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Joey Barton
Joseph Anthony Barton is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Barton made 269 appearances in the Premier League, including 130 for Manchester City; he was most recently the manager of League One side Bristol Rovers.
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culture · English association football player and manager (born 1982) · association football player · journalist · association football coach · also Joey Barton, Joseph Anthony Barton, Joseph Anthony "Joey" Barton, Barton
Born 2 September 1982 · Q202329
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2026· 6 entries
“Someone gets in for a game, does well but then has a Holocaust, a nightmare, an absolute disaster”
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“People are trying to unsettle me but I”
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The Guardian: What Am I, a Deer? by Polly Barton review – shyness, obsession and the joy of karaoke
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The Guardian: Joey Barton pleads not guilty to causing grievous bodily harm in golf club incident
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Yahoo: Joey Barton pleads not guilty to assault near golf club
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2025· 9 entries
The Guardian: Joey Barton gets suspended prison sentence for offensive social media posts
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Sky News: Watch judge's remarks in Joey Barton sentencing
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The Guardian: Joey Barton faces new court case in 2026 for defamation allegations
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The Guardian: Joey Barton found guilty of sending offensive posts on social media
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nytimes.com: Joey Barton found guilty of six charges relating to social media posts, cleared of six
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Yahoo! Sports: Joey Barton tells court ‘dark humour’ behind social media posts on female football pundits and Jeremy Vine
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The Guardian: Joey Barton handed 12-week suspended prison sentence for assaulting his wife
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Yahoo! Sports: Joey Barton found guilty of assaulting wife, handed 12-week suspended prison sentence
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Yahoo: Joey Barton Net Worth 2025: How Much Money Does He Make?
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2024· 8 entries
The Guardian: Joey Barton pleads not guilty to sending malicious posts about Eni Aluko
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The Guardian: Joey Barton to pay Jeremy Vine £75,000 after calling him a ‘bike nonce’
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The Guardian: Joey Barton calling Jeremy Vine a ‘bike nonce’ was defamatory, judge rules
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The Guardian: A few lines of poetry can propel a career misogynist like Joey Barton into a league of his own | Catherine Bennett
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The Guardian: Eni Aluko says Joey Barton abuse left her frightened to leave home
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The Guardian: Sports minister condemns ‘dangerous’ Joey Barton comments that 'open floodgates for abuse' – video
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The Guardian: Sports minister seeks action over ‘dangerous’ Joey Barton comments
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“diversity and inclusion quotas”
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2023· 2 entries
The Guardian: Joey Barton’s far-right rebrand points to sad malaise among football’s lost boys | Jonathan Liew
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The Guardian: Joey Barton salutes Bristol Rovers supporters after sacking
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2022· 4 entries
The Guardian: Joey Barton cleared of assaulting his wife after court hears she is ‘not a credible witness’
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Won: EFL League Two third-place promotion with Bristol Rovers (2021–22).
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Won award: EFL League Two Manager of the Month (March 2022).
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Saw Bristol Rovers rise up the table and following a 1–0 home victory over Colchester United on 15 March, Rovers found themselves in the play-off positions for the first time in the season
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2021· 2 entries
The Guardian: Joey Barton found not guilty of assaulting former Barnsley manager
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The Guardian: Joey Barton apologises for comparing Bristol Rovers displays to Holocaust
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2019· 1 entry
Won award: EFL League One Manager of the Month (September 2019).
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2016· 6 entries
Won the English Championship with Burnley (2015-2016).
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Won: Football League Championship with Burnley (2015–16).
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Won award: The Football League Team of the Season (2015–16).
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Won award: PFA Team of the Year (2015–16).
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Won award: Burnley Player of the Year (2015–16).
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Played for Rangers F.C. (2016–2016).
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2015· 4 entries
Played for Burnley F.C. (2015–2016) — 38 appearances, 3 goals.
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Joined Burnley in 2015.
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“If I were Prime Minister I would privatise religion. All public money would be withdrawn from religion. Taxpayers”
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Helping them win promotion to the Premier League, but left to join Rangers in May 2016
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2014· 1 entry
Won: Football League Championship play-offs with Queens Park Rangers (2013–14).
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2012· 3 entries
Played for Olympique de Marseille (2012–2013) — 25 appearances, 0 goals.
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Joined Marseille in 2012.
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Barton, along with Robbie Elliott, a former Newcastle United fullback, sponsored a shirt each from Newcastle United's women's team
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2011· 3 entries
Played for Queens Park Rangers F.C. (2011–2015) — 93 appearances, 7 goals.
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Joined QPR in 2011.
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Began writing a regular column in The Big Issue, a street newspaper sold by the homeless and vulnerably housed
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2010· 2 entries
Won the English Championship with Newcastle (2009-2010).
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Won: Football League Championship with Newcastle United (2009–10).
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2007· 3 entries
Played for Newcastle United F.C. (2007–2011) — 81 appearances, 7 goals.
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Played for England men's national association football team (2007–2007) — 1 appearances, 0 goals.
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Joined Newcastle in 2007.
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2006· 1 entry
Merseyside Police investigated after Barton exposed his buttocks to Everton supporters following a game on 30 September
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2004· 2 entries
Won award: Manchester City Young Player of the Year (2003–04).
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While Tandy was a youth player at Manchester City
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2003· 1 entry
Played for England national under-21 association football team (2003–2003) — 2 appearances, 1 goals.
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2002· 3 entries
Joined Manchester City in 2002.
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After working his way through their youth system
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Played for Manchester City F.C. (2002–2007) — 130 appearances, 15 goals.
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1990· 1 entry
And was England's only openly gay footballer until 2022
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1982· 1 entry
Born 1982-09-02.
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