his off the fired behaviour apparently. I believe he hardly trained in the later part of his career because of knee trouble.

..and his rampant alcoholism..

 

[arbitro]

I refereed McGrath towards the end of his career when he went to Sheffield United. During a break in play I had a chat and I could smell the alcohol on his breath. Despite that he was the best player on the pitch and his natural athleticism was apparent.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

I refereed McGrath towards the end of his career when he went to Sheffield United. During a break in play I had a chat and I could smell the alcohol on his breath. Despite that he was the best player on the pitch and his natural athleticism was apparent.

I went to a Sportsman’s Evening a while back where Dean Saunders was the guest speaker. Somebody asked him who the best player he’d ever played with was. He said “ Paul McGrath, he was incredible given he never trained “.

[DeeCee]

1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I went to a Sportsman’s Evening a while back where Dean Saunders was the guest speaker. Somebody asked him who the best player he’d ever played with was. He said “ Paul McGrath, he was incredible given he never trained “.

Yeah I went to one and he said the same.

[RevidgeBlue]

On 25/05/2025 at 11:23, roverandout said:

Hoddle should have taken him to 98 world cup.  Him and le tissier would have given us something different.  Especially when we were down to 10 men against Argentina.  Hoddle just didn't like players who were equal to his ability 

Gascoigne was very good but he wasn't a patch on Hoddle imo. I've never seen an English player like him.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

4 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Gascoigne was very good but he wasn't a patch on Hoddle imo. I've never seen an English player like him.

Gazza could run with the ball, Hoddle couldn’t. Players that can run with the ball are a defenders nightmare. Gazza could play for 90 minutes, Hoddle couldn’t.

[oneandycrawford]

2 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Gazza could run with the ball, Hoddle couldn’t. Players that can run with the ball are a defenders nightmare. Gazza could play for 90 minutes, Hoddle couldn’t.

The season after Italia 90 he was pretty well unplayable.Spurs played a cup tie - possibly against Blackpool - and he was so much above the level of everyone else it was ridiculous.

My dad always reckoned Duncan Edwards was the best player he ever saw play and even he said Gazza came close.

Then  Gazza's recklessness did his knee and he was never the same again.