paul gascoigne

[Mike]

arrested and sectioned under the mental health act

[Kahnee]

Thought he'd been quiet lately

 

Former England soccer star Paul Gascoigne has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act, sources said today.

He was detained after Northumbria Police were called last night to a hotel in Gateshead.

A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "Police attended the Hilton Hotel in Gateshead yesterday evening after we received a report of concern for a 40-year-old man staying at the hotel."

"The man was detained under the Mental Health Act and no-one was injured during the incident."

Gascoigne has had a troubled history of emotional instability and erratic behaviour.

[Cobs]

poor bloke

[RP]

Just Say No!

[ManxRed]

Girlfriend and I watched that documentary about him trying to kick start his career in China a while back and she commented that (in her opinion) he shows classic autism symtpoms.

[Hassony]

Girlfriend and I watched that documentary about him trying to kick start his career in China a while back and she commented that (in her opinion) he shows classic autism symtpoms.

 

is she an expert on the matter?

[ManxRed]

Not as such (which is why I said 'in her opinion') but she is a teacher and they do receive guidance on how to spot such things in children, and she's pretty good at it (in the sense that children she has identified in the past have indeed been diagnosed by experts later).

[Cobs]

he's bipolar, has OCD, is an alcoholic and has gambling addiction issues too, dunno about autism.

[Mike]

he's bipolar, has OCD, is an alcoholic and has gambling addiction issues too, dunno about autism.

 

with that cv he should be a catholic priest.

[ManxRed]

with that cv he should be a catholic priest.

 

He'd need to be on the sex offenders list before he could get a job as a priest, shirley?

[Des]

Just Say No!

 

To booze?

[dorgie]

part of the BBCs report :

 

A former player with Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Glasgow Rangers and Middlesbrough, he was sacked after 39 days as manager of Kettering Town in 2005.

 

Omitted Everton. I guess it's because they're such a small club

[RP]

To booze?

 

If you like.

[stressederic]

paul gascoigne, who didn't see this coming...

 

Gazza presumably.

[R A Softlad]

part of the BBCs report :

Omitted Everton. I guess it's because they're such a small club

 

It's the Anfield Rap scale I think you'll find.

[Stevie H]

poor, poor b*****d.

[Dan]

Poor sod

[Falconhoof]

In hindsight could anything have been done for him post retirement from football ?

I read Gascoigne's biography while on holiday for a laugh...after a few pages you realise its a fairly depressing tale. He's been troubled in the head all his life but nobody seems to be able to help him.

[Rimbeux]

In hindsight could anything have been done for him post retirement from football ?

I read Gascoigne's biography while on holiday for a laugh...after a few pages you realise its a fairly depressing tale. He's been troubled in the head all his life but nobody seems to be able to help him.

 

 

i think it had to be done a long long time ago, way back when he came into the pro game as a young player and was first showing signs of obsessive behaviour. Too many people having too good a time to insist he got the help they knew he needed, would rather have another afternoon and night out. Could anyone have saved him from himself? Did anyone try hard enough? Has he hit the notorious rock bottom now?

[Falconhoof]

Has he hit the notorious rock bottom now?

 

Its all become the same old rock bottom now. Punching his Mrs, losing his crack at management through drinking, Stomach ulcers, treatments for addiction, drying out clinics, being sectioned.

I'm not sure there's a nadir in among that lot.

As if that wasn't depressing enough, he's a Newcastle fan.

[John am Rhein]

sectioned under the mental health act

 

[Murphman]

 

 

Classy John L.

 

have a f*cking word with yourself......

[Cobs]

Could anyone have saved him from himself? Did anyone try hard enough? Has he hit the notorious rock bottom now?

read his book

 

Not the first one, the one about his rehab, quite an eye opener.

[Gunga Din]

 

you really are a classless t***

[fyds]

You're better than that mate - it's not like he's a Tory Cabinet Minister or a Royal.