Paul Gascoigne vs Nottingham Forest I FA Cup Final 1991

[@EyeMixMusic]

Gascoigne psyched himself up so much he was out of his mind from the first whistle. It makes you wonder if he was ever mentally fit to handle the pressure of a final.

[@mohdazmi10]

He was tempted to impress the charming Princess Diana 😜

[@omnitheus5442]

Still think he snorted a mountain of cocaine before he played that match...

[@joecorr1853]

@@omnitheus5442 Heard it was speed.

[@StevenHird]

@@omnitheus5442yeah I noticed he couldn’t keep away from the white lines on the pitch 😂

[@denisconor648]

How he stayed on the pitch after that baffles me.

[@NL-fg6it]

He was a “loveable English rogue”……… only reason he stayed on

[@Kill--alllll---IDF]

6 years before this final kevin moran got red so how did looney gazza not get red for two crazy challenges

[@ZeldaFitz]

Charles & Parker we’re straight up after them tackles, straight red for the first one!

[@standafan4141]

Amazing the way on both challenges tte way Forest players pick themselves up as if nothing had happened. I can only imagine what would be happening today. Gary Parker having to be flown by helicopter to Westminster's Hospital.

[@ZeldaFitz]

Even by 1991 standards that challenge was outrageous, it should have been a straight red with a 5 game ban.

[@DanielGreenhalgh-qn1di]

They were probably scared of Brian Clough subbing them if they rolled around 🤣 different game back then, but definitely a red card that first one. Everyone says we never got to see gazza at his best after this, but the goal for England against Scotland is one of the best I've ever seen from an England player 👏 A pleasure to watch him play even 20 years from now he will be worth a watch

[@ArcaderGames]

more like Westminster Abbey 🤣

[@standafan4141]

@@ArcaderGames 🤣

[@Rodders0223]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[@badnewsbewes5310]

Never understood any of the love for Gascoigne. Great player, but Grade A bellend.

[@familyread7889]

Takes one to know one

[@badnewsbewes5310]

@@familyread7889 😂 what are you, 12? 🤦

[@familyread7889]

😂😂 12 and a half

[@gazof-the-north1980]

I agree. Gascoigne was a complete mad hatter and a liability to Spurs in this game.

[@davidedwards8365]

Man, you didn’t see him play for Newcastle back in the day. He was like a feckin’ angel

[@chrisb222]

he was so coked up there

[@mrorangepeel659]

lol he didn’t get on the gear until he went to Italy… that was adrenaline.

[@IAMSOUND99]

@@mrorangepeel659 he wants to tear his nose off on the video. coked up to the max.

[@Evemeister12]

Why didn't he do this to Matthaus and Klinsmann in Turin?

[@keithharrison1396]

I am not a spurs fan but I remember Vinny Samways having a fantastic game

[@Inconvenientx]

Interesting to see a young Keane against Gazza. Clough later said that only Roy really played for him that season, of the whole squad. In hindsight, that game marked the zenith of Gazza's career, sadly. Obviously he'd have great moments again, but from that point on, his career would be marked by injuries and scandal and the overall sense that he would never become what he might have been.

[@Scottish666]

Except he went onto great things with Rangers. I don't care whether your brain cant accept Scottish football as of any standard or not.

[@al81yoo]

​@Gaming-Shed the above comment literally said he went on to great things again. Did you not read it before you criticised? And the above commentator is correct. He was never as good again after this.

[@Nexxus79]

If he’d have been booked for the first foul on Garry Parker, how different would Gascoigne’s career/life have been?

[@EyeMixMusic]

Great question. That one moment could have changed...well, everything.

[@mohdazmi10]

He would remember to control his temperament. But probably the temptation to impress princess Diana was appealing to him . And he lost his logical sense. The rest is history. And we will never see Gazza at his best again.

[@standafan4141]

Same stuff. He would have drank himself to oblivion anyway, just like George Best did. In those days alcoholism ran rampant in football. Ask Tony Adams and Paul Merson.

[@CandlestickSec7]

Booked? He should have gone. That’s a red card challenge even by 1991 standards.

[@omnitheus5442]

@@EyeMixMusic as usual terrible refereeing always leads to the good ol avalanche effect

[@davidedwards8365]

It’s one of the most depressing passages of football ever. The most talented English player of the past 50 years acting as a psychopathic charging bull on what could have been his greatest day. It’s actually deeply ironic that he ended the best part of his career with a stupid and dangerous tackle in a part of the pitch that he had no reason to be in. If someone could have tamed his demons he would have been an all-time legend. A genius player plagued by madness x

[@n.c.37]

I am French and Gascoigne is relatively little known in France, even more so today. Where does this “failure” come from? He was a great player who seemed very psychologically unstable. And, do you miss English football from that era, before the Premier League, or not? Thanks

[@carlbettis5882]

Puma kings ❤️

[@andremeehan8796]

Very poor performance from the referee Roger Milford. First challenge on Gary Parker red card!!!!

[@jackkenefick2696]

And Pearce scored the free kick we didnt show you

[@studas2011]

I love Gazza but those 'challenges' were beyond awful.

[@chrisjones1798]

That changed his whole life , such a shame really

[@RichieMacMr]

not a shame: horribly violent fouls

[@chrisjones1798]

@RichieMacMr yeah your right he went in to hurt that player so I suppose karma sought to that , but he could've been the best player ever if wasn't for the alcohol

[@meddy1]

Deserved his career hampering injury

[@shanet5604]

Wtf was he doing playing centre half for the second tackle anyway ?? He’d lost the run of himself on his job that day as it was !!

[@Tigerwoods663]

Great player but didn't have it between the ears to reach his potential.

[@IAMSOUND99]

childhood trauma can destroy someone from the inside

[@PlansG50]

What the F was gazza doing. He wasnt close to the ball at all

[@IAMSOUND99]

he just wanted to hurt the players on both challenges. should have been red on the first one, would have been good for everyone including him.

[@sidfitzcarl3485]

His bloody career should have been over after that tackle,park player at best...like best,at least in the pub.

[@ahmadfarisramli880]

Dumb tackle by a dumb player…