Plough Lane and Millwall’s old Den were tiny, scary places to go. Visiting teams just wanted to get in, get the job done and get out unscathed - and it was certainly scary that day.

Man City vs RB Leipzig - Champions League: Guardiola's side take the lead thanks to Alvarez, who built on Phil Foden and Erling Haaland's efforts If you want an illustration of just how much football changed in the early 1990s - partially fuelled by Gascoigne - there were just 21,000 fans inside Wembley for this friendly as Bobby Robson finalised his World Cup squad. Gazza was given just his second start for the Three Lions and secured a spot on the plane with a dominant performance, capped with a fine late goal, surging into the area, left foot this time, laced into the roof of the net. 10. 'A man possessed' I ended up playing with two of them later in my career, Dave Beasant and Andy Thorn - amazing boys. But at Wimbledon they just had a team spirit where they knew what they were good at and used it to the full. But perhaps his most memorable moment came against Hibs. After a 50-yard run ended with a shot wide, Gascoigne retrieved a yellow card dropped by referee Douglas Smith and returned it in style - brandishing it at the bemused ref. RECAP PSG vs Newcastle - Champions League - Live score, team news and updates as Kylian Mbappe slots home injury-time penalty to deny Toon famous and vital win as Tino Livramento is harshly penalised for handballMost of it was outrageously unrepeatable as the pair, with the help of Thorne, kept a willing audience entertained right through.

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But that only makes this legendary picture all the more celebrated as a snapshot of a bygone age when men were men and footballers hard as nails. Just as six years earlier, England were denied a place in a major final on penalties by the Germans. Gascoigne was again excellent, scoring in the shootout decisively, but came so close to winning the game in extra time. Golden goal extra time.

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Millwall had the scarier crowd but on the pitch no one did intimidation better than the Wimbledon boys.