Hooked is Merson's wonderfully moving and brutally honest memoir of battling addiction, searingly charting his journey over three decades. You're watching it and my brain was telling me I've saved enough money to get a deposit for a house, to get us out of rented accommodation. After joining Aston Villa in 1998, Merson went on to become club captain and played for the team in the 2000 FA Cup Final, the last to be held at the original Wembley Stadium.

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Part of the note read: "I need to stop gambling, I love my wife and kids and I'm so happy with them. Man United 0-3 Newcastle: Pressure piles on Erik ten Hag as Red Devils suffer another DISMAL home defeat. I drank with the fans, sometimes in places you’d never think of going sober – gambling dens, after-hours clubs, dodgy pool halls. It is absolutely unflinching in detailing his emotional and psychological troughs and in raking over the painful embers of an adult life blighted by such debilitating issues. An exceptional account of Paul Merson's own struggle with three addictions, namely gambling, drink and drugs.Arsenal fans FUME at West Ham's opener in Carabao Cup exit as they claim Aaron Ramsdale was 'blatantly. Not just happy to talk to anyone but keen to talk to everyone when I’d usually struggle to overcome my shyness. Being brave and clever for me is getting the ball and putting your head up and trying to open up the game. He also won a double of the FA Cup and League Cup in 1993, scoring in the 1993 Football League Cup Final against Sheffield Wednesday. Merson scored ten times that season, made his debut for the England U21 team, and was voted PFA Young Player of the Year.

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Playing for highly successful clubs has given Paul the insight into life at the top, allowing him to deliver intriguing talks as a football speaker.

As a recovering gambling addict, this was a great reminder of the importance of communication as the illness thrives on isolation.

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Plus, Merson shares his love of Soccer Saturday and the three reminisce on a pilot they filmed for Sky. Football pundit Paul Merson breaks down in tears on Good Morning Britain as he opens up on his harrowing struggles with gambling addiction. In October 2011, Merson was involved in a car crash with a lorry on the M40 motorway near Warwick and arrested for drink-driving. I politely declined when I was first offered drugs in the Mousetrap, a lively pub in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, in February 1994.Merson went on to play for Middlesbrough, Aston Villa and Portsmouth, as well as Walsall - where he was also manager. Hooked is Merson’s wonderfully moving and brutally honest memoir of battling addiction, searingly charting his journey over three decades. Think the scariest things probably the gambling, it's not visible, nobody can see it and I agree, as a Society we don't do enough to support it. Also playing in the 1992 Euro Championship, 1994 World Cup and 1998 World Cup, Merson racked up 21 caps for his country, scoring on three occasions.