"I am going to continue and bring this club forward. I am Paul Gascoigne the footballer"
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Gascoigne’s public story has always been bigger than his matchday output: genius on the ball, chaos off it, endlessly narrated by newspapers and nostalgia merchants. So the line carries a quiet fight against being reduced to spectacle. When he specifies “the footballer,” he’s drawing a boundary around the job, insisting on competence and purpose in a world that often treated him as entertainment even when he was unraveling.
The intent is also institutional: “this club” matters. He’s borrowing the language of stewardship - forward motion, continuity, responsibility - to signal that he’s not just passing through on talent alone. It’s a bid for trust from fans and directors who might be weighing his volatility against his brilliance.
What makes it work is its simplicity. Gascoigne isn’t performing eloquence; he’s asserting a role. In a culture that loves redemption arcs but feeds on collapse, that kind of plain claim becomes its own small act of resistance.
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Gascoigne, Paul. (2026, January 16). I am going to continue and bring this club forward. I am Paul Gascoigne the footballer. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-going-to-continue-and-bring-this-club-82481/
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"I am going to continue and bring this club forward. I am Paul Gascoigne the footballer." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-going-to-continue-and-bring-this-club-82481/. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.




