There are almost eight years between the photographs, but they seem to come not so much from different eras as from different worlds.
The first is from the summer of 1990. Paul Gascoigne is beaming against a bright blue sky. He, plus the rest of the England team that had reached the semifinals of the World Cup, has just touched down to a heroes’ welcome. Gascoigne, the breakout star of the tournament, has decided to greet his public wearing a pair of plastic novelty breasts.
The second image is from the summer of 1998, before a World Cup this time, rather than after one.