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Merson signed for Division 1 club Portsmouth on a two-year contract in August 2002, [12] and was instrumental in the club's promotion to the Premiership in 2002–03. Merson, however, felt that he was too old for a return to the Premiership, and wanted to move closer to his home in the West Midlands. In July 2003 he signed a two-year deal at Walsall in the First Division, paying compensation to Portsmouth for his remaining year of contract. [13] Walsall [ edit ] I was like a cash machine to them. I was placing a hundred bets a day. All these companies do nothing to stop people with this illness. It hurts me now – at the time it didn’t because I used to hate myself. I saw it as punishment I deserved. But they took full advantage of me and that disgusts me. They fobbed me off: ‘You’re a piece of shit. You’ve gone. We’ve got loads of new ones coming through.’ It’s a conveyor belt of people being destroyed.” Ange Postecoglou compares Son Heung-min to Cristiano Ronaldo as he reveals why he decided to turn the Spurs star into a centre forward

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Ben Youngs confirms his retirement from international rugby, with England's most-capped men's player set to bow out in Friday's Bronze match at the World Cup Playmaker Merson drains Spurs' confidence". The Telegraph. 12 November 2000. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The 1998–99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p.352. ISBN 978-1-85291-588-9. Alexander Volkanovski sheds almost TWO STONE in just NINE DAYS, as his dietician shares incredible body transformation ahead of UFC 294Media, P. A. (4 January 2020). " 'I have an illness. I've accepted that': Paul Merson opens up on his depression". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 8 January 2020. Just proves there's few things bleaker than addiction. Especially an addiction that becomes all encompassing, out of control. An addiction that impacts not just one person, but everyone around them. Accrington Stanley chairman Andy Holt announces League Two club is up 'for sale' in social media outburst Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk share unexpected embrace ahead of his Battle of the Baddest fight against Francis Ngannou Walsall unveil Merson". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 18 July 2003 . Retrieved 11 April 2012.

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I got stared at but it was more novelty value than anything sinister! Mail Sport's CHARLOTTE DALY shares her experience as a western woman covering Tyson Fury's fight with Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia Ben Stokes insists 'I'm not the Messiah' as returning star calls on England to be fearless in crucial ODI World Cup clash against South AfricaAndre Onana defends Man United team-mate Alejandro Garnacho and says he SHOULDN'T face punishment from the FA over his social media post Micah Richards reveals how he downed TEN drinks from a minibar the night before a Man City game - and tried to talk his way out of playing Paul went on to confirm that he has "a thing called game ban" on his phone to ensure he can't gamble on his mobile.

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Writing for the Daily Mail, Merson said that, at the pinnacle of his playing career during the 1990s, his addictions became out of control and he would 'go all in'. Chelsea organise free coach travel for their fans heading to Wolves for controversial first Christmas Eve Premier League fixture since 1995Paul Merson: Ex-England midfielder talks about his mental health struggles". BBC Sport. 4 January 2020. England: The Official F.A History, Niall Edworthy, Virgin Publishers, 1997, ISBN 1-85227-699-1. p. 154. I have reached the stage where I’m not going to drink because I know I can’t stop. And I’ve not placed a bet for a year. Merson highlights the way gambling advertising is so pervasive – especially around football on television. “It’s so in your face now. People are virtually telling you on the telly you can’t watch football without gambling. Imagine what it triggers in me? Even when I’m driving in the car at seven in the morning and an advert comes on for the prices of a football match in 13 hours’ time, that’s a major trigger. They’ll give the odds on Man United and something in my brain goes: ‘That ain’t bad.’”