{"title":"Football Outliers","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"paul-gascoigne-poster","title":"Paul Gascoigne - Inkblot #19 (Art Print)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhat do you see when you look at Paul Gascoigne?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA genius?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA joker?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEngland's great lost talent?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe tears of Italia '90?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA footballer capable of doing something nobody else on the pitch had imagined?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerhaps you see all of them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTHE GOALSOUL INTERPRETATION\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInkblot #19\u003c\/em\u003e takes its inspiration from the \u003cstrong\u003eRorschach inkblot test\u003c\/strong\u003e — ambiguous images designed to produce different interpretations depending on the person looking at them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFew footballers invite more interpretations than \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Gascoigne.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere was the extraordinary natural ability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe humour and unpredictability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe vulnerability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd moments that became part of English football culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eItalia '90.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat free kick against Arsenal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe goal against Scotland at Euro '96.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe dentist's-chair celebration that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGary Lineker once described him as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“The most naturally gifted technical footballer that I played with.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut perhaps the reason Gazza remains so fascinating is that no single description quite contains him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook at the inkblot.\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat do you see?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTHE PRINT\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn original Goalsoul \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Gascoigne football art print\u003c\/strong\u003e celebrating the idea at the heart of this design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProduced as a premium \u003cstrong\u003eGiclée art print\u003c\/strong\u003e for exceptional colour, detail and longevity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e30 × 40 cm · 40 × 50 cm · 60 × 80 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Gascoigne — Inkblot #19.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGoalsoul — Keeping the Game Beautiful.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"goalsoul","offers":[{"title":"60 x 80 cm (Giclée Art Print)","offer_id":71694372,"sku":"GS-P-PG-60x80","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"40 x 50 cm (Giclée Art Print)","offer_id":851658001,"sku":"GS-P-PG-40x50","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"30 x 40 cm (Giclée Art Print)","offer_id":851658481,"sku":"GS-P-PG-30x40","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0042\/8002\/products\/goalsoul_posters_big_gascoignes.png?v=1295362323"},{"product_id":"paul-gascoigne-t-shirt","title":"Paul Gascoigne - Inkblot #19 (T-Shirt)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eOne moment. A thousand ways to see it.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTurin. 4 July 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEngland against West Germany. World Cup semi-final.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Gascoigne — England's number 19 — is shown a yellow card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGazza knows immediately what it means. If England reach the World Cup final, he won't be playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen come the tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor millions watching, it was the moment Gascoigne stopped being simply a brilliant footballer and became something altogether more human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTHE GOALSOUL INTERPRETATION\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eInkblot #19\u003c\/em\u003e asks you to look at that moment differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLike a \u003cstrong\u003eRorschach inkblot\u003c\/strong\u003e, what do you see?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA booking? A broken heart? 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