DUDLEY, England -- Troubled former England player Paul Gascoigne has pleaded guilty to a racially aggravated public order offense and has been fined.The ex-Tottenham and Lazio midfielder admitted used threatening or abusive words or behavior toward a black security guard in November at his stage show, An Evening with Gazza, in Wolverhampton, central England.The 49-year-old Gascoignes guilty plea came ahead of a trial at Dudley Magistrates Court which was due to start on Monday.Once one of Englands most talented players, Gascoigne has faced years of alcohol and mental health problems.Gascoigne was fined 1,000 pounds ($1,300) after his guilty plea.District Judge Graham Wilkinson told the retired star: You sought to get a laugh from an audience of over 1,000 people because of the colour of Mr Rowes skin.It is not acceptable to laugh words like this off as some form of joke, the judge said. Wholesale NHL Jerseys . -- Its been a long road back for Sean Bergenheim. Clearance NHL Jerseys . 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England captain Rooney apologised to interim England boss Gareth Southgate and FA technical director Dan Ashworth after images emerged of him which were inappropriate for someone in his position.The images were published in The Sun after Rooney socialised into the early hours of Sunday morning at a wedding party at the England teams hotel in the wake of the 3-0 win over Scotland last Friday. However, Fletcher, who captained Scotland at Wembley, claims Rooney had every right to be celebrating Englands victory over their old rivals and is paying the price for his readiness to mingle with the public. If we had won on Friday, the Scotland players would have celebrated. People think it means more to Scotland but thats not true, which is why they celebrated, and rightly so, said the West Brom midfielder. Fletcher says Scotland would have celebrated if they had won People talk about players being detached from reality, not mingling with fans, and not doing things that players used to do in the past.I think this is an example of why players are scared to do that because you give a little bit of time, give a few pictures, and then youre plastered all over the newspapers. All that is going to do is scare even more players from socialising in public places, because the scrutiny is so much.Everyone has got a phone and social media plays such a big part in the game today, that players dont feel comfortable in these environments, and situations like what happened on Saturday night are going to escalate that. Rooney celebrates with Adam Lallana Rooney has found himself out of Manchester Uniteds starting line-up in recent weeks after some indifferent performances but Fletcher, who decided to move on from Old Trafford himself after dropping out of the first-team picture, has backed the United captain to tough it out and make his mark for Jose Mourinhos team.dddddddddddd Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price Ive been there myself and I made that decision [to leave], said Fletcher. I was comfortable doing that because Id enjoyed my time and I was desperate to play.Wayne was involved in Manchester Uniteds last victory and he captained England against Scotland. I think sometimes its highlighted a little bit too much. 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