Gazza, the Clown Prince
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| The Run of Play found this 2/22/2008 on pitchinvasion.net [flag] |
Given the news today that Paul Gascoigne has been sectioned — detained under the Mental Health Act at the Hilton Hotel, following a further string of bizarre behaviour — a further sad tinge of poignancy is added to all those old photos of Gazza clowning about, and those memories of his magic on the pitch.
We always knew, of course, that he wasn’t “normal”. The ...
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Phantoms in Our Known Walks
Published 2/22/2008 by Brian at The Run of Play
Tom and Daryl have both written nice posts about Paul Gascoigne, who was arrested and detained as a mental-health risk yesterday after a series of bizarre incidents in English hotels. The collapse of this great player has been covered with admirable sadness and tact by nearly everyone who’s written about it, and I’ll only add one thing, a quote from Lionel Trilling, for anyone who thinks that Gazza’s genius on the pitch was a symptom of the same fever that led to his madness. “The ...
