Paul Gascoigne is set for a shock football comeback, playing in next season’s FA Cup.

Gazza, 41, is being lined up to appear in a team made up entirely of former Cup winners. He will join a host of former aces in a non-league side which will be entered for the game’s most coveted trophy.

A source said: "No-one will ever have seen the like of this. A team of former winners will run onto the pitch to play a team of no-hopers who won’t know what’s hit them.

"If Gazza’s fit he’s likely to be involved."

The idea is the legends will sit out the club’s league games, taking to the pitch only in the FA Cup first preliminary round.

The men planning the coup are talking to several clubs - including Sheffield FC, the world’s oldest side - to allow them to take over their team for cup games.

If Gazza’s side wins its opening match, the all-stars would continue to appear through the qualifying rounds, aiming to make the first round next November.

The games involving the stars are likely to draw huge crowds, and would raise cash for charities such as the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK.