Gazza flies back to London after breaking leg

Title

Gazza flies back to London after breaking leg

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

9 Apr 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:56

Description

David Addis reports on the return to the UK for treatment on a broken leg of football player Paul Gascoigne from Italy where he plays for SS Lazio Football Club. He will be operated on at the Princess Grace Hospital in London and is expected to take 7 months to get back in the game. Includes comment from Gascoigne; England football team coach Bryan Robson; footballer David Batty; John King, director of sports medicine at the Royal London Hospital; Lazio General Manager Maurizio Manzini; Gascoigne’s adviser Len Lazaro(?); hospital porter Adam Desmond.

Contributors

John King; Paul Gascoigne; David Addis; David Batty; Maurizio Manzini; Len Lazaro(?); Adam Desmond; Bryan Robson

Keywords

Association football; Football players; Sports injuries; Paul Gascoigne; Fractures; Princess Grace Hospital; SS Lazio FC

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