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“Is this a sick joke?” – Commons fumes at the treatment of Gascoigne

After Paul Gascoigne was withdrawn from Rangers’ Hall of Fame nominations, Kris Commons expressed his disappointment in the decision.

Gascoigne was voted into the Hall of Fame only for his induction to be cancelled after reports that a selection of SFA board members were planning to boycott the dinner as they couldn’t be seen to be associated with the miscreant.

Writing in his Daily Mail column, Commons said: “A human being who has battled depression, alcoholism and suicidal thoughts for the majority of his adult life was publicly humiliated just 24 hours after World Mental Health Day.