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Paul Gascoigne once made his mate drive seven hours to retrieve a missing mug from a teammate's house - because he couldn't sleep knowing it had "lost its mates". Gazza apparently told his best pal, Jimmy 'Five Bellies, Gardner, to make the 400-mile round trip from the North East to Birmingham, in the dead of night. He had been on his way to bed when he spotted a coffee cups was missing from the mug tree in his kitchen, at his home in Seaham, County Durham.READ MORE: 'Ridiculous' Premier League hero 'smoked 80 fags a day' but was 'f***ing brilliant'When Jimmy realised Gazza's Middlesbrough teammate and housemate Andy Townsend had taken it to his family home, he was given the job.Boro manager Bryan Robson had tasked "sensible" Townsend with keeping Gazza in check by living with him.Gazza, Townsend and Jimmy had a routine where they'd each arrive at training with a mug of coffee brought from home.

Jeff Stelling couldn't help but poke fun at Ally McCoist after Rangers suffered a "body blow" to their Premiership title chances.

Ally McCoist reckons Graeme Souness would have "carpeted" the Rangers players if they acted in a similar fashion to Manchester United star Marcus Rashford.

Premier League pundit Andy Townsend has suggested Mikel Arteta replace Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as Arsenal captain in order to get the best out of the striker.The Gunners have struggled this season and their form has not been helped by Aubameyang’s own poor performances.The former Borussia Dortmund star has scored scored just one Premier League goal from open play since signing a new deal back in September.Aubameyang is also the Arsenal captain tough that has not helped him find his scoring boots this season.And Townsend has suggested Arteta give the captaincy to someone else in order to free up the No.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced most of the UK population into self-isolation in order to stop the spread of Covid-19.