Had the referee done his job properly and sent Gascoigne off for the first assault it might have saved his career.

Even by 1991 standards both of them challenges were a straight red card. Not even a booking,unbelievable!

I genuinely think history has been drastically effected by the poor decisions on this day. Even in 1991 that foul on Parker is a straight red. If he'd sent him off then Forest win the cup and Clough retires with dignity. Gazza may have also learned his lesson and grown up after disgracing himself and costing his team the FA Cup final (like Beckham in 98). At the very least he doesn't get that horrendous injury he ended up with because he wasn't on the pitch to commit his even worse tackle on Charles.

Couldn't have happened to a better guy

Quite unbelievable Gazza stayed on the pitch. Both tackles were worthy of a red card. Milford cost Forest and Cloughie the cup and a place in Europe

Wicked mate !! The fa cup final suddenly turns into a scene from a Jean Claude van damme movie!!

Rumours he’d taken ‘speed’ before the game and these horrendous fouls support that.

Makes vinny Jones challenges seem like a picnic in the park lol think even the ref was wowed by gazzamania at the time!!

I met Gazza a few times back in the late '80's and can confirm that he is a genuinely lovely lad, with a heart of gold. I know quite a few stories of his incredible generosity to people less well off than himself (including buying a mini-bus for a local school in a deprived area). However, I was also at Wembley that day and sadly he really let himself down. During the Cup Final warm up, the Brass Band were playing & marching on the hallowed turf and Paul chipped a few balls up and knocked one of the musician's helmet's off. Then there were those two horrific challenges. Yes, Paul is a flawed human being (just like the rest of us), it's just that he happened to be a genius with a football at his feet. The consolation for me from the '91 Cup Final is that neither of the Forest lads were injured and we can remember Paul for the great footballing memories such as Italia '90 and Euro '96.

Should've sent him off on the first tackle, second time was karma

Should of Pissing walked for the first one alone.. Was Milford bribed

I have always thought that the manager / senior players, knowing what a loose canon PG was, should have taken him under their wings, spoken to him about the importance of keeping his head. I know that he too should have had the capability to calm himself down but I think the occasion get the better of him. Ultimately, he was never the same player after this game.

Odd thing about the injury foul was he was basically playing as a centre back, not sure what was going on with Tottenhams defence and why he was that far back

Read about this in Roy Keane's book. Keano played for Forest at this point and said Gasgoine's eyes looked manic and crazy.

That first tackle was arguably a red but at least if Milford had given Gascoigne a yellow card for the tackle on Parker it might have calmed him down a bit and prevented the second reckless tackle. Pretty awful decisions from a referee who was normally pretty good.

Ultimately got what he deserved for those shocking "tackles".

that ball was about 5 feet away when he made contact on the second tackle!

Wasn't even booked. Wasn't. Even. Booked.

Straight Red CARD it should have been because he was the golden boy he got off

The commentary 😂😂

The commentary is hilarious 😅

Absolute shocking refereeing - should have been sent off for the first challenge - you say it was karma, but it wasn’t - he was substituted and Paul Stewart came on and help Spurs win the game If the ref had done his job properly Tottenham would have been reduced to 10 men and Forest would have probably gone in to win the game Forest were totally cheated out of the Cup that year

Two dreadful challenges from a man who lit the touch paper of self destruction. The referee was clearly overawed as Clough maintained in his autobiography. Gascogne was recklessly out of control.

Referee set us up to fail right from the off. Gascoigne should've walked and we would've won that quite comfortably. It's why I hate spuds with a passion

I wonder if Gascoigne took drugs before the game. He was so psyched up it was ridiculous. I know he had to take pills to sleep, he admitted to it for the semis, so I am guessing he took them before the final. Honestly, despite going on to still be a great player after that injury, he was never quite at the same level again.

Gascoignes fault he nearly killed garry Parker earlier

What’s the problem? He won the ball both times

Paul was so pumped up he had numerous injections throughout the night before cup final and leading up to KO.. No excuse for his actions ,still a legend in my eyes and from the Greatest freekick I've seen at Wembley vs Arsenal made me a Tottenham fan

Karma 2019, Champions League final within 30 seconds??

If you think he was bulletproof and untouchable here, you should have seen what he got away with up in Scotland coz he played for the establishments darlings.

Immature beyond his years. A total team liability. Charles ought to have pressed charges for GBH . After this game, a dazed and confused view of life through a bottle of vodka is all that the kid deserved. RIP Garza ( for it is nigh ). Such a pity .

Surely the ref was bought off as he was staring at the first incident and saw the 2nd. The management had Gaz on valium the night before to calm him down. Glad he wasn't sent off for that first sucker punch though, coz Gazza ended up with the pathetic drink fueled life he deserved after that viscious second tackle, both were designed to put players out of action, ironically it was Gazza ended up on the wasteland. Good riddance a thug and a an attention seeker on and off the pitch.

He was a very talented guy but not the best player in the world. Could he honestly be compared to Maradonna or Pele or Cruyff and countless others.

Very much here for the salty forest fans 30 years on. Lovely.

Good tackles in my opinion

Milford had a woeful game, Stewart Pearce freekick shouldn't have stood as there was a foul on mabbut in the wall, Gary Linekers goal was not offside, Mark Crossley should have got a red card for the foul