Disgraced violent criminal rewarded with Premiership appearance
Joey Barton’s controversial return to football has been much discussed (with 62 per cent of Spoiler readers believing he should never be allowed to play again), and this weekend we were finally treated to the return of the former Strangeways resident. His brief and aggressive post-slammer debut, however, was not as troubling as Kevin Keegan’s post-match comments:
“He’s going to have to play somewhere.”
Mr Keegan, you may have problems with the depth of the Newcastle squad, but does Barton really have to play somewhere? Does he automatically deserve a career at a top club because of his talent, regardless of his abhorrent extra-curricular activities?
Newcastle thug made to serve a little more of his debt to society
Vile cretin Joey Barton was expecting to be released from the clink yesterday after serving just eight weeks of his six month prison sentence, given for dishing out the beating shown above. The disgraceful waste of space, however, will continue to drain taxpayers’ resources as probation chiefs did an eleventh hour U-turn on plans to let him go:
“[…] parole board chiefs have ruled he must serve at least half his sentence.
“Newcastle United midfielder Barton, jailed in May, now faces another month in Manchester’s Strangeways Prison before being eligible for release on August 13.”
The brainless moron will now be released no earlier than three days before Newcastle’sseason opener at Old Trafford. Let’s hope he never pulls on a black and white striped kit, or any other kit for that matter, again.
