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Gascoigne's Hong Kong Party Ends with Flight Screen Damage

5/26/2026

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England national football team beat a Hong Kong Golden Select XI 1-0 in a 1996 friendly.
Paul Gascoigne, England footballer, and teammates tore shirts, downed Flaming Lamborghinis, and visited The Jump bar in Causeway Bay.
After the bar visit they appeared topless.
On Cathay Pacific Flight CX251 back to London Gascoigne kicked two video screens, causing damage.
The South China Morning Post reported the incidents on May 31, 1996.

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England national football team beat a Hong Kong Golden Select XI 1-0 in a 1996 friendly.
Paul Gascoigne, England footballer, and teammates tore shirts, downed Flaming Lamborghinis, and visited The Jump bar in Causeway Bay.
After the bar visit they appeared topless.
On Cathay Pacific Flight CX251 back to London Gascoigne kicked two video screens, causing damage.
The South China Morning Post reported the incidents on May 31, 1996.