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When Paul Gascoigne appeared on Victoria Derbyshire's Radio Five show this morning, live on both the station and the BBC website (in the form of live video), the public had a chance to put questions to a Paul Gascoigne that appeared fresh-faced and away from the problems of the recent past.
It was an interesting session which saw "Gazza" proclaim that he is always a happy man, and that if he could go back and freeze any time from his past to experience it again, it would definitely be on a football pitch.
The England hero spoke fondly of his time at Italia '90 and Euro '96, and how proud he was in particular of his spell at Everton and how he "won Man of the Match awards at 35."
The only shame in the session, however, was that a couple of fans felt the need to probe Gascoigne about his notorious past. One "fan" continued to question him about the domestic violence he recently admitted, despite the fact that he clearly had no idea what was meant to have happened.
It is typical of how England has treated one of the most talented footballers it has ever produced. Just when Gazza is up and running again, there will be those that try to knock him back down.
He's had it all, trial by jury, trial by media, but here's hoping that his road to recovery continues along the successful route it's taking right now, and maybe we see Paul Gascoigne back involved with football in some capacity one day.
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