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Gazza reveals suicide attempt...; Amongst other things
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Topic Started: Mar 16 2009, 10:07 AM (86 Views)
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Mar 16 2009, 10:07 AM
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Paul Gascoigne has told Sky News his heart stopped three times while in rehab.
Gazza told presenter Kay Burley that last year's sudden rumours that he had died were closer to the truth than the public realised.
He said: "My heart failed on us a few times," adding that his father John had collapsed with worry at his illness.
The interview, in the company of his father, sister Lindsay and two young nephews shows the ex-Newcastle and Tottenham player having a kickabout on the beach.
And he proudly declares: "No-one is ever going to be as good as I was."
The player is visibly moved when both the youngsters say he is their favourite ever player.
Gascoigne's career was marred by alcohol and violence towards his ex-wife Sheryl.
Addressing the attack he said: "If you are sitting in a restaurant and somebody calls your mum a w****, which she did, and for no reason, I don't like that and yes, I got a hold of her arms and I did put my head against her head, I didn't head butt her but I threw her to the floor and yes I was disgusted with myself for what I did.
"I went to therapy; I sat with 15-20 women and told them exactly what I did. I got punched off a few women for doing what I did but I took the punches and I accepted it, I got hammered but I went through this course and it is the one thing I ever did in my life and that was it and I get hammered for it."
In a startlingly frank admission he says he feels "used" by his son Regan.
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He said: "I have drove down to be with my son and he takes us to the school and shows them obviously this is my dad, and I went to assembly and then I sign everything for the kids, and then see, that is it proved to everyone that I am his dad, sort of thing and then he goes back home and that leaves me, I don't know, I feel like I am being used by my own son here."
Gascoigne has had a well-publicised battle with alcohol, and admits that only four months ago he was drinking 30 cans of Special Brew (strong lager) per day.
But Gascoigne says he can be around alcohol without giving in to temptation.
"I can be around it now because all I have got to do is remember my last drink. If I remember my last drink, which I can't, well I sort of can, getting fed with a spoon because I had the shakes that bad."
He also describes his suicide attempt.
"In the bath yes, it's the easy way out they say, you know, take a few sleeping tablets, nice little warm bath and have a few drinks and just drop. I had just had enough, I had had enough of everything, you know."
Gascoigne continues: "I rang my sister just to say, I am going to run a bath. I think she might have had a clue, I don't know if it was a plea for help but I did have enough anyway so I wasn't bothered.
"And I just said, look I am in the bath and I will always love you, or something like that, and put the phone down, and I run the bath and I lay in the bath and just felt myself dropping off and I remember just getting ready, like dozing off you know and then the police burst in. About six police dragged us out of the bath."
Wow, a lot of shit off his chest there....
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Seriously, Frank Lampard is an absolute legend of the game. He needs to be recognised in some way eg. Frank Lampard OBE, Sir Frank Lampard or some kind of lifetime achievement award.
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Greatest ownage machine: Scholes. Absolute animal when he was a regular poster, I always knew I was in the right when he was backing me up, and I couldn't wait to read a topic that he was posting in because I knew he'd be tearing someone apart
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Vardy’s Mum
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Mar 16 2009, 01:25 PM
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I'll tear your throat out
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30 cans of special brew a day!??!?!! sheep me.
I can't see it being long before we lose him. Sad but true.
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Mar 16 2009, 01:37 PM
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LMFAO 30 cans of Special Brew a day, what a fucking hero.
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Mar 16 2009, 04:02 PM
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Wow his life could have been so different had he joined Man Utd instead.
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Mar 16 2009, 04:06 PM
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- Mar 16 2009, 04:02 PM
Wow his life could have been so different had he joined Man Utd instead. Yeah it could have been 2 bottles of whiskey per day instead.
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Mar 16 2009, 04:07 PM
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I bet you would have loved to have such a talent at City mate.
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Mar 16 2009, 04:10 PM
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- Mar 16 2009, 04:07 PM
I bet you would have loved to have such a talent at City mate. Yeah I would. He and Kinkladze would have run riot.
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