London, Nov 27 (ANI): Troubled football legend Paul Gascoigne has described how former team-mate Peter Beardsley has taken him under his wings.

Recovering alcoholic Gazza, 42, said Beardsley, who is now a youth coach at their former club Newcastle, was even taking him training.

“I’m really well, I’m training at the academy with the kids. It’s nice getting involved and getting training again. I’m just enjoying playing football and enjoying every game. I’m keeping myself busy and Peter has been fantastic,” The Sun quoted Gazza, as saying.

“He has made sure I am OK and makes sure I have got bread and milk in the fridge. Hopefully I’ll progress with doing my own coaching badges,” he said.

London, Nov 27 : Football legend Paul Gascoigne has asked England not to put too much World Cup pressure on ace striker Wayne Rooney, as the country did with him before his life fell apart.

Gazza became a star at Italia 90, but the hype around 24-year-old Rooney means just as much, if not more, is already expected of the Manchester United striker.

“I was one of the most fortunate players in the world because I was 23 and Peter Beardsley, Bryan Robson and the rest of the team were all in their prime,” The Mirror quoted him, as saying.

London, Oct. 24 : I’m A Celeb bosses kicked ex-England football star Paul Gascoigne out of the show last night, and replaced him with his ex-wife Sheryl in the telly jungle show, The Daily Mail reports.

The England football legend, 42, had been desperate to land a slot on the reality show next month.

London, Oct. 20 : Former England football great Paul Gascoigne left a bouncer reeling in agony after head-butting him in a row about smoking in a snooker club.

The shocking assault was captured on CCTV as the doorman told a drunken Gazza to leave for lighting up, The Sun reports.

Moments later Gazza tried to apologise by kissing bouncer Paul Hindle on the cheek.

Paul said he did not want to press charges.

London, Oct 12 : English football legend Paul Gascoigne a. k. a Gazza has lashed out at his ex-wife Sheryl for claiming that he forced her for sex ten times a day.

The Sun quoted Gazza as telling pals: "What rubbish.

"She''s only saying these things to sell her book and make money."

A pal said: "He''s furious with her for saying these things."

London, Oct 11 : English football ace Paul Gascoigne a. k. a Gazza’s ex- wife Sheryl has dubbed him an abuser with an uncontrollable libido.

The 44-year-old Sheryl made the revelation as her autobiography, Stronger: My Life Surviving Gazza, hits the markets.

The News of the World quoted her as saying: "Paul used to force himself on me. I''d say ''No!'' but he wouldn''t stop. Ten times a day would be pretty normal for him.

London, Sep 26 : Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne, who is infamous for his alcoholic habits, has gone off the bend again after reportedly drinking more than 40 cans of lager during a 13-hour booze bender at a London hotel.

Jade Freeman, the young woman befriended by Gascoigne, said that he was sobbing all the time and was repeatedly saying that he wanted to die, as he was reeling from the death of his hero, Sir Bobby Robson, and reports that his mother has cancer.

London, Aug. 15 : Troubled former British soccer star Paul Gascoigne paid a heartfelt tribute to Sir Bobby Robson on Friday, saying that the latter had saved his life.

Re-emphasising the fact that he always saw Robson as his second father, Gazza said the former England manager played a significant part in his fight against addiction and mental illness.

London, July 23 : Former soccer star Paul Gascoigne has said that he wanted to bed ‘Queen of Mean’ Anne Robinson after seeing her at his gym.

The 42-year-old ex-England ace appeared on a Sporting Heroes special of the show The Weakest Link, hosted by Robinson, the Sun reports.

She first questioned her: "You are quite skinny, are you fit?"

To which he answered: "I''m fit as... I did have the chance once and I turned you down. I''m mad."

London, June 30 : Former English soccer star Paul Gascoigne, who has been infamous for his alcoholic habits, was recently spotted shelling out 120 pounds on health foods.

The Geordie soccer legend, a. k. a Gazza, seemed to reminisce glorious days of his career wearing an England training top and shorts on a trip to a Holland & Barrett store, The Sun reports.

The 42-year-old also had a small chat with a traffic warden in Newcastle city centre.

London, June 17 : If reports are to be believed, retired English footballer Paul Gascoigne's marriage cost him a whopping 200,000 pounds a day.

He is said to have engaged lawyers to compile a list of all the cash she has given to his ex-wife Sheryl, so that he may fight her plea for a further 100,000 pounds.

The two of them lived together as husband and wife for just three months.

Lawyers representing Gazza, as the footballer is famously known, reckon that he has paid Sheryl around 17.5 million pounds since their divorce in 1998.

London, June 16 (ANI): Ex-England football star Paul Gascoigne claims his ex-wife, Sheryl, is driving him to the brink, with spiralling claims for maintenance cash.

His revelations come after Sheryl allegedly demanded 100,000 pounds when he missed one monthly payment while fighting for his life in rehab.

The England football legend failed to make his usual payment because he was battling booze and cocaine addictions, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder, reports the Daily Star.

London, Jun 8 : Retired English footballer Paul Gascoigne a. k. a. Gazza, went for a bike ride and enjoyed a kickabout in the park with his nephews to prove his fitness, after he was told that he would be dead in a year if he continued drinking.

Gazza, 42, was on June 3 spotted in such a drunken state that he could hardly get on a train to Newcastle, and he had to be helped off the train by pal Jimmy "Five Bellies" Gardner, 46.

London, June 7: One of retired English footballer Paul Gascoigne’s closest pals has said on Saturday that the soccer star, who suffers from pneumonia, alcoholism, mental illness and personal legal problems, will die within a year.

"Paul will have a complete organ breakdown," said Stephen Purdew.

Purdew reckons Gazza, who is undergoing therapy for bulimia, obsessive- compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, and alcoholism, is in a far worse condition than George Best was a few months before he died.

London, June 6 : Former England football star Paul Gascoigne's relationship with his best pal Jimmy Gardner is over.

Jimmy, 46 - known as "Five Bellies" - is furious with Gazza, 42, for turning up drunk when he met him off a train in Newcastle earlier this week, reports the Daily Star.

"Paul may have lost the one person who has stood by him," the Tabloid quoted Jimmy, as saying.

London, June 5 : Football legend Paul Gascoigne a. k. a Gazza's plan to redeem himself in the public eye with his appearance on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! has reportedly received a setback.

The 42-year-old is said to have been axed from the series after ITV bosses declared he was `mentally unfit'.

The news comes following his girlfriend's revelation that he had called her during a massive booze bender and said: "I'm going to kill myself."

London, Jun 1 : Retired English footballer Paul John Gascoigne a. k. a. Gazza is said to have hit it off with his Geordie girlfriend Emma Kate Dawson, after he discovered that she too was a massive Magpie fan.

Dawson, 22, revealed that she and 42-year-old Gazza had met in London's Cafe de Paris, after she approached him for a picture together last month, and the passion they shared for the toon sparked the relationship between them.

London, May 30 : Emma Kate Dawson, Paul Gascoigne's newest ladylove, has told her army of internet fans he's "a bit of a naughty boy".

According to pals, the Geordie legend is smitten with the blonde beauty, after they shared a romantic dinner on his 42nd birthday.

Emma, 25, who used to sing in a church choir, is one of Britain's hottest glamour models, reports The Daily Star.

London, May 29 : Geordie footie legend Paul Gascoigne a. k. a. Gazza is dating a 21-year-old blonde glamour model half his age.

His new babe is fellow Geordie Emma Kate Dawson. The two met at Cafe de Paris in West London earlier this month.

The smitten sportstar has wooed the beauty with a huge bouquet of red roses and a 1,500-pound jewel-encrusted watch as they celebrated his 41st birthday, reports The Sun.

He then asked her: "You mean so much to me, am I your boyfriend?"

London, May 15 : Football legend Paul Gascoigne a. k. a Gazza has signed a `nutritious' deal with UK's health food store Holland & Barrett.

The shop executives had seen the England midfielder sporting ripped abdominal muscles on last month's Match of the Day.

And were keen to help him stay fit, and stay away from the drugs and booze.

Gazza is being sponsored with nutrition products, including his favourite strawberry protein powder by the health food store bosses.