Encore: Gazza | Gazzamania | 1
British Scandal
Wondery
4.5 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
All Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne has ever wanted to do is play football. So when he’s taken on by Newcastle United, he’s determined to impress. His talent is undeniable and he quickly becomes the most talked-about player in England. But as his fame grows, so too do his inner demons - and the doubts. Now he's playing for his country on the greatest stage of all: the 1990 World Cup. Fans are holding their breath. The world is watching. England expects. Can Gazza deliver?
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| 0:00.0 | Very much looking forward to this week Matt, but you don't look as prepared as you usually do. |
| 0:13.0 | Excuse me, I'm very prepared. |
| 0:15.0 | I've been working on this for weeks. |
| 0:17.0 | I've been up at all hours of the night, |
| 0:19.0 | drawn up charts, graphs, trying to understand the mindset of these people. |
| 0:25.0 | Oh God I feel bad now. |
| 0:27.0 | Amazing, amazing work. |
| 0:28.0 | Is that why you don't need a script? |
| 0:30.0 | Talk about a script. |
| 0:31.0 | Talk about the new football season. |
| 0:33.0 | Okay, we're at cross purposes because obviously I'm talking about the job that we do together |
| 0:39.0 | that we've done for three years, the reason we're here, which is the podcast British scandal why would |
| 0:44.0 | I have time to deal with that now because I've got a lot of football to watch so |
| 0:47.8 | I've decided to bring you something old but still football related this series is |
| 0:52.2 | going to help you get over the |
| 0:53.0 | disappointment of the summer and look forward to the new Premier League season. |
| 0:56.0 | So in many ways this is more for you than it is for me. |
| 0:58.6 | If you mean because I'm a football fan and you're not, then maybe. |
| 1:04.4 | But I also know that you're a huge fan of drama, |
| 1:07.0 | all things British and all things scandalous. |
| 1:10.0 | So you can sit back and enjoy one of my all-time favorite scandals about a man called Paul Gascoin. |
| 1:15.8 | On the field he was famous for his exceptional talent and off he was infamous for his tumultuous personal life. |
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