Joey Barton on Question time...pleeeeeease help me understand. DECEMBER 2004: Stubs lit cigar in the eye of young team-mate Jamie Tandy during Citys Christmas party. Fined six weeks wages by the club. Forced to pay four weeks salary - approximately £60,000 - immediately, with a further two weeks suspended for a year. Tandy later sued Barton, winning £65,000 in damages. JULY 2005: Involved in altercation with a 15-year-old Everton fan at Citys team hotel in Bangkok during a pre-season tour. Fined eight weeks wages by City after being found guilty of gross misconduct. SEPTEMBER 2006: Drops his shorts in the direction of Everton fans following Citys 1-1 draw at Goodison Park. MAY 2007: Suspended by City after training-ground altercation with Ousmane Dabo, right, which leaves his team-mate needing hospital treatment. Charged with assault, and on July 1 2008 receives a four-month suspended jail sentence. Also punished by FA with a 12-match ban - six matches of which are suspended and a £25,000 fine. DECEMBER 2007 - After ten pints and five bottles of beer he was arrested in Liverpool city centre after a late-night incident and later charged with common assault and affray. He was caught on CCTV knocking his unnamed victim to the ground, before straddling him and punching the man up to 20 times. At the time of the assault Barton was on bail for the attack on Ousmane Dabo. MAY 2008 Jailed for six months and sent to Strangeways after admitting common assault and affray. NOVEMBER 2010: Punches Blackburn winger Morten Gamst Pedersen during a 2-1 defeat for Newcastle at St James Park. JANUARY 2012: Unleashes an online tirade against the Football Association, labelling them an Orwellian organisation in need of a drastic shake-up. MAY 2012: Sent off for elbowing Carlos Tevez on the final day of the season at Manchester City. Knees Sergio Aguero, sending the striker to the ground, and attempts to headbutt Vincent Kompany before being ushered off the field. In light of criticism he launched an expletive-laden Twitter attack on Alan Shearer before turning on Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, saying: back under your stone you odious little toad OCTOBER 2013: Having become more high profile because of his outspoken comments, Barton claims Sir Alex Ferguson couldnt put on a coaching session to save his life and describes why the English national team is s***. MAY 2014: Days after winning promotion back to the Premier League with QPR, appears on Question Time to mixed reviews.
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 08:25:15 +0000
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