Poor Gascoigne arrested again

Football is always full of talking points.

For example:

• Wolves's weakened team against Manchester United on Tuesday.
• Arsene Wenger's complaints about the above as his team only drew 1-1 with Burnley on Wednesday.
• Fulham's qualification for the knock-out stages of the Europa League.
• The sacking of Brendan Rodgers by Reading.
• The sacking of Jim Magilton by QPR.
• The results achieved by Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham on Wednesday night.
• The possible venues for England's 2018 World Cup bid.

I may return to some of these on another day, but for now it's a different topic, and a sad one.

We have all seen the fall from grace of an erstwhile England hero. Poor Paul Gascoigne has been in the news again for more misdemeanours. This tortured soul was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday morning for being drunk and disorderly, according to police.

Gascoigne was taken into custody in the Jesmond area of Newcastle, not far from where he lit up the playing arena of St James's Park in the early 1990s.

Now 42, Gascoigne has battled for many years against acoholism, and doesn't seem to be any nearer solving his problem.

There are plenty of other things that bother us about the game, but our hearts should reach out to 'Gazza', because, let's face it, at one time he warmed them all.