"Paul Gascoigne played for England for a decade and his 57 caps look like a meagre return when shorn of context. Gazza missed years of his career with injury, tragically self-inflicted in one noteworthy case. International matches were more scarce and England inadvertently gave themselves the summer off in 1994. Asked which of his England managers he most enjoyed playing for, Gazza does not hesitate. Terry Venables gets the vote in a heartbeat."
""Every day," Gascoigne tells FourFourTwo when asked to pick his favourite times with Venables as his England boss. "When he died, I was sat in the car and cried my eyes out," adds Gascoigne. "Terry was a f**king diamond. He had to be, to put up with me.""
"Venables, who managed Tottenham Hotspur not just in the coaching sense and Barcelona in his two jobs immediately before England, left the national team job after the European Championship in 1996. England reached the semi-finals, losing on penalties against the Germany team that went on to win the final at Wembley against the Czech Republic. Gascoigne was at the top of his game, scoring a magical goal against Scotland to put the cap on his renaissance at Rangers."
Paul Gascoigne earned 57 England caps across a decade but missed significant time through injury, including self-inflicted setbacks. International fixtures were fewer in that era and England had no competitive summer in 1994. Gascoigne names Terry Venables as his favourite England manager and describes a deep personal bond, recalling intense grief at Venables' death. Venables left the England job after Euro 1996, when England reached the semi-finals and lost on penalties to Germany. Gascoigne enjoyed peak form around that period, notably scoring a celebrated goal against Scotland, and remained bitter about Glenn Hoddle omitting him from the 1998 World Cup squad.
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