Golden Goal: Paul Gascoigne for Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal (1991)

Paul Gascoigne was a throwback, an entertainer of purity and honesty who competed with and for joy.

Gazza brought exhibition chutzpah that was all his own, ragdolling experienced professionals with prejudice and disrespect.

He became the physical embodiment of football, reinvigorating the domestic game.

Gazza was a rare mix of transcendent talent and competitive charisma allowing Gazza to seize contests involving 22 players and make them solely about him.

The previous year was the first in which the ties had been played on Sunday not Saturday , consecutively not concurrently, and on telly rather than not.

With Highbury and White Hart Lane unusable, it was decided to compromise the prize of taking over a third team's ground while keeping Wembley special for the final for one year only.

Gazza scored a hat-trick in the 1991 FA Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur .

The midfielder scored a curling free-kick to give Spurs the lead in the first half .

He then went off injured after Alan Smith pulled one back but it made little difference.

Thirty-three years later , the game remains defined by one man and one moment.