Soccer Star Tries To Clean His Own Windows

Balancing act: Paul Gascoigne cleans the windows on his top floor flat in Boscombe. Click to enlarge.

On the straight and narrow: Paul Gascoigne perches precariously on a tiny ledge as he cleans his windows. Paul Gascoigne, 46, is undergoing rehabilitation for alcohol addiction near to his Bournemouth apartment. Troubled former footballer spotted cleaning windows on his forth floor flat.

Watch your step: Troubled Paul Gascoigne, who last month pleaded guilty to a drunken assault, cleans the windows on his top floor flat in Boscombe.

It seems troubled Paul Gascoigne is back on the straight and narrow - as he balances precariously on a ledge while cleaning the windows on his top floor flat. A shirtless Gascoigne, 46 - who last month pleaded guilty to drunkenly assaulting a security guard at a railway station - climbed out of window to get to the dirt outside his apartment. The former footballer is recovering at the fourth-floor flat in Bournemouth following the latest in a list of alcohol-related incidents.

Dirty work: Paul Gascoigne decided to do some housework while recovering at his forth-floor apartment in Bournemouth.

An onlooker said: 'It was an extraordinary display by Gazza. After recent events, you’d normally be worried seeing him on a narrow ledge 50ft in the air. 'But it seems he’s been looking after himself and staying off the booze. He looked in really good shape and was ripped as though he’d been working out. 'Perhaps he should be thinking about getting a window cleaner and stick to less dangerous household chores, though.'

Recovery: A tattooed Paul Gascoigne looked fitter and healthier than he has on previous occasions as undergoes rehab for alcohol addiction near his Bournemouth home.

Gascoigne has battled alcoholism for many years, but looked much leaner and healthier than on previous occasions as he did the housework on Sunday. The former Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur star was arrested after police were called to Stevenage station in Hertfordshire at around 10.30pm on July 4. Last month, he was fined £600 for one charge of assault and £400 for a drunk and disorderly charge. His solicitor told magistrates he was making progress during one-to-one session at a rehabilitation centre near his home.

Paul Gascoigne shows he is cleaning up his act – as he washes his windows bare-chested perched on a narrow ledge 50ft up. The Geordie football legend, 46, looked fit and healthy and appeared to have put his recent booze problems behind him. Showing an array of tattoos on his toned stomach, back and arms, Gazza squeezed out of a small fourth-floor window with a damp cloth in his hand as he set out to tackle the grime.

He then climbed over a balcony and balanced on a ledge to reach another window at his seaside penthouse. At one stage a concerned neighbour went outside to ask if all was well – and the former England ace replied with a cheery thumbs-up before continuing with his chores. An onlooker said: “It was an extraordinary display by Gazza. After recent events, you’d normally be worried seeing him on a narrow ledge 50ft in the air. “But it seems he’s been looking after himself and staying off the booze. He looked in really good shape and was ripped as though he’d been working out. “Perhaps he should be thinking about getting a window cleaner and stick to less dangerous household chores, though.”

Gazza has been recovering at his home in Bournemouth after a series of booze-related incidents. Last month he was fined £1,000 for a drunken assault on a railway security guard who tried to stop him falling on the tracks in Stevenage, Herts. Gazza’s solicitor told the town’s magistrates the star was making “great progress” in one-to-one sessions at a rehab centre near his home.

Gazza in his former glory when he played for England.