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Anything Goes with James English

Football Legend Paul Gascoigne Tells His Life Story

Anything Goes with James English

Anything Goes with James English

Society & Culture

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2026

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Anything Goes with James English, Ep Paul Gascoigne


Football Legend Paul Gascoigne Tells His Life Story


From the streets of Newcastle to becoming one of football’s most gifted and troubled icons, this episode dives deep into the life of Gazza. We explore the childhood trauma of losing a close friend at a young age, the rise of a football genius at Newcastle United, and his unforgettable years at Tottenham Hotspur.


We look at the devastating injury that changed the course of his career, his emotional move to S.S. Lazio, and the wild, chaotic brilliance of his time at Rangers F.C. alongside Ally McCoist.


But beyond the magic on the pitch lies a darker story of battles with addiction, mental health struggles, and the infamous Raoul Moat incident that shocked the nation. This is the story of a footballing genius loved by millions, fighting demons few could see.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

Boom we're on.

0:02.0

We're on.

0:14.0

We've got football and legend Paul Gascoigne.

0:17.0

Nice to meet you, Paul.

0:18.0

How are you?

0:19.0

Yeah, I'm all right, not too bad. I think everybody else you know regards to coronavirus I mean I'm got the virus but I've got the corona in the fridge yeah it's all right not too bad just kicking along yeah it's a weird time for everybody it's just got to keep your head above water butt. You're looking well, keeping fat?

0:38.0

Yeah, I did some training for a few weeks, morning and night of the health form, and I was going to go back to the sport, but it was because of the virus. They've had to shut it down, so really just doing it. You're bite work and you'd pull-ups, a few sit-ups indoors. Off of that, nothing, really. Yeah, but at least you're doing something.

0:53.8

Yeah, just trying to keep busy, really.

0:55.7

Absolutely honour to have you on a day, Paul.

0:57.6

You're absolute legend. the few sit-ups indoors but nothing really yeah but at least you're doing something yeah just trying to keep busy really yeah absolutely honour to have

0:56.6

you on a day Paul you're absolute legend in Scotland England everywhere around the

1:00.3

world basically so yeah it's good to get you on get you through your story and

1:04.2

understand you a bit more but I always go back to the start from I guess where you grew

1:07.8

up and how it all began well come from my mam's vagina and then um

1:13.1

nice yeah cool but a small little village and gated well gaited but the little dundston and i mean

1:22.1

when i was seven who said like we had a lot of boys clubs one One was Reggie Boys Club.

1:45.7

I mean, like, Shira went to Wallsend Boys Club and Ian Bougan and few of the other players, like Lee Clark and Carrick went there. I went to Redge of Boys Club, and then my dad used to walkers, it was a couple of miles, used to walkers there, and I should jump over the wall, and then my dad used to make to the pub for a couple of hours. and then I used to do it then we played like football, table tennis

1:47.4

and I went there every day you know every night I went there and you know when my dad first bought me with football when I was seven first leather football I just kept it I slept with it I dribbled it everywhere dribble at the school used to hide the ball then dribble all the way back just knowing stop playing you know and then obviously

2:04.4

I used to hide the ball, then dribble it all the way back, just non-stop playing, you know.

2:02.6

And then obviously I used to watch the old match of the day.

2:06.5

I think the first one I really watched that stood out was the Young Croyfe turn,

2:10.7

and I must have that.

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