Eddie Howe says that mental health care at Newcastle United is an area that the club must continue to improve.
Plenty has changed since Paul Gascoigne was a young player that was left fully exposed to the media in the last 1980s with the talented Geordie even allowed to pose with a Mars Bar and bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale for a TV interview at one stage. Gazza's life and times have been looked at up close in what Howe felt was a "fascinating" documentary on BBC simply called "Gazza".
Such support networks that are available now for the pastoral care of players and staff simply were not in place when Gascoigne broke into the team. But the midfielder's mother confessed that Paul had mental health issues detected from a young age but seemed to be alright when he started life as a professional.
