‘I drove a London bus down the road singing, ‘We’re all going on a summer holiday.’ My dad rang and said, “You stupid bastard, you’re never going to learn, are you?”’ Paul Gascoigne on the prank that got him in trouble with his dad

Paul Gascoigne.

During his playing days, Paul Gascoigne and authority tended to mix about as well as oil and water.

The former England genius’s managers, club officials and even family members would often try and rein in the midfielder, but Gazza was never one for rules.