Paul was really good and we had a good mix of funny stories and his own troubles he has gone through with a really good balance and questions from a lot of the audience. If you can’t stand yourself, it’s a knee-jerk thing to project all that loathing on to the people you love. I was doing a couple of grams down the pub, then many more at home, sitting in the dark gambling, drinking and snorting until I was driven to the brink of madness. He made his debut for Arsenal in 1986, and in a 12-year stint at Highbury he won the First Division twice, the FA Cup, the League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup.

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Merson won two league titles and three cups with Arsenal, while playing some visionary football which he produced again for Aston Villa. Wolves fan found guilty of racially abusing Rio Ferdinand during clash with Manchester United in 2021. Bournemouth 1-2 Liverpool: Darwin Nunez comes off the bench to score STUNNING winner and send Reds into. Both Arsenal and the Football Association made it clear that I’d have to have successful treatment and submit to frequent drug and alcohol tests if I ever wanted to play football again. A month later, I went to see him at The Priory at Roehampton, expecting to talk to him about how I was now back in recovery, taking one day at a time.I was trying to get on an even keel in 2003 when the worst thing that could have happened dropped through my letterbox. He is an amiable and even cheerful man, despite the bleak topic, but Merson feels anger when he considers the gambling industry, “There’s a betting company I used and I looked through my accounts with them.

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The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter. minute later Seaman saves the Lombardo penalty, Paul's penalty was forgotten and he stayed on the wagon. In 2019, Paul was praised for his candid discussion on ITVs Harry’s Heroes: The Full English, as he opened up about overcoming addiction. Gary Neville admits Man United's 'awful performances' are 'worrying' for Erik ten Hag as pressure increases. I’m so conscious now that if I mess up a name I think; ‘Oh, you thick…’ because no one’s taking the power out of it by having a laugh.Merson signed for Division 1 club Portsmouth on a two-year contract in August 2002, [12] and was instrumental in the club's promotion to the Premiership in 2002–03. While with the Gunners, Merson was a key player in the club's success under Scottish manager George Graham, winning the Football League Championship twice, the FA Cup, the Football League Cup, and the European Cup Winners' Cup.

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I’d found the only thing other than football I was good at and carried on putting it away on the team bus and in the bar, turning louder and lairier with each one.

When they couldn’t lock the away dressing room at Millwall, Redknapp had to look after Merson’s possessions. Football pundit Paul Merson breaks down in tears on Good Morning Britain as he opens up on his harrowing struggles with gambling addiction. By the summer of 1991, I’d been picked to play for England, I had a good contract for a boot endorsement and we’d won the league for a second time.