If anyone in the UK has watched the recent re-runs of An Impossible Job, the excellent documentary that followed Graham Taylor’s England team in their efforts to qualify for the 1994 World Cup, then you’ll remember what a loose cannon Paul Gascoigne was.

Today in 1992 Gazza came up with one of the more funny moments in recent football history. When quizzed by a hack from England’s next opponents, the ‘Fog on the Tyne’ hitmaker was asked if he had anything to say to the people of Norway.

His reply, was simple: “Yes. Fuck off Norway.” Then, England’s most naturally gifted footballer ran away laughing. Can you imagine any of England’s current stars doing the same? What’s that Lampsy? You’re being a bit quiet too Jenas.

We haven’t seen a player in the Three Lions shirt that has excited us as much since Gazza was in his early ’90s pomp, so ignore the man’s current troubles and look back at how good he really was. We’ll leave you with our top five Gazza moments (off the pitch, that is), and if that’s not enough check out what else happened today here.

OTFD’s Top Five Gazza Moments –



1. When in one of Rome’s most prestigious restaurants, Gazza was asked which lobster he wanted from the posh tank full of swimming creatures. Seconds later he was in the tub, proudly grabbing his favourite mollusk.

2. An hour after playing for his country in a crucial England game, Gazza was found, fully kitted, on the lash in a Hampstead pub with his mates Chris Evans and Danny Baker.

3. When the Italia ‘90 organisers wanted each player to mouth their own name to argument the team’s line-up, Gazza’s subversive genius lead him to mouth: “Fucking Wanker.”

4. He hooked his best mate, Jimmy ‘Five Bellies’ Gardner, with a ‘girl’ that he knew to be a transvestite.

5. On one of Gazza’s trips home he walked into a Dunston newsagent, paid £20 for a Mars Bar and told the shop owner to spend the change on sweets for local kids. Whatever Gazza’s problems these days, you can’t argue that his heart is in the wrong place.

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