Joey barton

fullylove007 · Joey barton

He has been jailed for 6 months and i say good ridderns to him. i reckon he thought cause he is rich and famous that he could get away with it, i think its also good that the law is making an example of footballers for once.

jimbob

o0f course he thought he would get away with it.before he beat them up he said "do you know who i am"?yes we do another overpaid,overrated,ugly scumbag footballer.

SIMON

What did he do ? I am a bit out of touch downunder !

Cheers Simon

NOSEY WIFE

here you go simon taken from bbc news

Joey Barton is jailed for assault

Joey Barton was jailed for six months
Premier League footballer Joey Barton has been jailed for assault and affray.

Barton, 25, was captured on CCTV in Liverpool on 27 December 2007 punching one man 20 times before an attack which left a teenage boy with broken teeth.

The Newcastle and England midfielder, from Widnes, admitted the charges last month but reporting restrictions were only lifted on Tuesday.

Sentencing him to six months in jail, Judge Henry Globe QC said it was a "violent and cowardly act".

Liverpool Crown Court heard how Barton, of Foxbank Road, had been on a Boxing Day night out with his brother, cousin and other friends in Liverpool city centre.

Barton's cousin, Nadine Wilson, 27, of Childwall, Liverpool, and his brother Andrew Barton, 20, also of Foxbank Road, Widnes, also pleaded guilty to their part in the assaults.

Punched on floor

Barton had drunk 10 pints of lager and five bottles of lager during the night, before going to a McDonald's restaurant on Church Street.

The group got into a heated discussion with some youths inside the restaurant, before leaving and walking up Church Street towards Bold Street.

The Barton group was involved in some verbal exchanges with others before the attack happened.

Joey Barton was caught on CCTV knocking an unidentified man to the ground. He then straddled him and punched him four or five times as his cousin threw food at the victim before the Premier League player punched him up to 15 times more.

Minutes later, the midfielder attacked a 16-year-old, punching him and leaving him with broken teeth.

The hearing was told the footballer was remorseful about the incident and had admitted to an alcohol problem.

Two character references were read out in court about Barton, who has a tendency to lose his temper both on and off the field.

The first reference, from Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan, was read to the court by Stuart Driver QC, mitigating.

Keegan said he first knew the player when he was Manchester City manager.

He said of that period: "There were a number of issues in his life and events, some of which have been very well documented.

"Had I been asked to give character evidence for him then, I probably wouldn't have been able to do so."

'Total abstinence'

He added that since then he had seen a "massive change" in Barton and that he was now "a far more responsible individual".

A second reference was given by Peter Kay, of the Sporting Chance clinic, which has been supporting Barton while on bail.

Mr Kay said: "Joey recognises he has an addiction to alcohol and the only way forward is total abstinence."

He also said Barton "despises" the man he becomes after consuming alcohol.

Sentencing, Judge Globe told him: "Without doubt, the most serious of the three offenders is you.

"You were restrained by others but ignored them and acted in an extremely violent and aggressive manner.

"You have a high profile as a footballer and you know that draws attention to you. Yet you drank to excess and behaved in an aggressive, disgraceful manner."

Barton was also ordered to pay £2,500 to the youth whose teeth were broken.

Andrew Barton was jailed for four months suspended for two years for assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Wilson received a six-month sentence suspended for two years for affray and common assault.

Originally from Huyton, Merseyside, Joey Barton began his football career with Manchester City in 2002.

Barton was sold by them to Newcastle United in June 2007 in a £5.8m deal, four months after he had made his full international debut for England.

His club said in a statement: "Newcastle United notes the sentence passed to Joey Barton at Liverpool Crown Court today.

"The club is considering the verdict and will be making no further comment at this moment

Mac

Bet the victim would rather have had 2 weeks wages from Barton rather thanseeing him go to prison :?

Barton will be out before the season starts

Assuming he's good enough do you think once he's released he should be able to play for England or should that door be closed to him?

Steve Howard

Door slammed shut and key thrown away, imo. He's a thug and not a sportsman.

Young and impressionable Football fans idolise players, and he is most certainly not a role model I would reccommend!!

bigkipper

well said steve

Mac

George Best
Paul Gascoigne
Paul Merson
Paul McGrath
Vinnie Jones
Tony Adams
Lee Hughes

Can't say any of them were perfect role models either then yet idolised by their respective fans. The 1st name on the list was arguably the best player in the world ever (I personally say it was Pele

)

At the end of the day he will have served his sentence and should be allowed to get on with his life. His crime is probably letting fame and fortune get to him, other footballers/famous people have done far worse so to throw away the key is a little OTT to me. We have seen far much thuggery on the pitch that has been swept under the carpet

Steve Howard

Mac

I'm not defending the guy Steve, he has got what he deserves (maybe should have got longer

) The attack was vicious and cowardly but he didn't kill anyone did he, thats what I'm really trying to say.

Lee Hughes killed someone and drove off from the scene came out of prison and immediately got signed up by a club.
Tony Adams, drink driving wrote his car off in a big way and easily could have killed others whilst doing it.
Plus plenty of others

Barton, could easily have done more serious damage to the lad if he hit him properly in the right place thankfully he didn't.
As for England, if he got picked and played well the fans will soon forget this incident and be chanting his name

Remember the row some womens groups tried to stir after Gazza had admitted to beating his missus and they wanted him to be removed from the squad. Is beating a woman diff from beating a 16 year old?

What I suppose I am trying to say is let him serve his sentence than he has been given, to "throw away the key" is still a little OTT there's a lot of teams out there who would be happy to have him on their team sheets, maybe outside the top 6 but he would get into virtually everyone elses teams. Once out he will go back to football, the opposition fans will chant at him etc etc

As with most things in life shouldn't people be judged on their ability and not their past

Steve Howard

Mac. I think you have totally misunderstood this... You asked if he should the door be opened to allow to play for England again... and I said.....?

OTT???

I think not m8.

Mac

So then, now he's out and Kevin Keegan has allowed him back into the the Newcastle team, is that good or bad?

Rooney!!!

I can see both sides of this one...

I can understand that Kev's given his promise to Barton to stand by him... that once a person has done their time, let them get on with their life... etc, etc....

But, footballers are in a privileged position, where they can become role models (rightly or wrongly) for the youth of the country and as such a club must (more so than ever nowadays) think of what message they are sending out by just accepting a player back after this sort of behaviour...

What message does this send out to other players too... Smack some kids about, but don't worry you won't lose your job...!!!

This is also not the first time he has done this sort of thing... He seems to have a predisposition toward violence and this should not be condoned by a football club... I'm not sure it would be so readily accepted in other sports or high profile business (which football is these days after all)...

There seems to be this "boys will be boys" attitude within football nowadays, where footballers can arguably seem to get away with whatever they do... This, in my opinion, seems to be made worse by the extravagance of soem of their wage packets these days... Making some of them feel apart from the real world and subject to different rules than the rest of us...!

Anyway, I digress somewhat... At the end of the day... I think he should have thought of the consequences of his actions beforehand and it is difficult to see how any position stating that he should play in the top flight again can be maintained...

Steve Howard

Well said Sam

Mac

To be honest I'm not too sure where I stand

What he did was cowardly and bang out of order but the sentence he got has now been served and he's legally out and so should be able to get on with his life and job, but most of us would have been sacked by our emplyers I think but due to him being worth several million £'s they haven't sacked him and I can see that side of it. The guy is a good player and so if he starts the season well the Newcastle fans will support him, he is going to be getting loads of stick from other fans and he does have a reputation for a short fuse so it will be interesting to see how he reacts

As for the role model side of it, it just sends out the totally wrong message to everyone but as we all know footballers seem to be above the law and money talks

Steve Howard

I agree that he 'did the crime and did the time' and as such should be free to get on with his life and job... BUT, I still maintain that he should never play for England again... it's just not right to have someone like him representing England. If he does, what message does that send out?

Steve Howard

FA charges Barton over Dabo clash

Barton (right) attacked Dabo (left) in a training ground incident
The Football Association has charged Newcastle's Joey Barton with violent conduct over his assault of then Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo.

Barton, 25, was given a four-month suspended prison sentence on 1 July for the May 2007 assault after admitting assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

The new charge comes after the FA received the relevant documents from that hearing at Manchester Crown Court.

Controversial Barton has until 13 August to respond to the charge.

Barton was released from prison on Monday after serving 74 days of his six-month prison sentence for a separate assault, in which he attacked a teenager in Liverpool city centre last year.

Newcastle officials met with Barton on Tuesday to discuss his future and Magpies boss Kevin Keegan told BBC Sport on Sunday that the player would be given a second chance by the club.

The case will be heard by an independent regulatory commission on an as yet unspecified date. Joey will be requesting a personal hearing in relation to the charge

Newcastle spokesman on Barton

There is no maximum sentence which could be issued to Barton by the FA and but a lengthy ban and possible fine could be the outcome if he is found guilty.

Newcastle have responded to the charge by questioning why they should be penalised for an incident which took place so long ago, and while the player was at a different club.

"The club has sought clarification from the Football Association as to why this decision has been reached now, given the incident occurred nearly 15 months ago," Newcastle said in a statement.

"Joey will be requesting a personal hearing in relation to the charge and the club will be making no further comment on the matter at this time."

For their part, the FA insists its hands were tied while the criminal investigation was ongoing, and that with no video footage of the incident, it was unable to interview players who were central to the police's case.

Rooney!!!

Hasn't his £40,000 boot contract been withdrawn by Nike...???

Clearly businesses like Nike have had to think more about their image and reputation and have ceased their alignment with such a player, who clearly has forgotten to consider his reputation on more than one occasion...!!!

Mac

Yes mate I read that too

But £40,000 is a drop in the ocean to a company like Nike so whilst it's a great stance from them it won't have too much of an affect.

The problem nowadays is that because of the huge amounts of money in the top flight footballers are almost above the law and have totally lost touch with reality. Wearing Rolex isn't good enough, it's too cheap