Rangers legend Paul Gascoigne 'let local kids play in private pool' at Scots home because he was 'lonely'
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers legend Paul Gascoigne was once 'so lonely' that he reportedly let local kids break into his private pool at his Scots home.
Talk Sport’s host Danny Kelly made the revelation ahead of the new ‘Gazza’ documentary airing on the BBC today. Speaking on the show, Kelly said Gazza was so starved of human contact that he didn't call cops on the children and would keep an eye on them through his high tech CCTV system instead.
The documentary focuses on how Gazza was portrayed by the media and questions whether they had a role in his downfall.Kelly said: “I will tell you a story, just to give you a feel for how deep Paul’s problems were at that time.“Paul had a house where he was living near Glasgow, with lakes and things, and he lived there on his own.“The local kids would break in to use the swimming pool and Paul would watch them on the close circuit television cameras, but wouldn’t call the police or anything, because he was so lonely.
This was his human contact."Music journalist Kelly was famously pals with Gazza in the 1990s and the pair went on wild nights out with DJs Chris Evans and Danny Baker.
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