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4. Paul Gascoigne

The current plight of the Tyneside-born, international superstar Gazza is an awful epilogue on a career that promised so much and could have delivered so much more if not for some bad decisions, poor judgement and terrible injuries. Gazza should have been the greatest England player of all time - and he almost got there - but he's now more fondly remembered for the pranks, outrageous behaviour and silliness that earned him the "daft as a brush" label. Gazza's on-field persona was inevitably shaped by his colourful behaviour and attitude off it: he would do things that others wouldn't even attempt, from skinning a player to winding up Vinnie Jones enough to earn an unwelcome testicular exam. And the worrying thing about him was that he didn't so much need a trigger to fly off the handle (though it did manifest more in silliness than violence). But then anyone who remembers the challenge on Gary Charles knows what his wayward anger could do, as he tried to show the Forest star he was in a game, and ended up endangering them both.