Just majestic at times. He made the game look a breeze. Shame injuries and bad lifestyle were involved but i love the fact he was mad as a march heir. The interview after beating arsenal in semi final is hilarious 😂😂
One of the best no. 8s I've ever seen. His low centre of gravity made him a great, strong runner with the ball, and he also had great movement off the ball. It was such a shame that injuries and lifestyle problems wrecked his career.
Que genial y potente era Gascoigne..... mi preferido junto a Michael Laudrup. Gascoigne era una mezcla de potencia física de rugbista con talento sudamericano para el fútbol...... Inigualable!!!!....el Gran Gascoigne!!!!
Good point about the rugby physicality - quite often he would use a hand-off to keep the defenders away - I don't think we see that to the same extent with other players.
Not old enough to remember GAZZA - born in 93, but always heard rave reviews about him and after seeing this he truly was GOAT level potential, and defo one of the greatest/natural talented footballers Britain ever produced.
@@stevedarragh Don't forget , they actually played in the same England team many times. I hope big nose would have a bit more respect for Gazza than you suggest................................., your'e probably right though!
And I’m 65! Watched a few of those games, Holland and Scotland. He was imperious and so creative he influenced every player on the pitch. I wish him well
It was what he did in the 91 cup final more than anything, he was off his head that match he didn't even try and disguise it he just started kicking people like a lunatic and paid the price for it.
It was an absolute delight watching him playing for Rangers. His hat trick on the final day against Aberdeen still sends tingles down my spine when I watch it. The cup final against hearts was the best. Has a rotten first half. Fighting with Mcoist at the half time whistle. Walter Smith goes mental.. Gazza goes to the bar has a double. Goes out plays a blinder scores a screamer and wins the cup for us. There will never be another Gazza 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
When you contrast England’s current (side to side to back) passing and (lack of) attacking drive in everything they have done in Germany 24’ with Gazza’s style of play, his genius, creativity and constant ambition to attack from the instant he receives the ball its shocking. There is nothing like him in an England shirt nor has there been since he wore that strip.
Gascoigne Era => 1990 World Cup- Semi Finals; Euro '92 - Group Stages; 1994 World Cup - DNQ; Euro '96 - Semi- Final; Southgate Magaer era => WC 2018 - Semi Final; Euro 2020 - Finals (L); 2022 WC - Quarter Final; Euro 2024 - Final (?). Perhaps the European managers had a point - running around a lot is not the way to success?
Surely the most talented English player I have ever seen, from an Arsenal fan since 1981. Just a joy to watch, even when he scored against us, with or without his boots on.
Gazza, Robbo, Wazza, Scolesy, Sir Bobby, we've been blessed with some great players, unless you ask Southgate. The current generation of England (African!) players don't know what football is!
I remember seeing him right at the end of his career at Everton and he came on for a ten minute cameo because he had no fitness then. And every time he got the ball for that ten minutes, he was pure class and absolutely terrifying for our defenders.
His game is beautiful to watch. Touches of genius. Powerful when charging forward with the ball, defenders can’t knock him down. He can turn the game around in flashes with lovely turns and dribbles
Deceptively quick,strong as a bull,great feet,class finisher,great passer with vision to match,two footed and could tackle and control the tempo of a game. What a player he was. He also did it on a dodgy diet 😳
He was the rarest kind of football player that ever existed a centre midfielder that could run and take players on like a winger. He also had a football brain all to rare nowadays with its tikactaka possession obsession. His ability would have been coached out of him nowadays.
People forget he played like this whilst being a fast food loving, smoking, alcoholic pretty much. Hes personality was probably hes best trait, todays footballers are boring media robots spouting the same boring garbage, gascoine was mad as a hatter and had a heart of gold.
Best English player in my life time and I’m 56. People under 40 saying Bellingham are taking out of their arses. Jude is brilliant but seriously is way behind, talent wise.
I saw Gazza play at Necastle, Spurs, Middlesbrough, hell I even went to his Rangers Testimonial at Ibrox. He was a very special talent indeed. He had it all.
@@VViatro Bellingham is a good player, but there is vast difference between him and Gascoigne in terms of skill, pace, change of direction, ball control. He’s up there with Zidane. Bellingham isn’t in the same conversation.
He was great but unreliable. He could go missing for long periods in a game, make rash tackles and wind opposing playerss up to the extent they'd often try to injure him. The greatest players do whatever they can to be at the top of their game for the longest amount of time. Thimk of Pirlo, Zidane, Cruyff, Platini, Xavi, Iniesta, Modric (none of them English, I grant you, but they are all in a different league to Gasgoigne).
Until I saw this, I never gave Gazza enough credit.. lifelong England footy fan and ashamed that he’s never been in my top 5…. can’t argue with these clips however. Astonishingly graceful and mesmerising 👏 👏 😮😮
Im scottish. Hated Gazza when he was here. But having watched ALL of this beautiful majestic genius footballing video i am utterly lost for words. Surely the most talented Englishman ever. Dont ask Colin Hendry tho.😂
I was just thinking about how good Paul Gascoigne was and that he would be amazing in the current team, then I watched this and was blown away that he was even better than I remember, could have been one of the best ever
If only Sir Alex had got hold of Paul Gascoigne. That ability to dribble was incredible and something that has disappeared from the modern game. I knew someone who was a Tottenham apprentice and they talked about the huge drinking and partying culture that was prevalent at that time. Gascoigne was a party animal, and once the drink got hold of him he was doomed. These clips give the merest glimpse of the immense talent that was Paul Gascoigne; I believe it was Sir Bobby Robson (RIP) who said Gascoigne could be the best player in the world - and with the right manager and team around him he would have been. Even with all his problems, Paul Gascoigne was still better than 99.99 of all players past and present. Oh, what could have been....
Fergie wanted to sign Beardsley, Gazza and Barnes, but got shafted three times. Imagine those three with the players Utd already had at the time.................................
I'm an Arsenal fan, but I'm glad I got to meet him once, unexpectedly, years back, when he was at a book store, since shut down, called Sportspages, down Leicester Square, signing his just released autobiography. I wasn't aware he was there beforehand, until, whilst browsing, I turned around and saw him sat down, with no one there at the time to meet him, he could see the shock in my face seeing him there and just smiled back. Had a nice chat with him for a while and some pics taken. I told him I was sat right behind Seaman's goal when he scored that FA Cup semi final free kick, but still could not but admire his awesome skill, despite the sinking feeling. Also told him I thought he was the best English player I'd ever remembered seeing play in my lifetime, exciting and very unpredictable, he instantly said in humility, that he thought Bobby Charlton was the best, for him. I left that store with an even better opinion of Gazza, but mostly felt sorry for him, no one turned up, at least when I was there.
You don't get it if you play in the top division in England even when it is the best league in world for depth in quality, let alone back in 91. European jealously will always come to fore and they will give it to someone in La Liga or Serie A or even the French league for gods sake. You will get people jumping on the fact yhat there is unusually no Premier League team in Champions League semis but trust me they will be back next season, and City should hsve again wiped the floor again this year with the second best team in qtrs.
This guy was my hero growing up, he had talent to waste. Unfortunately he did waste it. But let’s not forget what an amazing player he was, imagine the greatness he could have achieved if he had the right people around him.
The guy was an absolute genius! The term 'world class' is used too loosely nowadays, a lot of people think that the current England team has several world class players but that is a piss take out of the genuine world class players. Not many players could stand in the same shadow as gazza, rare talent!!
Before I knew of him, I saw this guy onTV, power his way up midfield like a Tank, wow, who the hell is this guy I thought. .... It was 'Gazza'!! Unfortunately I missed seeing his Golden Years as i worked abroad at the time. Never seen the like since.
3:04 Amazing run almost as if the other team don't exist... and then he squares it.Devastating way to take hold of a game. Can you imagine being on the opposing side and watching that happening? He brought his best to international games in a way that lots of other England greats weren't able to do. We had some fantastic results when he was in the team. Thanks Paul for all the memories!
I’ve been privileged to see some incredible goals live in my life, Rooney’s over head kick, Bale’s overhead kick, Van persie’s Volley against Villa. But seeing Gazzas Euro 96 goal against Scotland has always stayed with me as one of the most memorable goals I’ve ever seen. The flick over Hendrys head, the goal, the celebration. What a player he was.
Watched him live at Spurs, especially the season after Italia 90 when he was literally on fire, and had not yet had the cruciate injury. He was an absolute genius passing and dribbling, thank god there is more TV footage than there was for George Best, but still not ever minute was recorded in those days. I hope Foden and Bellingham watch this for inspiration as they have similar potential, and I have not said that since Gazzas days.
Also shows how poor quality today's game is when declan rice is regarded as the best defensive midfielder in world football, and donkey haaland is the best striker 😂🤣oh and let's not forget Good old Harry maguire 🤪🤦♂️
@@aus2230 I have played and watched football as a Spurs fan all the way through 80 and 90s to to day and so I am sure I have watched more live Paul Gascoigne than you. The reason Gazza stood out was he was so much more technically gifted than his peers. He would be sensational today. However his peers were David Batty, Carlton Palmer and Vinnie Jones. The pkayers today are vastly more technically gifted than the First division players Gazza rang rings round. If you knew anything about modern football you would know that.
@@neilboulton9813 I'm 49 I've supported spurs since I was 9 years old do the math, so your saying Gazza only did his bag of tricks around players like Charlton palmer vinnie Jones ect🤣😂🤦♂️🤪 as you say you have watched more of gazza than anyone 😂 he went to the best league in the world at the time serieA recovering from his cruciate damaged knee and he still played like a god so stop speaking utter 💩a well known ex player a great of yesteryear said about today's players if you can run all day and pass 5 yards you will have a career in the Premier league which is true, David batty by the way wasn't a division 1 player he was brilliant in his position a great anchor man played in a quality Leeds and Blackburn team, players of today's game are not more technically gifted their fitter and faster but play like robots their all clones no individual flair just runners and divers.
He was one of the most gifted player I've ever seen - definitely Top Five. It says a lot about him when Alex Ferguson picks him out as the best English player since Bobby Charlton. It's a pity it all went downhill after that stupid challenge during the FA Cup final v Nottingham Forest, when he tore his cruciate ligaments. He was never the same player since then. 😢
thanks for showing us this old footage of a geordie legend in depth too so people can see how adept n skillful he was! As for the Jude Bellingham comparisons lets give Jude 10 years and then see! The way the net is now players are judged on a daily basis but back then Gazza had nowt but the daily papers n news broadcasts. To be a legend you have to build it!
The best English footballer I have ever seen, he could do it all. Yet he only achieved half of his potential, partly due to injuries but mostly down to his own personal problems.
Gazza sheer brilliance and that geordie grin what's not to admire about him when he was in the mood could take on a whole opposition single handed what a player back then.
Amazing talent. He could play in all areas - the one area he had above most others was being two footed, and a real ability to dribble, drive at people, beat people. So rare today in football.
I remember for years after his retirement, everyone would say 'England are waiting for another Gazza, a playmaker who can dribble past defenders at will.' McManaman was the closest we got. What we didn't realize is that we would never find his type of player again. Really was one of a kind, not just for England but in the world. He was an English Maradona.
Rooney didn't quite have Gazza's dribbling technique. But he ran at defenders with the same fearlessness as Gazza before he was 20. That fearlessness taking people on was trained out of him in Man Utd
A Wimbledon fan here and watch Gazza play a few times but not when Vinnie grabbed his Crown Jewels 😂 One of the best players to pull on the England jersey a class act and joker always had a smile on his face👍 Good to see Gazza and Vinnie are mates now go fly fishing together etc.
Natural ultra gifted talent. He was like George Best or Zidane. Made the game look easy. I’m 53 and he excited us fans and is the best English player in my lifetime. He gave us hope in the same way Rooney did when he burst on to the scene. Tragedy he went to Tottenham.
Gazza is a one off same as players like Maradona best cruyff van Basten ect, good job we have footage of these types of players because we won't ever see players like that again in the modern robotic game.
When on his game nobody to this day has been better. Best in my life time. In the world. Wish we could have done better in tournaments he eas part of. For the players more than anything. Great stuff
Rooney didn't quite have Gazza's dribbling technique. But he ran at defenders with the same fearlessness as Gazza before he was 20. That fearlessness taking people on was trained out of him in Man Utd
For 2 or 3 seasons in his career when fit and happy he was the best player in the world bar none.
Just majestic at times. He made the game look a breeze. Shame injuries and bad lifestyle were involved but i love the fact he was mad as a march heir. The interview after beating arsenal in semi final is hilarious 😂😂
THE DELUSIONAL ENGLISH
@@mattcolley358 March Hare.
I watched gazza. Best player above messi and R7 totally.
Mate second to Maradona pal
Without doubt the greatest English player of my lifetime. I’m 51. Hard to articulate to today’s young how electrifyingly good he could be.
Your bang on there only reason I watch footy waiting for another Gazza .
One of the best no. 8s I've ever seen. His low centre of gravity made him a great, strong runner with the ball, and he also had great movement off the ball. It was such a shame that injuries and lifestyle problems wrecked his career.
Que genial y potente era Gascoigne..... mi preferido junto a Michael Laudrup.
Gascoigne era una mezcla de potencia física de rugbista con talento sudamericano para el fútbol......
Inigualable!!!!....el Gran Gascoigne!!!!
Good point about the rugby physicality - quite often he would use a hand-off to keep the defenders away - I don't think we see that to the same extent with other players.
He had deceptively fast pace as well, he wasn’t slow
Perfecto, saludos desde Chile, Osorno
I love Paul Gascoigne!!
Not old enough to remember GAZZA - born in 93, but always heard rave reviews about him and after seeing this he truly was GOAT level potential, and defo one of the greatest/natural talented footballers Britain ever produced.
the only player ive seen dance past maldini.
@@happyapple4269 Do you have a video/source link to any matches eh
He made us cheer and grin.
A sublime player. If only we had him now.
Clone him!
Southgate would have him at left back...if he was lucky
Speak for yourself can you
@@stevedarragh Don't forget , they actually played in the same England team many times. I hope big nose would have a bit more respect for Gazza than you suggest................................., your'e probably right though!
@@thewomble1509 I didn't forget. Just didn't think it was worthy of a mention.
@@stevedarragh And thank you for your gracious reply.
Best England player in my lifetime and i'm 55.
And I’m 65! Watched a few of those games, Holland and Scotland. He was imperious and so creative he influenced every player on the pitch. I wish him well
The best player englands ever produced would be up in the top 10 of world players
By a country mile the best English footballer I’ve seen in my life Time and I’m 42
I'm too young to have watched him live. But watching the majority of his England games along pieces of his club career - he's my #1
@Scouting__Football Hi fella. I love the Gazza clip.
Did you have a couple of other videos of him on your channel?
@@aarondunn332 Yeah I had 2 other Gazza videos
@@LJC1444 I thought you did. They were amazing!!! Were they taken down?
@@aarondunn332 UA-cam took down that channel, I may try to reupload them but I don't think they'll beat the copyright system this time
For pure skill he’s up there with Zidane, Cruyff, Messi, CR7 and the great Brazilians. Pure genius despite the flaws.
Unfortunately he had the temperament of a hot-headed teenager
Its the english lad culture that ruined him
A flawed talent, often wonder what his legacy would have been if he had worked half as hard as he drank.
Too bad that compared to the above, he had the intelligence and discipline of a micro-organism. Typical working class failure.
It was what he did in the 91 cup final more than anything, he was off his head that match he didn't even try and disguise it he just started kicking people like a lunatic and paid the price for it.
It was an absolute delight watching him playing for Rangers. His hat trick on the final day against Aberdeen still sends tingles down my spine when I watch it. The cup final against hearts was the best. Has a rotten first half. Fighting with Mcoist at the half time whistle. Walter Smith goes mental.. Gazza goes to the bar has a double. Goes out plays a blinder scores a screamer and wins the cup for us. There will never be another Gazza 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
When you contrast England’s current (side to side to back) passing and (lack of) attacking drive in everything they have done in Germany 24’ with Gazza’s style of play, his genius, creativity and constant ambition to attack from the instant he receives the ball its shocking. There is nothing like him in an England shirt nor has there been since he wore that strip.
Gascoigne Era => 1990 World Cup- Semi Finals; Euro '92 - Group Stages; 1994 World Cup - DNQ; Euro '96 - Semi- Final; Southgate Magaer era => WC 2018 - Semi Final; Euro 2020 - Finals (L); 2022 WC - Quarter Final; Euro 2024 - Final (?). Perhaps the European managers had a point - running around a lot is not the way to success?
I'm 62 and he's the most gifted England player in my lifetime.
Surely the most talented English player I have ever seen, from an Arsenal fan since 1981. Just a joy to watch, even when he scored against us, with or without his boots on.
Bryan Robson for me in my lifetime
Gazza, Robbo, Wazza, Scolesy, Sir Bobby, we've been blessed with some great players, unless you ask Southgate. The current generation of England (African!) players don't know what football is!
Not George best?
@user-ig5ce7ds7e English not Northern Irish best was the greatest British player ever no doubt.
he was so good even the jocks liked him
We got to watch him at rangers. He’s was something else plus he was a character. Which every player now lacks
@@blairmarshall544 very true players are so boring these days
I ‘grew up’ with Gazza, I forgot how brilliant he was, special talent…
Same here , he deserved silverware
I remember seeing him right at the end of his career at Everton and he came on for a ten minute cameo because he had no fitness then. And every time he got the ball for that ten minutes, he was pure class and absolutely terrifying for our defenders.
Get well soon Gazza, will always love you brother, you mad genius you!
His game is beautiful to watch. Touches of genius. Powerful when charging forward with the ball, defenders can’t knock him down. He can turn the game around in flashes with lovely turns and dribbles
Deceptively quick,strong as a bull,great feet,class finisher,great passer with vision to match,two footed and could tackle and control the tempo of a game. What a player he was. He also did it on a dodgy diet 😳
He was the rarest kind of football player that ever existed a centre midfielder that could run and take players on like a winger. He also had a football brain all to rare nowadays with its tikactaka possession obsession. His ability would have been coached out of him nowadays.
Tell me you are a bitter old man without telling me you are a bitter old man. Gazza won nothing during his prime
People were saying the same in the 90s about players from the 70s. You're just getting old
No we like to see good football, not trends.
And I bet all 3 of you think Bellingham is better than Zidane. Lol
@162tsb7 definitely not even close to zidane. So that shows how bad your judgement is old man
We here in the UK wish Gazza lives a life he is happy with, he may want to destruct but be that may we Brits love him and want him to live❤❤❤
I’m just glad I was alive to see it
People forget he played like this whilst being a fast food loving, smoking, alcoholic pretty much.
Hes personality was probably hes best trait, todays footballers are boring media robots spouting the same boring garbage, gascoine was mad as a hatter and had a heart of gold.
The best.its a privilege to be the age to see his career. Absolute genius
Best English player in my life time and I’m 56. People under 40 saying Bellingham are taking out of their arses. Jude is brilliant but seriously is way behind, talent wise.
Different world now .
I saw Gazza play at Necastle, Spurs, Middlesbrough, hell I even went to his Rangers Testimonial at Ibrox. He was a very special talent indeed. He had it all.
with Bellingham it is just too early to judge him
@@VViatro I agree if he is still on this leave in five years time maybe
@@VViatro Bellingham is a good player, but there is vast difference between him and Gascoigne in terms of skill, pace, change of direction, ball control. He’s up there with Zidane. Bellingham isn’t in the same conversation.
The young people today have not a clue how good he was. They have no one to measure him against. No words can describe how good he was.
He was great but unreliable. He could go missing for long periods in a game, make rash tackles and wind opposing playerss up to the extent they'd often try to injure him. The greatest players do whatever they can to be at the top of their game for the longest amount of time. Thimk of Pirlo, Zidane, Cruyff, Platini, Xavi, Iniesta, Modric (none of them English, I grant you, but they are all in a different league to Gasgoigne).
I was 8 in euro 96 and that goal against Scotland is forever in my memory, Its a shame he had moved to Italy by then?
@@LeafBurrower Not when he was younger, before the injury. He was everywhere at every minute.
He was a joy to watch. Wish England had him now.
England has Prince Andrew too
Until I saw this, I never gave Gazza enough credit.. lifelong England footy fan and ashamed that he’s never been in my top 5…. can’t argue with these clips however. Astonishingly graceful and mesmerising 👏 👏 😮😮
A player with GOATlike ability!
Paul his the best mid field player ever too put a England shirt on !!! ..absolutely fantastic player 😊😊..
Im scottish.
Hated Gazza when he was here.
But having watched ALL of this beautiful majestic genius footballing video i am utterly lost for words.
Surely the most talented Englishman ever.
Dont ask Colin Hendry tho.😂
I was only a kid when Gazza was around, but looking back what a player he was
If only he could have got a stud on that cross against Germany in Euro96! They could have gone on to win it, and Gascoigne get the glory he deserved.
My most vivid football memory as a kid . So close .
He deserved nothing. A part time professional who beat up his wife.
..and if Geoff Hurst's goal in 1966 had been properly disallowed then West Germany might have won...Ifs buy you nothing..
@@jayzee9149 just the English being delusional idiots as per usual
@@joco2826 I see you've done your research. Not a bitter ex Sun Journo by any chance?
I was just thinking about how good Paul Gascoigne was and that he would be amazing in the current team, then I watched this and was blown away that he was even better than I remember, could have been one of the best ever
If only Sir Alex had got hold of Paul Gascoigne. That ability to dribble was incredible and something that has disappeared from the modern game. I knew someone who was a Tottenham apprentice and they talked about the huge drinking and partying culture that was prevalent at that time. Gascoigne was a party animal, and once the drink got hold of him he was doomed. These clips give the merest glimpse of the immense talent that was Paul Gascoigne; I believe it was Sir Bobby Robson (RIP) who said Gascoigne could be the best player in the world - and with the right manager and team around him he would have been. Even with all his problems, Paul Gascoigne was still better than 99.99 of all players past and present. Oh, what could have been....
Fergie wanted to sign Beardsley, Gazza and Barnes, but got shafted three times. Imagine those three with the players Utd already had at the time.................................
@@thewomble1509 And Shearer.
@@salsabil44 Yes! What a team that would have been.
Said it for decades now, Paul gascoigne is the best English player ever fucking fantastic!
@@Vasonviper Sir Bobby Charlton
Him and Paul Scholes. Best I've ever seen pulling on an England shirt.
I'm an Arsenal fan, but I'm glad I got to meet him once, unexpectedly, years back, when he was at a book store, since shut down, called Sportspages, down Leicester Square, signing his just released autobiography. I wasn't aware he was there beforehand, until, whilst browsing, I turned around and saw him sat down, with no one there at the time to meet him, he could see the shock in my face seeing him there and just smiled back. Had a nice chat with him for a while and some pics taken. I told him I was sat right behind Seaman's goal when he scored that FA Cup semi final free kick, but still could not but admire his awesome skill, despite the sinking feeling. Also told him I thought he was the best English player I'd ever remembered seeing play in my lifetime, exciting and very unpredictable, he instantly said in humility, that he thought Bobby Charlton was the best, for him. I left that store with an even better opinion of Gazza, but mostly felt sorry for him, no one turned up, at least when I was there.
I absolutely adore gazza my all time favourite player. I dont think il ever see anything like him again in my lifetime.. genius. ❤
Complete icon of the game and just such a genuine and loveable person despite his issues there’s only one Gazza
The most exciting, gifted talented unpredictable player England has ever had.
I'm glad I clicked on this.
I knew he was bloody good but I didnt know he was this good!
Best player in the world 1991. Criminal he didn't get the Ballon DOR
You don't get it if you play in the top division in England even when it is the best league in world for depth in quality, let alone back in 91. European jealously will always come to fore and they will give it to someone in La Liga or Serie A or even the French league for gods sake. You will get people jumping on the fact yhat there is unusually no Premier League team in Champions League semis but trust me they will be back next season, and City should hsve again wiped the floor again this year with the second best team in qtrs.
True that only 8 or 9 times have players from the English top flight won it.
What a player, no english player has brought us so much joy, legend.
This guy was my hero growing up, he had talent to waste. Unfortunately he did waste it. But let’s not forget what an amazing player he was, imagine the greatness he could have achieved if he had the right people around him.
Do we dare forget this person's unreal ability......Rooney grealish foden all amazing but gazza was a one off
Grealish can't get in the squad, let alone the team, let alone be mentioned alongside Gazza.
I can’t believe you even mentioned Grealish and Foden in the same breath as Gazza, FFS 🤦🏻♂️
I'm ashamed to say I'd forgotten how truly great he was. His close control as good as anyone, ever.
Always remember that free kick , on my birthday 1991 . superb player
Simply Gazza. A force of nature.
He is just one of them.. magic 🙏🇬🇧
Gazza was a National Treasure,it was a shame he wasn’t better looked after.
It’s so easy to forget just how brilliant a footballer he was. I can only imagine how well he would do now against current leaky premiership defences!
Of course the likes of scholes, Gerrard and lampard had long successful careers but when it comes down to footballing talent no one could touch Gazza
George Best
Best was better than Gaza I agree, of course he was, even better at dribbling.
@@paulanthony5274 Better at drinking too
@@PatrickKelly-lz3pv 😂😂
George Best was a better footballer and could drink Paul under the table.
The guy was an absolute genius!
The term 'world class' is used too loosely nowadays, a lot of people think that the current England team has several world class players but that is a piss take out of the genuine world class players.
Not many players could stand in the same shadow as gazza, rare talent!!
Before I knew of him, I saw this guy onTV, power his way up midfield like a Tank, wow, who the hell is this guy I thought. .... It was 'Gazza'!! Unfortunately I missed seeing his Golden Years as i worked abroad at the time. Never seen the like since.
3:04 Amazing run almost as if the other team don't exist... and then he squares it.Devastating way to take hold of a game. Can you imagine being on the opposing side and watching that happening?
He brought his best to international games in a way that lots of other England greats weren't able to do. We had some fantastic results when he was in the team.
Thanks Paul for all the memories!
A ridiculously talented football player if only we had Paul now ❤
Wouldn`t matter..Southgate would probably play him at the back.
Amazing player. He really did have it all, so much fun to watch.
Perhaps the one and only English player ever that you could truly call a genius.
Nothing beyter than watching this guy run at players,just class
Gascoigne il giocatore inglese piu forte di tutti i tempi
Even better if he didnt get that injury in the cup final before he went to Lazio,I was at that game
I’ve been privileged to see some incredible goals live in my life, Rooney’s over head kick, Bale’s overhead kick, Van persie’s Volley against Villa. But seeing Gazzas Euro 96 goal against Scotland has always stayed with me as one of the most memorable goals I’ve ever seen. The flick over Hendrys head, the goal, the celebration. What a player he was.
Watched him live at Spurs, especially the season after Italia 90 when he was literally on fire, and had not yet had the cruciate injury. He was an absolute genius passing and dribbling, thank god there is more TV footage than there was for George Best, but still not ever minute was recorded in those days. I hope Foden and Bellingham watch this for inspiration as they have similar potential, and I have not said that since Gazzas days.
Foden and Bellingham are nothing like gazza no player playing in today's fake game are anything like gazza
Closest player to ever compare to gazza was a young Wayne Rooney nobody else comes close
Also shows how poor quality today's game is when declan rice is regarded as the best defensive midfielder in world football, and donkey haaland is the best striker 😂🤣oh and let's not forget Good old Harry maguire 🤪🤦♂️
@@aus2230 I have played and watched football as a Spurs fan all the way through 80 and 90s to to day and so I am sure I have watched more live Paul Gascoigne than you. The reason Gazza stood out was he was so much more technically gifted than his peers. He would be sensational today. However his peers were David Batty, Carlton Palmer and Vinnie Jones. The pkayers today are vastly more technically gifted than the First division players Gazza rang rings round. If you knew anything about modern football you would know that.
@@neilboulton9813 I'm 49 I've supported spurs since I was 9 years old do the math, so your saying Gazza only did his bag of tricks around players like Charlton palmer vinnie Jones ect🤣😂🤦♂️🤪 as you say you have watched more of gazza than anyone 😂 he went to the best league in the world at the time serieA recovering from his cruciate damaged knee and he still played like a god so stop speaking utter 💩a well known ex player a great of yesteryear said about today's players if you can run all day and pass 5 yards you will have a career in the Premier league which is true, David batty by the way wasn't a division 1 player he was brilliant in his position a great anchor man played in a quality Leeds and Blackburn team, players of today's game are not more technically gifted their fitter and faster but play like robots their all clones no individual flair just runners and divers.
He was one of the most gifted player I've ever seen - definitely Top Five. It says a lot about him when Alex Ferguson picks him out as the best English player since Bobby Charlton. It's a pity it all went downhill after that stupid challenge during the FA Cup final v Nottingham Forest, when he tore his cruciate ligaments. He was never the same player since then. 😢
Love Gazza x amazing footballer 🙌💯🙌
thanks for showing us this old footage of a geordie legend in depth too so people can see how adept n skillful he was! As for the Jude Bellingham comparisons lets give Jude 10 years and then see! The way the net is now players are judged on a daily basis but back then Gazza had nowt but the daily papers n news broadcasts. To be a legend you have to build it!
Still hasn't been replaced after 26yrs
The best English footballer I have ever seen, he could do it all.
Yet he only achieved half of his potential, partly due to injuries but mostly down to his own personal problems.
There's so little expression like this any more. Everything is about hard work and 'systems'. I miss this era of football.
He was doing Rabona's before anyone knew what they were. I was privileged to see him play live - even if it was for Sp*rs
The rabona penalty in the charity match is just priceless. The Keeper got nowhere near it.
After watching all thiis footage he shows just how strong a player is when they can use both feet. The guy was and still is a legend.
Just watching Gascoigne skip around players like they weren’t there, tell me who does that in Euro 2024??
Brilliant complication thanks for the effort to put this together , absolutely superb
His improvisation was really something else, quick thinking always aware of gaps and spaces he could take advantage of. I’d forgotten how good he was.
For talent, the best.
Gazza sheer brilliance and that geordie grin what's not to admire about him when he was in the mood could take on a whole opposition single handed what a player back then.
Very nice video, well done.
Amazing talent. He could play in all areas - the one area he had above most others was being two footed, and a real ability to dribble, drive at people, beat people. So rare today in football.
world class skills on the pitch and sadly in the bar too! (nice vid LJC)
Thank you
Le Tissier in the same vein, very underrated and under capped by England 🏴
Le tissier was fantastic,
I think it was cruyff who said he was the player he would most liked to have played with.
Phenomenal player. Ferguson was spot on. Reminds me of George Best on and off the pitch. Poor old Colin Hendry…
People rave about Bellingham, Foden, Saka etc but if you could combine them all into one player , Gazza would still make him look ordinary.
Gerrard and Scholes make those three look ordinary. John Barnes was on another level to all three of those too. Gazza was incredible.
I remember for years after his retirement, everyone would say 'England are waiting for another Gazza, a playmaker who can dribble past defenders at will.' McManaman was the closest we got. What we didn't realize is that we would never find his type of player again. Really was one of a kind, not just for England but in the world. He was an English Maradona.
Rooney didn't quite have Gazza's dribbling technique. But he ran at defenders with the same fearlessness as Gazza before he was 20. That fearlessness taking people on was trained out of him in Man Utd
@@greatteacherhugo I'm doing a Wayne Rooney Career series showing his highlights, I got part 3 up, check it out if interested
A Wimbledon fan here and watch Gazza play a few times but not when Vinnie grabbed his Crown Jewels 😂 One of the best players to pull on the England jersey a class act and joker always had a smile on his face👍 Good to see Gazza and Vinnie are mates now go fly fishing together etc.
What a prick VJ is.
Natural ultra gifted talent. He was like George Best or Zidane. Made the game look easy. I’m 53 and he excited us fans and is the best English player in my lifetime. He gave us hope in the same way Rooney did when he burst on to the scene. Tragedy he went to Tottenham.
How many English players are this two footed. Master.
Quite a few, Bobby Charlton, Duncan Edwards
Great video and player.
Truly world class and pure joy to watch. Such a shame he never won any major honours
England's Maradona!! Pure genius Gazza 💚
Better than maradona
Because gazza didn't cheat......
What a comp 🤩 this is really well put together
1:28 that movement is beautiful
Put simply, Paul Gascoigne was a *_"ONE MAN FOOTBALL TEAM"_*
The most gifted midfielder ever we wore lucky to have such a genius should of won the 90 World Cup we had some of the best players in the world
Was a true genius.
For kicking a balloon about really 😅
A beautiful player. Was a joy to watch
Gazza is a one off same as players like Maradona best cruyff van Basten ect, good job we have footage of these types of players because we won't ever see players like that again in the modern robotic game.
Dear Paul. Im sorry that I forgot how good you was......and I've only watched 3 minutes. Stunning ball control.
Saw him from the away end at St James’ Park in 1986. It was like the ball was stuck to his foot.
People bang on about George Best (yeah, he was good) but Gascoigne was at another level.
When on his game nobody to this day has been better.
Best in my life time.
In the world. Wish we could have done better in tournaments he eas part of. For the players more than anything.
Great stuff
What a player he was! The best English player I've seen play.
Criminal he didn't go to the world cup in 98 man was a genius on the pitch ❤
Rooney didn't quite have Gazza's dribbling technique. But he ran at defenders with the same fearlessness as Gazza before he was 20. That fearlessness taking people on was trained out of him in Man Utd