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A good samaritan saves his hero Paul Gascoigne after he was reported found ‘battered and bruised’ outside a hotel in Bournemouth.
54 year old Terry Swinton had been staying in the Travelodge Bournemouth Seafront hotel, and at the time was Arsenal vs West Ham. It was half time, so he went out for a cigarette where he spotted Gazza being taken advantage of by two people.
He was in a row with the two who allegedly tried to get money off Paul, so Terry stepped in to try and diffuse the situation.
Fears for Gazza as former England star is found ‘battered and bruised’ outside Bournemouth Travelodge after argument with two people pic.twitter.com/Eegkgow4CX
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While he wasn’t present when the fight first kicked off, he did go on to tell the pair to ‘do one’ when they attempted to snatch the £10 that Terry was offering to Gascoigne so that he could get a taxi home.
Terry managed to help Gazza back inside the hotel so he could ‘sober up’ and sat with him for 10 minutes before leaving him in the hands of hotel staff.
Terry said of what happened: “I went downstairs for a fag during the football and immediately recognised who he was.
“He is a hero of mine, when I saw him I was heartbroken to be honest.
“Men of a certain age, we all know who he is, we have grown up with him.
At half-time, he popped out for a cigarette where he spotted football legend Gazza surrounded by two people.
Terry added: “The two people around him were trying to take money off him.
“I didn’t have any money on me but I went back upstairs to get him some money to get a taxi home.
“When I went to hand him the money, the man and woman tried to take it and I told them to do one and told Gazza to get inside.”
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Terry Swinton (Image: SWNS)
Terry sat with Gazza for around 10 minutes and said he was “physically battered”.
“He couldn’t string a sentence together he was physically and mentally battered,” Terry said.
“I made sure the two people didn’t take anything off him and went back upstairs to watch the football.
“When I went up to watch the football I wasn’t interested, I kept thinking of Gazza.
“I am old school, if you see someone in trouble I would make sure they got home alright.
“It just so happened to be Paul Gascoigne.”
Terry believes that Gazza then spent the night in the hotel and was still in the hotel reception when he came down for a morning smoke.
He said: “I said good morning to him and asked him how he was feeling.
“He could still barely string a sentence together.
“As someone who has grown up with him, I was heartbroken to see him this way.”
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