{"id":278405,"date":"2025-07-20T22:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T22:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278405\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T22:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T22:16:11","slug":"paul-gascoigne-rushed-to-intensive-care-after-being-found-semi-conscious-by-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278405\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Gascoigne rushed to intensive care after being found semi-conscious by friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The much-loved football star was reportedly discovered semi-conscious at home on Friday evening<\/p>\n<p>22:22, 20 Jul 2025Updated 22:23, 20 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_gasmaincopy.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Gascoigne \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Paul Gascoigne (Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Football legend Paul Gascoigne was reportedly taken into intensive care after he was found semi-conscious at his home on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The England icon was rushed to hospital after being discovered by a friend in the bedroom of his Dorset home, according to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/35930377\/paul-gascoigne-hospital-football\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sun.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Gazza, 58, was initially taken to intensive care according to reports, but has since reportedly been transferred to an acute medical unit where his condition has been described as stable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read more <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/princess-annes-horse-accident-so-32099351 \" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Anne&#8217;s horse accident &#8216;so much worse than people knew&#8217; as friend opens up<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But he is expected to remain in hospital for several days while receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">His friend Steve Foster, who discovered him, said Gazza would &#8220;like to thank everyone for the support he&#8217;s received so far from so many old friends who wish him well and want to see him back to his best&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He told The Sun he had driven the footballer to hospital, adding: &#8220;Paul is in hospital, which is the best possible place for him to be right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Earlier this year, Gazza said he was feeling better than he had in years after enduring struggles with alcohol addiction and mental health problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 58-year-old told The Mirror: &#8220;I feel better now than I have in years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I hope I am at a point that I can look back over everything I&#8217;ve gone through with a different, more positive, perspective.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He added: &#8220;After so many years in the spotlight, I feel like it&#8217;s time people got to know the real me.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The much-loved football star was reportedly discovered semi-conscious at home on Friday evening 22:22, 20 Jul 2025Updated 22:23,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-278405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114887877297072296","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}