While Cathy tries lovingly to cope with his drinking problem and then his "illness" after she discovers his secret, Pasquale blazes with hidden anguish, until he bursts out in Frank's passionate confession, "I Never Knew, " about the wonders of being truly in love for the first time.
But the nation's love affair with Gascoigne came to a juddering halt shortly after the high of Euro 96 with his shattering confession that he beat his wife, Sheryl.