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Gazza
Jun 16, 2019 23:52:32 GMT
Post by JoeinOz on Jun 16, 2019 23:52:32 GMT
It's 23 years ago today he scored that goal v Scotland. shit, that's made me feel old, thanks Joe If you want to feel old, today is 25 years since the USA world cup started and and 25 years since OJ Simpsons car chase.
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Gazza
Jun 17, 2019 2:52:42 GMT
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Post by jimigoodwinsbeard on Jun 17, 2019 2:52:42 GMT
I read his autobiography, which is well written, perhaps because he narrated it, and a sports journey wrote it up. Massive things happened in his childhood that he never recovered from. I don't remember the exact dates but when he was kid he was forever dragging his dad down the park, for a kick about and people would half joke give your dad a rest, you will be the death of him etc and when his dad died of cancer when gazza was about 12 he half wondered if he had caused it by stressing him out . Obviously that's a misconception that would have cleared but two more things happened that really upset gazza and never left him When he was about 14 ish he picked up a 9 year old, who idolised him to go for a kick about, buy some sweets from the shop. He promised his mum, no kicking the ball along the pavement and showing off, it's a dangerous road that, save it for the park... Yeah yeah blah blah... Gazza gets round the corner and starts showing off his footie skills and miscontrols the ball, the nine year old runs between two parked cars and is ran over and killed. gazza totally blames himself for the boys death A couple of years later gazza talks a boy into leaving Middlesbrough youth ( might have been Sunderland?) to join Newcastle youth. The lad was about 16 or 17 and would miss out on some money by joining Newcastle, so gazza promises he will get him a job at a builders merchant for the summer to see him quids in, the lad is killed at the builders merchants when a load of something drops on him and gazza blames himself that too A very troubled childhood Never realised this, that would play with anyone's mental health!!!
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Gazza
Jun 17, 2019 11:14:33 GMT
Post by Edward Tattsyrup on Jun 17, 2019 11:14:33 GMT
shit, that's made me feel old, thanks Joe If you want to feel old, today is 25 years since the USA world cup started and and 25 years since OJ Simpsons car chase. kin ell, where does the time go. it seems like only two minutes ago we were in the premier league
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Post by str8outtahampton on Jun 17, 2019 12:29:25 GMT
If you want to feel old, today is 25 years since the USA world cup started and and 25 years since OJ Simpsons car chase. kin ell, where does the time go. it seems like only two minutes ago we were in the premier league Kin Ell indeed. In fact, against that measure of time, it only seems like 24 hours or so since George Kinnell himself was turning out in our midfield.
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