Gazza: Booze binge was just a blip

Troubled former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has said he felt “victimised” by doctors who sectioned him following a recent drinking binge.

Gazza: Booze binge was just a blip

Troubled former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has said he felt “victimised” by doctors who sectioned him following a recent drinking binge.

The former Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United star was kept in hospital for around five days last month because doctors wanted him to rest after police were called to his home in Poole, Dorset, and escorted him to hospital in the early hours of the morning.

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