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Hope the piles are in order me ol’ mate
Don’t answer that it could be the death of you
Has Harbour Pilot previously posted on here under another name?
I would say a 1/100 certainty
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Moehat – I’m sure I read that when he was around 10/11, he saw his best mate get run over and killed. The injury sustained in the FA Cup Final when he was at his peak also contributes to a lot of his problems as well IMO.
Depression can hit anyone at any time whether you’re a brain surgeon or on the dole. And it’s certainly not the same as getting out the wrong side of bed.
He very nearly signed for Man Utd until Spurs stole him at the last minute -I just wonder if things would have been very different if he had been mentored by Fergie like Giggs, Beckham, the Nevilles & Scholes…
Too much money too young was his first problem. Add this to the fact that he had his first single go straight to number 1, something that Elton John never had, and you start thinking you are better than the world.
Shame!
…except it did nothing of the sort. “Fog on the Tyne (revisited)”, formally credited to Gazza & Lindisfarne, charted at number 11 on November 10th, 1990, progressed as high as number two later that month but got no higher, and spent a total of nine weeks in the top 75.
In so far as it was a cover version, and released during what was to that point the worst year ever for singles sales (NKOTB’s “Hangin’ Tough” set a new record for the smallest-selling number one in history – 35,000 – at the start of the year), the single’s high showing would still have yielded him little in the way of wealth.
Follow-up “Geordie Boys” stalled in the lower echelons of the top 40 on its second week of release. The parent album failed to dent the top 100 charts.
Sources;- British Hit Singles, Music Week, and the simple expedient of research.
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He very nearly signed for Man Utd until Spurs stole him at the last minute -I just wonder if things would have been very different if he had been mentored by Fergie like Giggs, Beckham, the Nevilles & Scholes…
He’d have borrowed the hairdrier once
cried at Giggs
been bothered by Pecker’s full frontals and perfectionism
and those perfectly paced drinks in his fridge
sat in Neville’s place and been bothered by the glitz
and the picture of Fergie ‘n Andrew in the bathroom
and been sadended by Scholes’s work rate.I was travelling in a bus once
and saw Gazza pass by me
in what looked like a chaiffeured driven Rolls Royce,
a dink in one hand
a bird in the other.
The big problem was
I couldn’t work out who was worse off
him or me ?I then caught the eye of the conductress
Have just read this thread for the first time, having just woken up with a hangover. Some depressing views from the OP but some very good responses and four stars for entertainment value.
I think for whatever way people rate gazza as a player against others, it is indisputable that he was one of those players who comes along every now and then that just captures the imagination of everyone watching him play. I always thought that along with some brilliant skill, he had that sort of george best cheekiness that brought a lot of fun to the top flight.
Sadly something has seemed to be amiss with him as a person for a long time, it is possible that a sense of failure to meet his own or others expectations in life weigh heavily on him, and whilst I think, like besty, it is unlikely he will ever get back on a straight line, I would wish him all the best.
Gazza cuts a very tragic figure these days. I think there has been a lot of hurt and pain in his life. He has been his own worst enemy and the price of fame ( a cliche, I know )and his behaviour has made him into the sad man he has become. The latest publicity seeking madcap idea is symptomatic of where Gascoigne’s mindset lies these days.
He needs guidance as well as help.
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Two seperate sad tales.
As you say it makes for difficult listening and I’d ask the question…did the radio station really need to go on as long they did?
Car crash stuff and exploiting a weak and vulnerable man for their own pleasure IMHO.
I’ve been following this story closely, mainly because we spend a lot of time in Northumberland [where we go to escape the crime and violence around Nottingham]. Have only just got back from work to read about Gazza, and my gut instinct is that it has not been done out of any sort of self interest, but a genuine desire to help. As the gunman was a bouncer in Newcastle, perhaps he even knew him. Kindred spririts, perhaps; although what Moat has done is unforgivable, there must have been another side to him that has inspired such loyalty amongst his close friends. I’m just so thankful that Moat is no longer with us and has now found some sort of peace, and that he has taken no more innocent lives. My thoughts are with the people that he has injured and the family of the man that has died. After the recent tragic events in Cumbria this has been a chilling few days.
Moehat, certainly agree that this was not a case of Gazza pursuing self interest and hope I didn’t infer that in my original post.
I too am a regular visitor to the area and usually base myself in nearby Swarland with Rothbury being a favourite place for both walking and cycling trails. I never cease to be amazed by how few people there are in the region even in the height of summer in an area that boasts possibly some of the best beaches in the country.
Here’s hoping that all those that have been affected by this incident, and lived to tell the tale, recover fully in time and rebuild their lives as best they can.
Where are Danny Baker and Chris Evans now? They were the ones egging him on to get drunker and drunker and help to keep their own names in the papers.
Two "professional drinekrs" who turn it on for the media when it suits them, and then Gazza, a very ill man.
You would think those two would at least try and do something to help the guy?
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