Joey Barton

Pogo Patterson said:
Proper scum twat. From WIKI:

In 2006, Merseyside Police investigated after Barton exposed his buttocks to Everton supporters following a game on 30 September. On 4 October, they announced that they would be taking no further action.

On 13 March 2007, Barton was arrested on suspicious of assault and criminal damage following an altercation with a taxi driver in Liverpool on 4 March. He was cleared of this charge in May 2008, after his cousin, Joshua Wilson, admitted to causing the damage

On 1 May 2007, Barton assaulted his teammate Ousmane Dabo during a training session. Dabo was hit several times, left unconscious, and hospitalised with head injuries, including a suspected detached retina. On 16 May, Barton was arrested and questioned by Greater Manchester Police, and was later charged with assault. He initially pleaded not guilty, but later changed his plea to guilty.On 1 July 2008, Barton was sentenced to a four-month suspended prison sentence plus 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay £3,000 compensation and Dabo's court costs.

In the early hours of 27 December 2007, Barton was arrested on suspicion of assault in Liverpool city centre. Barton punched a man twenty times, causing him to lose consciousness, before attacking a teenage boy At the time, Barton was on bail for two previous arrests, and he was denied bail for the third arrest. Barton pleaded guilty to the offence, and, on 20 May 2008, he was sentenced to six months in jail. Barton's cousin, Nadine Wilson, and his brother Andrew Barton also pleaded guilty to their part in the assaults and received suspended sentences.

In August 2008, Jamie Tandy pursued a civil claim against Barton. Barton had stubbed out a lit cigar in Tandy's eye in 2004 while Tandy was a youth player at Manchester City. Tandy said that the incident caused a "major psychiatric deterioration in his health that has destroyed any chance he may have had of playing professional football at a high level." In November 2009, Barton agreed to pay Tandy £65,000 as part of an out-of-court settlement.

On 4 June 2012, Barton was arrested alongside three other men after a fight outside a nightclub in Liverpool. Barton claimed that he had been "sucker punched" in the incident. The following month, all four men were told they would face no further police action.

On 13 April 2019, South Yorkshire Police launched an investigation after Barton was alleged to have assaulted opposition manager Daniel Stendel in the Oakwell tunnel following a game between Fleetwood Town and Barnsley. In July 2019, Barton was charged with causing actual bodily harm and bailed until 9 October 2019. He pleaded not guilty. On 6 December 2021, Barton was found not guilty of the charge.

In July 2021, Barton was charged with the assault by beating of a woman at an address in Kew, London in June 2021. In March 2022, a court heard that Barton was accused of kicking his wife in the head and grabbing her throat while drunk, the case being adjourned to 23 June due to a late arrival of emails. The case was further delayed until the end of October, Barton's defence team being set a deadline of two weeks to provide the list of witnesses that they would be presenting and say whether or not the alleged victim would be called as a defence witness. The case was dismissed on 31 October on grounds of the impossibility of Barton receiving a fair trial because prosecutors would not call the alleged victim to testify, but the acquittal was reversed on appeal by the prosecution. In March 2025, Barton was found guilty of assault and handed a 12-week suspended prison sentence.

In April 2024, Cheshire Police announced it was investigating Barton after "reports of offences under the Communications Act". The force said it could not comment further about which posts had been reported.

Jeremy Vine sued Barton for libel over posts on Twitter, where Barton had repeatedly called Vine a "bike nonce". In a preliminary ruling, judge Mrs Justice Steyn, in the High Court, held that the tweets were defamatory at common law, since Barton had combined the term 'nonce', British slang for paedophile, with images of notorious paedophiles such as Jimmy Savile and Jeffrey Epstein, which had the defamatory effect of falsely insinuating that Vine is a paedophile. In settlement, Barton offered to pay £75,000 in damages and to pay Vine's legal expenses. However, Vine stated that the £75,000+costs was an offer made at an earlier stage, and subsequently Barton went on to make further defamatory statements, and that the legal process continues in respect of these. To settle the libel claim with Vine, Barton was ordered to pay an additional £35,000.

In July 2024, Barton was charged with making malicious communications related to tweets he made concerning former footballer, and broadcaster Eni Aluko between 1 and 18 January 2024. Barton had claimed on his Twitter feed that Aluko had only been hired as a pundit for an England game for "diversity and inclusion quotas". His tweets also likened Aluko and fellow pundit Lucy Ward to the serial killers Fred and Rose West. In December 2024, Barton was additionally charged with malicious communication relating to social media posts referring to Jeremy Vine and Lucy Ward.
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What an absolute bellend. Staggering how he has only been sent down the once: Says more about the paucity of our legal processes, sadly.
 
Eccles Blue said:
I read that he is going to appeal. Could that backfire on him (*finger crossed *) and he end up with a different judge who says go to prison you reprobate, degenerate….and any other words for the piece of dirt on my shoe?


Whoops am I allowed to say that?
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That what I was wondering and hoping too

Wasting the courts time with a frivolous appeal. I know an increase would happen if it were the FA! No idea if the courts may see it the same or have that power. Fingers crossed.
 
Pogo Patterson said:
Proper scum twat. From WIKI:

In 2006, Merseyside Police investigated after Barton exposed his buttocks to Everton supporters following a game on 30 September. On 4 October, they announced that they would be taking no further action.

On 13 March 2007, Barton was arrested on suspicious of assault and criminal damage following an altercation with a taxi driver in Liverpool on 4 March. He was cleared of this charge in May 2008, after his cousin, Joshua Wilson, admitted to causing the damage

On 1 May 2007, Barton assaulted his teammate Ousmane Dabo during a training session. Dabo was hit several times, left unconscious, and hospitalised with head injuries, including a suspected detached retina. On 16 May, Barton was arrested and questioned by Greater Manchester Police, and was later charged with assault. He initially pleaded not guilty, but later changed his plea to guilty.On 1 July 2008, Barton was sentenced to a four-month suspended prison sentence plus 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay £3,000 compensation and Dabo's court costs.

In the early hours of 27 December 2007, Barton was arrested on suspicion of assault in Liverpool city centre. Barton punched a man twenty times, causing him to lose consciousness, before attacking a teenage boy At the time, Barton was on bail for two previous arrests, and he was denied bail for the third arrest. Barton pleaded guilty to the offence, and, on 20 May 2008, he was sentenced to six months in jail. Barton's cousin, Nadine Wilson, and his brother Andrew Barton also pleaded guilty to their part in the assaults and received suspended sentences.

In August 2008, Jamie Tandy pursued a civil claim against Barton. Barton had stubbed out a lit cigar in Tandy's eye in 2004 while Tandy was a youth player at Manchester City. Tandy said that the incident caused a "major psychiatric deterioration in his health that has destroyed any chance he may have had of playing professional football at a high level." In November 2009, Barton agreed to pay Tandy £65,000 as part of an out-of-court settlement.

On 4 June 2012, Barton was arrested alongside three other men after a fight outside a nightclub in Liverpool. Barton claimed that he had been "sucker punched" in the incident. The following month, all four men were told they would face no further police action.

On 13 April 2019, South Yorkshire Police launched an investigation after Barton was alleged to have assaulted opposition manager Daniel Stendel in the Oakwell tunnel following a game between Fleetwood Town and Barnsley. In July 2019, Barton was charged with causing actual bodily harm and bailed until 9 October 2019. He pleaded not guilty. On 6 December 2021, Barton was found not guilty of the charge.

In July 2021, Barton was charged with the assault by beating of a woman at an address in Kew, London in June 2021. In March 2022, a court heard that Barton was accused of kicking his wife in the head and grabbing her throat while drunk, the case being adjourned to 23 June due to a late arrival of emails. The case was further delayed until the end of October, Barton's defence team being set a deadline of two weeks to provide the list of witnesses that they would be presenting and say whether or not the alleged victim would be called as a defence witness. The case was dismissed on 31 October on grounds of the impossibility of Barton receiving a fair trial because prosecutors would not call the alleged victim to testify, but the acquittal was reversed on appeal by the prosecution. In March 2025, Barton was found guilty of assault and handed a 12-week suspended prison sentence.

In April 2024, Cheshire Police announced it was investigating Barton after "reports of offences under the Communications Act". The force said it could not comment further about which posts had been reported.

Jeremy Vine sued Barton for libel over posts on Twitter, where Barton had repeatedly called Vine a "bike nonce". In a preliminary ruling, judge Mrs Justice Steyn, in the High Court, held that the tweets were defamatory at common law, since Barton had combined the term 'nonce', British slang for paedophile, with images of notorious paedophiles such as Jimmy Savile and Jeffrey Epstein, which had the defamatory effect of falsely insinuating that Vine is a paedophile. In settlement, Barton offered to pay £75,000 in damages and to pay Vine's legal expenses. However, Vine stated that the £75,000+costs was an offer made at an earlier stage, and subsequently Barton went on to make further defamatory statements, and that the legal process continues in respect of these. To settle the libel claim with Vine, Barton was ordered to pay an additional £35,000.

In July 2024, Barton was charged with making malicious communications related to tweets he made concerning former footballer, and broadcaster Eni Aluko between 1 and 18 January 2024. Barton had claimed on his Twitter feed that Aluko had only been hired as a pundit for an England game for "diversity and inclusion quotas". His tweets also likened Aluko and fellow pundit Lucy Ward to the serial killers Fred and Rose West. In December 2024, Barton was additionally charged with malicious communication relating to social media posts referring to Jeremy Vine and Lucy Ward.
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...but apart from that , he's a really nice guy.
 
Franny 1234 said:
Unfortunately we were that poor a team when he was playing for us he was one of our better players.
It puzzles me how someone hasn't given him a good beating he certainly deserves one.
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Was he a good player for City ? He got sent off against Spurs at halftime with City 3.0 down and City went on to win 4.3 and City played better and as a team of 10
 
Just checked his Wikipedia page, born in Huyton, say no more, behaviour like his is the norm from that cesspit.
 
Have an argument with the Mrs that gets a bit heated, fine.
Stop her from twatting you in the face with an iron, fine.

Kick her in the head whilst pissed up, fuck me, what a ****!

...and to think, I used to stick up for the twat on here.
 
Resurrection Joe... said:
Was once on the panel for BBC's 'Question Time'...and considered something of a footballer academic. get your head around that.
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Yeah that was the period he started listening to The Smiths and used to post their lyrics on twitter and act like some intellectual and started positing political opinions...

Its no surprise he got on Question Time really. A fairly high profile footballer with a controversial past and pretty much the only footballer on social media to spout political topics on Twitter. Why wouldn't they ask him on? Guaranteed views.

I'd imagine nobody at question time really believed they were getting some academic footballer. They knew exactly what they were getting, an ex-con gobby scouser that millions of people in the UK know.
 
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