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Has gone off to rehab. After appearing on a British tv show comments were made that he looked terrible and surely didn't have long left.

Well yesterday he decided he was off to rehab and it's been paid for by Gary Lineker, Piers Morgan and Ronnie Irani.

Good luck to the best player I've ever seen play.

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i hope in years to come we can still say he is alive along with Ali.

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Brilliant player. This is a story from someone who went to see Gazza at a dinner.
Unfortunately this is a very sad but very true account of a dinner I attended last night with Paul. It was a fundraising event for Northampton Town and a breast cancer charity and friends of mine had a table. I decided to drive down from Aberdeen yesterday and tie it in with the weekend in Newcastle I have planned for the game on Saturday. After what I saw last night, I really wish I hadn't.
There was about 500 in attendance at the dinner and worryingly, minutes after everyone took our seats the compare for the evening introduced himself and announced the plan for the evening, dinner, raffle, auction, Gazza speaking followed by a Q&A and then the comedian.
We began eating and between the starter and main the compare took to the stage again and told us that unfortunately Gazza was very ill. He had taken a funny turn which isn't uncommon due to the medication he takes and he should really be in hospital, not speaking at a dinner but he has insisted on appearing as its a charity event and be will go to hospital immediately afterwards. He asked us all to be understanding towards Gazza and be patient when he appears.
Following the main course it was announced that Gazza was extremely ill so he would be coming out now and speaking so be could get to hospital as soon as her finished and we would get desert once he'd finished.
Gazza's agent then took to the stage and told us Gazza had had 2 pints earlier and taken a funny turn so he would answer a few questions then go straight to hospital. He reiterated Gazza had only had 2 pints and what we were about was not what it looked like so please be patient and remember Gazza for the good times he gave us, not for how he looks today. (It was like a funeral speech to be honest before he'd even come out)
Gazza was then aided onto stage by 2 bouncers. When I say aided, there was no way at all he could walk unaided. He was sat on a sofa on the stage and given a microphone. His agent asked him who the best player he's ever played with was and Gazza said 'Brian Robson. But he's a champagne. They're all champagne. You're all champagne.'
His agent apologized to everyone and then Gazza apologized as well. He said as be started crying 'I'm sorry, 3 days on the whiskey, I'm sorry.'
He was shaking uncontrollably for the 5 minutes he was on the stage. It was like a very serious case of Parkinson's. He broke down 3 times in the 5 minutes or so he was on stage apologizing and saying this time he'll get better. Between apologies he struggled to answer questions and just told us that other people were champagne.
It was horrible seeing my hero who I drove for 7 hours yesterday to see in that condition. There was a lump in everyone's throat when he left the stage. The room really did have the atmosphere of a funeral and the consensus was certainly that he does not have long left.
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Heard that story as well, so sad! So good to see people like lineker etc.. stepping up to help a mate as well.
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NickyTanner wrote:i hope in years to come we can still say he is alive along with Ali.

I've got both of them in my death list. I will shed a tear if I get Gazza right.
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God is an Englishman wrote: Good luck to the best player I've ever seen play.

Obviously never watched Cantona play

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Le King wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote: Good luck to the best player I've ever seen play.

Obviously never watched Cantona play

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don't care for gazza, had it all then he went and played for rangers :wink:
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Best player I have seen live, Maradona. I actually saw Gullit live as well, and to me, he was better than Gazza.

John Barnes (for Liverpool not England) was also outstanding.

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NickyTanner wrote:Best player I have seen live, Maradona. I actually saw Gullit live as well, and to me, he was better than Gazza.

John Barnes (for Liverpool not England) was also outstanding.
saw gullit and barnes, gazza was better.
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It's what makes it a great game, opinions.

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NickyTanner wrote:It's what makes it a great game, opinions.

none of them are a patch on Terry Hurlock though.
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Did he play with Gazza at rangers?

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NickyTanner wrote:Did he play with Gazza at rangers?
I think he'd retired by the time gazza got there.
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Peter Schmichael has been hammering the PFA about this and questioning why they arent helping out past players in need.

It is sad to see anyone hit this state.
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paul merson wrote:Peter Schmichael has been hammering the PFA about this and questioning why they arent helping out past players in need.

It is sad to see anyone hit this state.
The PFA have stated that they've offered many times but Gazza didn't want help.
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God is an Englishman wrote:
paul merson wrote:Peter Schmichael has been hammering the PFA about this and questioning why they arent helping out past players in need.

It is sad to see anyone hit this state.
The PFA have stated that they've offered many times but Gazza didn't want help.

of course they will say that, its not like the word of a drunken larrikin could be taken as the truth...

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God is an Englishman wrote:
NickyTanner wrote:Best player I have seen live, Maradona. I actually saw Gullit live as well, and to me, he was better than Gazza.

John Barnes (for Liverpool not England) was also outstanding.
saw gullit and barnes, gazza was better.
I guess it depends on which games you see them in.

I haven't seen any of them play sadly :(

Get well Gazza, his antics are stuff of legend and what the game misses now in these politcially correct, over paid times.

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Hawkesy, are you the guy in the red jacket?
It's all in the Delivery!

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Brian the Postman wrote:Hawkesy, are you the guy in the red jacket?

No tats for Hawkesy.
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Post card to the mugs who put up the money for his rehab

'Wish you were here'

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One sneaky one at the airport before rehab, nothing wrong with that :wink:

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Ian_Wright wrote:One sneaky one at the airport before rehab, nothing wrong with that :wink:
a mate of mine turned up to alcoholics anonymous once pissed out of his head. They wouldn't let him in. He never went back and he hasn't had a drink since. That was over 20 years ago.
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Brian the Postman wrote:Hawkesy, are you the guy in the red jacket?
thats paul gascoigne isnt it?

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those blokes should never have put him on stage as if they couldnt see the man was trembling

poor bloke pretty much another george best story
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Gazza - The best player I've seen in a Millwall shirt

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Jay Walking wrote:
God is an Englishman wrote:
NickyTanner wrote:Best player I have seen live, Maradona. I actually saw Gullit live as well, and to me, he was better than Gazza.

John Barnes (for Liverpool not England) was also outstanding.
saw gullit and barnes, gazza was better.
I guess it depends on which games you see them in.

I haven't seen any of them play sadly :(

Get well Gazza, his antics are stuff of legend and what the game misses now in these politcially correct, over paid times.
Precisely. I saw Messi come off the bench as a 17/18yr old for Barcelona. I can't claim he was the best I ever saw live. But I still saw Messi.

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Very interesting article by Joey Barton.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ction.html

I always thought the PFA had been helping Gazza for some time.

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