Paul Gascoigne in new health scare

London: Troubled former England star Paul Gascoigne has been taken to hospital after being found slumped outside his home clutching a bottle of gin, a British newspaper reported Friday.

The Daily Mirror said the 47-year-old Gascoigne, who faces eviction from his luxury flat in Poole on England`s south coast because of complaints by neighbours, had phoned a friend asking: "I`m in trouble, please can you come and help me?" It carried pictures of a gaunt-lookingGascoigne being helped into an ambulance by police and paramedics. Since retiring from top-level football, former midfielder Gascoigne -- who played for Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur, Italian giants Lazio and Glasgow Rangers, as well as helping England reach the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup, has suffered with alcoholism problems and has had several spells in treatment clinics, most recently in January. He last played professionally a decade ago when he made five appearances for then English fourth-tier club Boston United. Gascoigne was fined £1,000 (1,250 euros) by British magistrates last August after assaulting a railway guard who tried to stop him falling on to the line while drunk.  His latest health scare came after it emerged he had been signed up to play for a local non-league Sunday side.  Chris Foster, the manager of Abbey FC, is also a taxi driver who has picked up Gascoigne on several occasions. "I have picked him up a few times and spoken to him about signing for us. Although he laughed it off, he didn`t say no," Foster told the Bournemouth Daily Echo on Thursday. "I dropped him off at his flat a couple of weeks ago and he asked me to go to the shop to get him some cigarettes. When I got back, I was invited in and we had a good chat about various things. "I gave him the cigarettes and pulled out the signing-on form at the same time. He signed it there and then. I was chuffed to bits and ran to the car as fast as I could," Foster added.