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The author: Steve Pitts

Steve Pitts was Group Sports Editor of Northamptonshire Newspapers when Paul Gascoigne was appointed manager of non-League club Kettering Town.

An experienced sports journalist, he was uniquely placed to record the amazing events that surrounded Gazza's reign led to his sacking after just 39 days.

Born and brought up in Hounslow, Middlesex, he has been a journalist for 30 years. He started out at the Middlesex Chronicle and has worked for a number of publications in both Fleet Street and the regional press.

He currently lives in Northampton with his wife Leona and children Lukas and Nela. He also has three children from his first marriage, Lucy, Amy and Jamie.

He is the eldest of three brothers, the youngest of

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whom, Chris Pitts, had his first book, 'Last Orders - Life Of A Pub Landlord' published in 2006.

Steve said: "Like so many football fans of my generation, I adored Paul Gascoigne the footballer. He is a complex character and it was an unbelievable experience charting his only managerial job and way that his 39-day spell impacted so deeply on so many people."

 
 
'Paul Gascoigne had a huge impact on many people during his dramatic spell at Kettering Town - for some it was a life-changing experience. I am one of millions of people who adored Gascoigne the England footballer. His reign as manager may have been brief, but it was a telling insight into the man who has suffered so much on a personal level over the past decade and more'

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