FORMER England star Paul Gascoigne has opened up on his turbulent life in a new tell-all book. Gazza speaks about the infamous night in the Gleneagles Hotel near Perth, Scotland, missing his son’s birth and phone calls with the Pope.AFPGazza explains how he found out his own son’s name[/caption]AFPThe former footballer’s new book is a brutally honest story about his life off the pitch[/caption]In the new novel the former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder candidly admits that his marriage was a “mistake.” Gascoigne tells all about the night in 1996 when he head butted his wife and pushed her over at the lavish Gleneagles hotel. Sheryl filed for divorce just one year after marrying Gascoigne, who paid her £700,000 plus £10,000 per month in maintenance payments.Despite the divorce, Sheryl stood by Gazza’s side when he was sectioned under the mental health act in 2008. His brave honesty about the fracas in his new book has now been revealed. In paragraphs in the tell-all novel serialised by the Daily Mail, Gazza revealed how the “disharmony” between him and Sheryl erupted into a “terrible episode” he would “regret for the rest of my life”.The couple were on a short break at the luxurious Gleneagles Hotel.But things turned violent when an argument between the pair at dinner continued into their room.In extracts reported by the Mail, Gazza recalled: “I started to argue with Sheryl over something stupid while we were in the restaurant. She went upstairs to the room, and I followed her there and put my head against hers. Instinctively, I pushed her away from me, throwing her to the floor.“‘F*** off’, I told her. As she landed she hurt her hand, and cried out in agony. I knew I’d truly messed up and once she’d calmed down, I left – there was nothing left for me to do or say.” Sheryl was pictured by the national press outside the hotel the day after the bust up, her arm in a sling. Gascoine goes on to explain in his book that rival fans would chant “wife beater” at him and admits to the incident casting a “dark shadow” over him. In a moment of honesty, Gazza recounts how he began to feel regrets as soon as the couple exchanged vows.The Euro ’96 hero also revealed that the pair’s wedding cost a whopping £150,000, which was “a lot of money back then.” Gazza also reveals the time he missed out on meeting the Pope by a few minutes after previously speaking to him on the phone. He explained how he was training one day when coach Dino Zoff pulled me aside and said someone extremely important was on the phone.On being told the Pope was on the line, Gazza recalled: “F***ing hell,’ I thought, ‘No one’s more important than the Pope.’“I went into Zoff’s office and picked up the phone. ‘Alreet, Pope?’ I asked. I don’t think he had a clue what I was saying, but he made it clear he wanted to meet me.” Later Gascoigne missed out on meeting John Paul II, who had been a goalkeeper as a youngster in Poland, because training ran over. It isn’t the only event he admits to missing out on, in his new book the footballing legend details the night his son was born when he was in London playing for Rangers. He and Sheryl’s son was due in February 1996, shortly before he was born Gascoigne went for a night out with a friend, returning to Sheryl’s house the next day but receiving a cold welcome. Sheryl’s mother sent him away and he went out drinking with some friends. While he was in the pub a friend of his pointed out a newspaper article about how Sheryl was in labour with a boy she planned to call Regan.PA:Press AssociationPaul’s son Reagan was born while he was in the pub with his mates[/caption]News UK LtdPaul Gascoigne and Sheryl Kyle had a turbulant marriage[/caption]News Group Newspapers LtdThe pair were separated after only a year[/caption]Gascoigne says that is how he found out his son’s name, from a newspaper in the pub. He has previously opened up in his 2005 autobiography on his life off the pitch, speaking openly about addiction and ill-health that left him homeless and, at times, close to death.Gascoigne claimed to have “more lives than a cat” after he “died” twice and survived a near 20-day coma. The former midfielder has openly spoken about about childhood trauma from witnessing his parents’ violent arguments and later domestic abuse between his three siblings. By 13, his mental health declined. He could no longer sleep without lights on and sought psychiatric help for depression and a slot machine addiction, which he shoplifted to fund.Gazza’s one escape was on the pitch, where he admitted: “I didn’t have twitches or worry about death when I was playing football.”He went on to become one of the most successful midfielders ever, playing for Newcastle and Tottenham, before moving to Lazio, and earning 57 England caps.He also provided one of the game’s most iconic moments – when a yellow card in the 1990 World Cup semis in Turin saw him leave the pitch in tears.As “Gazzamania” gripped the UK, Terry Wogan described him as “probably the most popular man in Britain today” in September 1990.But off the pitch, he was developing more unhealthy habits including binging on Mars bars and junk food, which would later lead to him purging to lose weight ahead of matches.‘ROCK BOTTOM’Gazza would continue to face problems with drink, drugs and his mental health and, in 1998 he was admitted to the Priory Hospital for the first time when he hit “rock bottom” after downing 32 whisky shots in a night. He would have at least seven more stints at various rehabs including a prestigious Arizona spot, which cost £100,000, and a £6,000-a-month Southampton clinic, and has been sectioned multiple times. A full ten years on from his first stint in rehab Gascoigne was sectioned after threatening self-harm, the same year he tried to end his own life but was saved by medics. In 2010, Gazza took it upon himself to end killer Raoul Moat’s stand off with police, showing up intoxicated to the scene and claiming he could convince the murderer to hand himself in if he took him fishing. The same year he would be slapped with two drink driving charges, once being caught four times over the limit and skipping his sentencing hearing to enter rehab. Gazza would spend three years sober until 2013 when he succumbed to binges. At the time he complained: “The last 11 years, I’ve probably drank 14 months out of it.“I was three years sober and then I had a four or five weeks binge. It’s just those little binges, so I’ve just got to stop those binges.“When I’m drinking, I forget about everyone and don’t realise the hurt I’m doing to everyone but I’ve also got to think about the hurt I was doing to myself.”Paul Gascoine’s new book “Eight” is due to go on sale on October 23. GettyPaul Gascoigne is an English former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder[/caption]