Gascoigne Page #5

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he went, "That's from Vinnie."

He was sending us back a toilet brush,

he said to go f*** off.

That was my first experience

with Vinnie, you know.

He's been a good friend since, like, you know.

I'd played for Newcastle

for a year and a half then.

And, you know, my name was getting round.

Glenn Roeder said, "Look at Tottenham,

"Terry Venables wants to sign you

at the end of the season."

And I just thought, well,

Tottenham is a big, massive club.

So is Newcastle,

but they were buying players.

When I spoke to Terry Venables,

he says, "One thing I can promise you,

"if you come to this club

I will get you to play for England."

And, you know, the thought of playing

for England, wow.

And then, all of a sudden,

Man United come in.

I thought, "Ooh, Man United,

Sir Alex Ferguson, you know.

The experience of the guy is phenomenal.

So I spoke to Sir Alex and I says, "Yeah,

"I'm gonna sign for you."

And he went, "Brilliant."

He says, "So I can go on holiday now.

"I've got the player I want?

I says, "Yeah, you go away on holiday,

"I'm signing,

and really enjoy yourself."

He went, "Cheers, son."

So I'm on the way to Man United and then

Tottenham said,

"Look, I tell you what we'll do,

"we'll buy your parents a house."

I'm... "F***ing hell. A house."

I ring my dad up

and I said, "Dad, you know,

I want to sign for Man United

"but Spurs has offered to buy

you and mum a house."

And he went, "What the f***

are you waiting for then?"

Which was brilliant. I went, "Okay,"

and then he went, "Can you get a car for us?"

So I went, Hold on, Dad."

So I went, "Terry, my dad wants a car."

I was shitting myself and he went,

"Consider it done. "

So I'm driving up the motorway,

the phone goes again

I'm like, "No, it's family."

I went, "Yeah." It was my sister.

She went, "Paul, well,

if my mum's getting a house

"and my dad's getting a car,

I want a sunbed."

I went, "Hold on." So I ring,

"You know, the house is quite nice and that,

"and my sister's room is quite good.

"Is it okay if she can have a sunbed, please?"

And he went, "Okay, we'll get you

a sunbed for your sister."

And that was it, signed for Spurs.

The pressure was on.

Highest transferred player in the country,

2.2 million, you know, you look at it now,

some people get that a month.

But, for that moment, to go for two million,

the pressure was on.

Spurs coming

forward again.

This is Chris Waddle,

made a bit of space for himself.

Fine run by Gascoigne! Real chance!

Denied, he test his boot in the process.

But that is his first goal for Spurs,

and it was scored without a boot.

It was a sort of impudence.

Gascoigne... Wonderful!

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